Help:Contributing to Wikibooks

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Contributing to Wikibooks

Contents

How to

Start a new page or book
Name a page
Edit a page, including markup details.
Use sections on a page
Use the sandbox for Testing.
Categories

Images

Image description pages
'How to upload files' to Wikibooks
Images and other uploaded files
Graphics tutorials

Style

Manual of Style
Local Manual of Style

Formatting

HTML codes in wikitext
Use special characters

See also Book on Wiki formatting

Templates

A quick guide to templates
Templates
List of available templates

Wiki syntax

Tables
Redirect
Editing shortcuts
Use easy timeline syntax
Math Equations and Formulas
Links
Use an alternate name for links (the piped link)
Create links to external pages
Magic words allow you to change default behaviour or automate text. See also: Variables.

Page maintenance

To learn how to keep track of your (or other people's) edits, see Tracking changes

Dealing with vandalism
Deleting pages/images/categories
Looking at a page's history
Looking at related changes
Comparing page revisions
Stub pages
Personal tools