Help:Editing basics

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==Creating an article==

In order to create an article, you must first become [[Blooncyclopedia:Autoconfirmed users|Autoconfirmed]] by having an account that's at least 5 days old and making at least 5 edits. You can start creating an article by clicking on a red link. Alternatively, you can type the name of the article you want to create into the box below. These will take you to the editor. Remember to follow the [[Blooncyclopedia:Article titles|title guidelines]]. Creating empty articles is not allowed.

In order to create an article, you must first become [[Blooncyclopedia:Autoconfirmed users|Autoconfirmed]] by having an account that's at least 3 days old and making at least 10 edits. You can start creating an article by clicking on a red link. Alternatively, you can type the name of the article you want to create into the box below. These will take you to the editor. Remember to follow the [[Blooncyclopedia:Article titles|title guidelines]]. Creating empty articles is not allowed.

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==Using the source editor==

MediaWiki uses a markup language called [[mediawikiwiki:wikitext|wikitext]] to format articles. The visual editor is actually converting your changes into wikitext behind-the-scenes, which you can see by switching to the source editor.

MediaWiki uses a markup language called [[mediawikiwiki:wikitext|wikitext]] to format articles. The visual editor actually works by converting your changes into wikitext behind-the-scenes, which you can see by switching to the source editor while editing.

===Text styles===

Text can be ''italicised'', '''bolded''', or '''''both''''' by surrounding it in quotes:

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==Navigation==

[[Category:~~Help~~]]

[[Category:Wiki help]]

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-In order to create an article, you must first become [[Blooncyclopedia:Autoconfirmed users|Autoconfirmed]] by having an account that's at least 5 days old and making at least 5 edits. You can start creating an article by clicking on a red link. Alternatively, you can type the name of the article you want to create into the box below. These will take you to the editor. Remember to follow the [[Blooncyclopedia:Article titles|title guidelines]]. Creating empty articles is not allowed.
+In order to create an article, you must first become [[Blooncyclopedia:Autoconfirmed users|Autoconfirmed]] by having an account that's at least 3 days old and making at least 10 edits. You can start creating an article by clicking on a red link. Alternatively, you can type the name of the article you want to create into the box below. These will take you to the editor. Remember to follow the [[Blooncyclopedia:Article titles|title guidelines]]. Creating empty articles is not allowed.
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 ==Using the source editor==
-MediaWiki uses a markup language called [[mediawikiwiki:wikitext|wikitext]] to format articles. The visual editor is actually converting your changes into wikitext behind-the-scenes, which you can see by switching to the source editor.
+MediaWiki uses a markup language called [[mediawikiwiki:wikitext|wikitext]] to format articles. The visual editor actually works by converting your changes into wikitext behind-the-scenes, which you can see by switching to the source editor while editing.
 ===Text styles===
 Text can be ''italicised'', '''bolded''', or '''''both''''' by surrounding it in quotes:
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 ==Navigation==
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-[[Category:Help]]
+[[Category:Wiki help]]

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