wiki:getting_started [Free Assange!]

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Here are a few tips for non wiki-native editors :)

  * A "wiki" is a user-editable website. **Anyone** (at the time of writing this, anyone with an account) can edit and create pages.

  * **Make mistakes**! It is the only way of learning... Also all previous revisions of any given page are being saved, so it is always possible to revert.

  * Editing a wiki is fun, and a collective effort! Feel free to create new pages, new sections, and modify and improve every existing page! Click the **pencil shaped icon** on top-right of any page to edit it. Make yourself at home!

  * Feel free to click the edit button on any page (and just click the [Cancel] button afterwards) so you can take a look at how it is structured and get inspiration from it.

  * When editing a page, use the [Preview] button under the editor to see your modifications and proof-read before pressing [Save], so you can make corrections before everyone sees your text.

  * **Learn** about the **simple wiki [[wiki:syntax]]**. Basically, %%**%%**bold text**%%**%% has %%**%% around it, %%//%%//italics//%%//%% are surrounded by %%//%%, etc. writing %%==== around a title ====%% will turn it into a section title, %%=== around some sub-title ===%% will turn it into a sub-section title, same for %%== around a sub-sub-title ==%%. These titles will be automatically turned into a convenient index, on top of the page.

  * Many pages are long lists of resources, ordered by sections and sub-sections. When a list gets too long, it probably needs to be (re)ordered into sections and maybe sub-sections.

  * When a section or sub-section becomes too big, then maybe it could become its own page!

  * Nothing is easier than **creating a new page**! Just write %%[[new page]]%% using brackets, and if it doesnt exist, a new page will be created when you click on that link. The same way you can link to an existing page, for instance by writing %%[[getting_started]]%%, %%[[syntax]]%%, or any other page. Another very simple way of creating a new page is to type its name as part of the address, in the address bar of your browser: enter "***challengepower.info/title of some new page***" and you will get to that new page, empty, ready to be edited!

  * **Links to external pages** are done in a very similar way: here is a %%[[https://address.of.external.page|link to some external page]]%%, where you just add the address of that external page in the brackets, at the beginning, followed by a "|" (pipe character). You can also just write URLs in the middle of some text, and it will become a clickable link.

  * To **upload an image**, the simplest way is, //while editing a page//, to click "Media Files" on top of the editor. Once uploaded, you will see a text looking like %%{{:wiki:dont-extradite-assange-uk-poster2web.jpg}}%%. Just copy and paste this text into your article to display the image. You can also decide the size of the image, for instance by adding %%{{:wiki:dont-extradite-assange-uk-poster2web.jpg%%**?200**%%}}%% to make it 200 pixels wide.