User talk:Tlo13

Welcome
G'day Tlo13, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions; they have helped improve Wikipedia and made it more informative. I hope you enjoy using Wikipedia and decide to make additional contributions.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Thank you for signing up! Kerry (talk) 04:52, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

It's easier with the Visual Editor
I can see you were having difficulties creating links and citations. I also see you were not using the Visual Editor, which is more like using Microsoft Word than the way you were making your changes (known as the source editor or the wiki text editor). To enable the Visual Editor, login to Wikipedia and you should see on the top right of any Wikipedia page a link called Preferences. Follow that, then select the Editing tab, and scroll down to "Editing mode" and choose "Show me both editor tabs". Then scroll down and on the lower left, click SAVE. Now when you look at an article (when logged-in), you will see "Edit" (which uses the Visual Editor) and "Edit source" (which is what you have previously used). Try it!

When using the Visual Editor, to create a link to a Wikipedia article, select the text in the article with your mouse and click on the "link" symbol on the toolbar and look at its suggestions or type additional keywords until you find the artile you are looking for and then click on it.

When using the Visual Editor, To create a citation in a Wikipedia article, click mouse at the end of the sentence (after any puncutation) and then click on Cite on the toolbar. If you just have a URL, choose Automatic, paste it in, cross your fingers and it may work like magic. Then hit Insert. If it looks a mess or it refuses to do it, use Cite > Manual > website and fill in the form (the items with * are mandatory, the rest are optional).

If you need help with editing, please don't hesitate to contact me. I am your local Brisbane Wikipedia trainer. I am here to help. Kerry (talk) 05:22, 7 November 2019 (UTC)