0 00:00:00,333 --> 00:00:04,504 This is a walkthrough of the basics of wiki markup:

1 00:00:04,504 --> 00:00:06,606 how to make bold text

2 00:00:06,606 --> 00:00:08,908 and links to other wiki pages.

3 00:00:08,908 --> 00:00:11,845 You can try out everything from this video

4 00:00:11,845 --> 00:00:14,514 in your own user sandbox page.

5 00:00:14,514 --> 00:00:17,083 If you don't already have a sandbox page,

6 00:00:17,083 --> 00:00:20,587 enter "Help:Sandbox tutorial"

7 00:00:20,587 --> 00:00:22,956 in the Wikipedia search box.

8 00:00:22,956 --> 00:00:26,259 That page has instructions for starting a sandbox.

9 00:00:26,259 --> 00:00:31,097 To begin, press the "edit" button on your sandbox page.

10 00:00:31,097 --> 00:00:33,266 This will open an edit window,

11 00:00:33,266 --> 00:00:35,802 where you can begin these exercises.

12 00:00:35,802 --> 00:00:38,171 We'll start with the very basics:

13 00:00:38,171 --> 00:00:39,739 bold.

14 00:00:39,739 --> 00:00:44,092 Bolded text appears at the beginning of most articles,

15 00:00:44,092 --> 00:00:46,146 to mark the subject of the article,

16 00:00:46,146 --> 00:00:48,882 so it's one of the first things you'll need to learn.

17 00:00:48,882 --> 00:00:50,784 You can make bold text

18 00:00:50,784 --> 00:00:52,652 by highlighting it with your mouse

19 00:00:52,652 --> 00:00:54,854 then clicking the "B" button

20 00:00:54,854 --> 00:00:56,489 in the edit toolbar.

21 00:00:56,489 --> 00:00:59,325 This adds three single quote marks

22 00:00:59,325 --> 00:01:01,695 at the beginning of what you want to be bold,

23 00:01:01,695 --> 00:01:04,764 and another three single quote marks at the end.

24 00:01:04,764 --> 00:01:06,866 Let's see what this looks like.

25 00:01:06,866 --> 00:01:09,135 Go to the bottom of the edit window,

26 00:01:09,135 --> 00:01:12,772 enter a brief edit summary to describe your edit,

27 00:01:12,772 --> 00:01:14,741 and press "Save page".

28 00:01:14,741 --> 00:01:16,081 It's good to get in the habit

29 00:01:16,081 --> 00:01:19,946 of leaving edit summaries every time you edit.

30 00:01:19,946 --> 00:01:22,382 It helps you keep track of what you've done,

31 00:01:22,382 --> 00:01:25,485 and it makes it easier to collaborate with others.

32 00:01:25,485 --> 00:01:30,019 You should have some bolded text on your test page now.

33 00:01:30,019 --> 00:01:33,526 Press the edit button, and let's continue.

34 00:01:33,526 --> 00:01:36,463 This time, we'll make wikilinks.

35 00:01:36,463 --> 00:01:41,167 These are links that go from one page on Wikipedia

36 00:01:41,167 --> 00:01:42,435 to another.

37 00:01:42,435 --> 00:01:44,571 Let's try it with the word "bold".

38 00:01:44,571 --> 00:01:47,024 To create a wikilink,

39 00:01:47,024 --> 00:01:48,742 highlight the word,

40 00:01:48,742 --> 00:01:51,544 then click the link icon in the edit toolbar.

41 00:01:51,544 --> 00:01:55,115 This brings up the insert link dialog.

42 00:01:55,115 --> 00:01:57,035 Clicking the insert link button

43 00:01:57,035 --> 00:02:00,186 will add the code for a wikilink:

44 00:02:00,186 --> 00:02:02,422 Two opening square brackets,

45 00:02:02,422 --> 00:02:05,125 followed by the article you want to link to

46 00:02:05,125 --> 00:02:06,086 --in this case, "bold"--

47 00:02:06,086 --> 00:02:10,003 followed by two closing square brackets.

48 00:02:10,003 --> 00:02:12,699 Now enter an edit summary and save.

49 00:02:12,699 --> 00:02:15,702 The word "bold" is now blue,

50 00:02:15,702 --> 00:02:18,505 and links to the article about bold.

51 00:02:18,505 --> 00:02:20,473 Well, the article for bold

52 00:02:20,473 --> 00:02:23,243 is actually called "Emphasis (typography)"

53 00:02:23,243 --> 00:02:25,478 and that's where the link redirects us.

54 00:02:25,478 --> 00:02:29,416 But what if that's not what you wanted to link to?

55 00:02:29,416 --> 00:02:31,885 What if you meant "Boldness",

56 00:02:31,885 --> 00:02:33,853 the opposite of being shy?

57 00:02:33,853 --> 00:02:36,056 Let's edit the page again.

58 00:02:36,056 --> 00:02:38,792 This time, in the insert link dialog,

59 00:02:38,792 --> 00:02:41,728 replace "bold" with "boldness"

60 00:02:41,728 --> 00:02:44,397 in the "Target page or URL" section.

61 00:02:44,397 --> 00:02:47,667 Now, pressing the "Insert link" button

62 00:02:47,667 --> 00:02:49,836 creates a piped link,

63 00:02:49,836 --> 00:02:52,205 which is the wiki markup for a link

64 00:02:52,205 --> 00:02:56,142 with text that is different from the name of the article that it points to.

65 00:02:56,142 --> 00:02:59,679 It consists of two opening square brackets,

66 00:02:59,679 --> 00:03:00,098 like a plain link,

67 00:03:00,098 --> 00:03:03,917 followed by the name of the article you want to link to

68 00:03:03,917 --> 00:03:05,352 --boldness--

69 00:03:05,352 --> 00:03:06,953 then, a pipe

70 00:03:06,953 --> 00:03:10,156 --which you can insert by pressing "shift+backslash"

71 00:03:10,156 --> 00:03:12,192 on most keyboards--

72 00:03:12,192 --> 00:03:14,227 after the article name,

73 00:03:14,227 --> 00:03:16,629 then, the text you want for the link

74 00:03:16,629 --> 00:03:17,864 --bold--

75 00:03:17,864 --> 00:03:20,467 then two closing square brackets.

76 00:03:20,467 --> 00:03:24,337 That's like this generally.

77 00:03:24,337 --> 00:03:26,005 If you save your changes,

78 00:03:26,005 --> 00:03:27,674 you'll see the result.

79 00:03:27,674 --> 00:03:29,442 The link says "bold",

80 00:03:29,442 --> 00:03:30,844 and when you click,

81 00:03:30,844 --> 00:03:33,279 you get the article "Boldness".

82 00:03:33,279 --> 00:03:35,248 So go ahead, start editing!