Wikimedia Apps/Learn how to participate

How do I learn more about editing?

• Read about the Five Pillars of Editing to become familiar with the fundamental principles of contributing on Wikipedia.
• Take introductory Tutorials
• Learn the basics of Wikitext markup. The App's native editor helps you format your text in Wikitext. Becoming familiar with Wikitext will help you read the page after selecting "Edit" or "Edit source."

How do get started editing in the iOS App?

• Be Bold, and fix an error or add information while you are reading articles. Do not be discouraged if your edit is reverted.
• Check out community-built lists of articles for improvement to find articles in need of editing.

The edit buttons in the iOS article view:

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  Edit article description or introduction section
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  Edit section
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  Edit source (full-page editing)

Formatting text within an article

Once you open an article for editing, there will be a toolbar above your keyboard to help you format text in Wikitext markup. You can click "Next" to see a preview of how your changes will look in the article before publishing.

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  From left to right: Text Formatting, add reference, add link, add template, add image, find and replace within article
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  From left to right: Bulleted list, numbered list, decrease indentation, increase indentation, move up, move down, move left, move right

How can I edit in "Sandbox" style environment in the iOS app?

• Create your your user page, and then your user talk page
• Open an article you're interested in editing. Select "Edit" and select a portion of wikitext and copy it.
• Open your user talk page (Profile>Talk page), and create a discussion. Name it "Sandbox" and put some text into the field.
• Select Edit source from the menu in top-right corner). Paste the paragraph of text from the article, and make test edits to it.
• Edit the Wikitext freely, preview your edits, and publish! They will be published to your Talk page. Your talk page is public, but within the User: namespace of Wikipedia.