User:Salma Vian/Salma's helping page



 

I use the Feedback Dashboard a lot, and I answer so much questions. I copied some of my answers here. If this page didn't help you, feel free to ask me on my talk page.

Creating an account
There is anonymous users without accounts. Creating an account is much better than editing without an account. When you create an account, you can write articles, edit some protected pages, have a talk page, a user name and a password. Anyone can open your computer, open Wikipedia and make bad edits with your IP. Also, talk pages and user pages are very important. When you make an account, you make edits. And some times, you get feedback. The feedback will tell you either your edits are good or bad. And this is a very important step for new members.

Editing pages
When you search for an article, you might find the article you'r looking for. But you notice that doesn't have so much information, and that you can add some information to improve it. You can edit pages by clicking the link at the top of the screen "Edit". You might also want to see the history of the page. Next to the "Edit" link, you will find another link; "View history". Click on it and it will open the history of the article. This page will contain editors name and their edits.

Adding sources
Adding sources is like writing links. ً When you create an article, you have to add some sources. If you used a website to write a part of your article, write

Creating an article
When creating an article, avoid writing "Me", "You", "We", etc. Also, avoid writing an article to talk about yourself, a band you like, a company, etc. Wikipedia articles are about famous people like actors and singers.

Talk pages
Talk pages are used to talk about Wikipedia stuff. Please don't use them to chat. If you want to chat go to (Facebook, Twitter, Skype...etc.).

Codes
Here's some Wiki codes:
 * To make a sentence bold, write  at the beginning of sentence you want to make bold. Then, add another  at the end. When you do this, it will appear like this.


 * To make a sentence Italic, write  at the beginning of the sentence. Then, add  at the end. It will create this.


 * To make a sentence Bold and Italic in the same way, write  at the beginning and at the end of the sentence. It will look like this'

Uploading Images
To upload an image, you have to be the owner of that image. You must be the person who toke it. Or, you contact the owner of the image about using it in Wikipedia. If you aren't the owner of the image and didn't ask the owner to share it here, it will be deleted.

For more information, see uploading images.