Wiki markup notes edit
Don't add until last minute:
- categories
- language links
- translation template etc.
Useful places edit
- Wikipedia:Translation
- Wikipedia:Help desk - for any general questions, including where to find more specific help
- Wikipedia:New contributors' help page - as above for new editors
- Wikipedia:Cheatsheet - basic formatting summary
- Wikipedia:Editor's index to Wikipedia - more extensive index of topics
- Wikipedia:Citing sources - mechanics of footnotes and reference sections
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style and the various subpages listed on the right for how to lay out different article types
- Wikipedia:Featured articles - examples of how the ideal article looks!
In general if you want help on a topic - say, beans - a good first try is to go to Wikipedia:beans (or equivalently WP:beans). But pretend I didn't show you that one! Olaf Davis (talk) 18:46, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Likewise e.g. Template:Citation needed for templates. Olaf Davis (talk) 18:50, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
A lot of these have shortcuts too - e.g. WP:CITE. Olaf Davis (talk) 18:52, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Named references example edit
Chips are nice,[1] but burgers are nasty.[2] Cheese is even nicer![1]