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There are half a dozen things that a casual COLLADA wiki user might really like to know about editing and about using the articles here.
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Some things that a casual COLLADA wiki user might like to know about editing and using the wiki pages.


==Editing tips==
==Editing and saving changes==
To start editing, click the '''Edit''' tab at the top of the page. Then just type text, using the following notation for specific formatting:
To start editing, click the '''Edit''' tab at the top of the page.


*'''Bold''' text like this: <nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki> (three single quotation marks)
To finish editing:
*''Italicize'' text like this: <nowiki>''bold''</nowiki> (two single quotation marks)
#Click '''Show preview''' at the bottom of the page, make sure everything looks OK, and type any additional changes.
*Sign your wiki username and date on [[talk page]]s (or anywhere else) using four tildes: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>  (three tildes gives just your username)
#Type a brief note about what you edited in the '''Summary:''' box.
*Link to another article--for example, [[naming wiki articles]]--like this: <nowiki>[[naming wiki articles]]</nowiki>
#Click '''Save page'''.
*Put articles in categories using <nowiki>[[</nowiki>'''Category:'''<nowiki>catgname]]</nowiki>; for example: <nowiki>[[Category:Help]]</nowiki>
*Indicate a heading line by surrounding it with equal signs; start with double equal signs like this: <nowiki>==Heading line==</nowiki> and then add more equal signs for lower-level headings.


'''TIP:''' To see how any page is formatted, click the Edit tab.
==Tips and tricks==
 
'''TIP:''' Put articles in categories using <nowiki>[[</nowiki>'''Category:'''<nowiki>catgname]]</nowiki>; for example: <nowiki>[[Category:Help]]</nowiki>


'''TIP:''' You can experiment with editing and saving in the [[sandbox]]! So please do!
'''TIP:''' You can experiment with editing and saving in the [[sandbox]]! So please do!


==Usage tips==
'''TIP:''' Sign your wiki username and date on [[talk page]]s (or anywhere else) using four tildes: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>  (three tildes gives just your username)
*'''Reviewing article changes:''' You can see what other users have changed in an article, and when, by clicking the '''history''' tab and comparing various versions with the ''current'' version, ''last'' (previous) version, or two selected versions.
 
*'''Overall activity:''' You can see what people have been doing all over this wiki lately by clicking '''Recent changes''' on the left.
==See also==
*'''Key-page tracking:''' You can use your ''watchlist'' ('''my watchlist''' link at top right) to see who has changed articles of particular interest to you by '''watch'''ing the articles ("watch this page" when editing the page, or '''watch''' tab at top of page).
*[[Help:Adding an article]]
*'''Emailing users:''' You can email any registered user by going to their user page (for example, by clicking their username in a History page) and clicking "E-mail this user" on the left.
*[[Help:Formatting text]]
*[[Help:Standard article layout]]
*[[Help:Why isn't my wiki formatting working?]]
*[[Help:Using greater-than and less-than symbols and HTML in wiki articles]]
 
==External links==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Short editing cheatsheet] (Wikipedia; same wiki software)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page How to edit a page] (Wikipedia)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing Help:Editing] (Wikipedia)


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[[Category:Help|Editing wiki articles]]

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Some things that a casual COLLADA wiki user might like to know about editing and using the wiki pages.

Editing and saving changes

To start editing, click the Edit tab at the top of the page.

To finish editing:

  1. Click Show preview at the bottom of the page, make sure everything looks OK, and type any additional changes.
  2. Type a brief note about what you edited in the Summary: box.
  3. Click Save page.

Tips and tricks

TIP: Put articles in categories using [[Category:catgname]]; for example: [[Category:Help]]

TIP: You can experiment with editing and saving in the sandbox! So please do!

TIP: Sign your wiki username and date on talk pages (or anywhere else) using four tildes: ~~~~ (three tildes gives just your username)

See also

External links

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