Help:Contents

This is the RationalWiki "Help Desk". If you have a technical question or problem, start a new section on the talk page. Good, complete answers to FAQs should be saved in sub-files and linked from here.

Useful links

 * Topic index

link at the side of the particular section header (this makes it easier to find when dealing with long articles or talk pages).
 * Can I test my editing skills? Here's a sandbox to play around in.

General

 * Wikitext: Basic formatting
 * Articles: What is a RationalWiki article?
 * New articles: How to start a new article
 * Manual of style
 * Etiquette: How to edit politely
 * Common mistakes: How to avoid common mistakes
 * Wikipedia's editors' help files
 * The "Toolbar"
 * Un-english: Writing articles in languages other than English
 * Drafts
 * Sandboxes

Specific subjects

 * Articles for deletion (AFD): Proposing the deletion of an article
 * Edit summary: What's an "edit summary?"
 * Abbreviations used in them
 * Titles: Page titling, renaming & moving
 * Links: How to insert links
 * Page versions: How to link to specific page versions at Wikis
 * Red links: What is a Red Link?
 * Redirects: How to create redirects
 * Categories: How to categorize articles
 * Headers: How to format headers
 * Tables of content (TOC): How to show or hide tables of contents
 * References: How to use footnotes (references/citations)
 * Open access: Guide to open access journal articles
 * Collapsing: About collapsible comments
 * Images: How to add images
 * Copyright: Image copyright notices
 * SVG images
 * Colors: A primer on colors
 * Lists: All about lists
 * Tables: How to make tables
 * Side-by-Side Template: A template to help build side-by-side articles
 * Quotes: Formatting quotations
 * Poetry: Formatting poetry
 * Randomizations: Making random choices
 * Changing usernames: Renaming your account
 * Magic words: How to become a wiki wizard! (or wikizard?)

Questions?
If you have any questions, please go to the talk page and create a new section.

More help to add?
If you add a page to this index please:
 * 1) Put it in Category:Help
 * 2) Add a link to it in Template:Helpnav
 * 3) Add template Helpnav or 1


 * 1) Add template   for each keyword you would like the page to appear under in Help:Index. After that, [ edit] the index and replace everything with  , then save it.