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Beyond simple text, wikicode can be confusing to new users. Before fumbling around in articles trying to get things to work, use the sandbox to make test edits. It can also be helpful to click the edit button of a page but not change anything, instead simply reading the code to see how it compares to the page's result. Finally, one can use their userpage as a testing ground if you don't want other people in the Sandbox messing up your tests; do note step 1 above however. In any case, the most important rule is to use the preview button before saving edits, as nobody likes it when Recent Changes lists five edits that together only did one thing. | Beyond simple text, wikicode can be confusing to new users. Before fumbling around in articles trying to get things to work, use the sandbox to make test edits. It can also be helpful to click the edit button of a page but not change anything, instead simply reading the code to see how it compares to the page's result. Finally, one can use their userpage as a testing ground if you don't want other people in the Sandbox messing up your tests; do note step 1 above however. In any case, the most important rule is to use the preview button before saving edits, as nobody likes it when Recent Changes lists five edits that together only did one thing. | ||
==Step 5: Get | ==Step 5: Get a target== | ||
{{see also|Special:Random}} | {{see also|Special:Random}} | ||
Now armed with knowledge of how to edit, many new users' | Now armed with knowledge of ''how'' to edit, many new users' next question is ''what'' to edit. Picking a random page out of the miasma is as good a place as any to start. In many cases, the usage of Special:Random can help find errors or problems that no one else has seen in years. Even if a user is more of a learner than a teacher, they can still help spot and quash orthographical and grammatical errors, reorder lists to follow a more natural progression, or peg pages as requiring a specific image or video. | ||
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