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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Putting_together_the_citation Wikipedia: Citing Sources]
 
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[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files Adding an Image or Uploading a File]
 
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== Sandbox ==
 
== Sandbox ==
  
 
Afraid to do something on a main page? Experiment here - try out codes and see what it does.  Once you figure it out, delete what you experimented with (or leave it if you think someone else will benefit from seeing/playing with what you started).
 
Afraid to do something on a main page? Experiment here - try out codes and see what it does.  Once you figure it out, delete what you experimented with (or leave it if you think someone else will benefit from seeing/playing with what you started).
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== Notes ==
 
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Latest revision as of 15:34, 9 November 2008

Wikipedia Cheatsheet - has the basic commands

Wikimedia User's Guide - for more information on using the wiki software.

Wikipedia: Citing Sources


Commonly used:

Adding a Link

Adding an external link: Click on the edit tab (or edit by the section). Click where you want to add the link. Click on the Globe button Button extlink.png (4th toolbar button) and it will add this code: [ http://www.example.com link title ] - replace the example url with the one you're adding, leave a space, then add the text you want hyperlinked - keep both end brackets (but don't include extra spaces next to the brackets).

Starting a New Page

Adding an Image or Uploading a File

Adding a Footnote

Sandbox

Afraid to do something on a main page? Experiment here - try out codes and see what it does. Once you figure it out, delete what you experimented with (or leave it if you think someone else will benefit from seeing/playing with what you started).


Brenda's 1st attempt to add a footnote:

For a good legislative summary see: Alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles: issues in Congress.[1]

Notes

  1. Yacobucci, Brent D. "Alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles: issues in Congress". United States Foreign Press Center, 2006. 20 Oct. 2008 <http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/61498.pdf>.

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