How easy is Wikipedia's new Visual Editor to use? - 5 min walkthrough

From Ewan McAndrew on April 14th, 2017

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Previously, to edit Wikipedia you needed to learn HTML markup. Wikipedia's new Visual Editor interface means editing Wikipedia is much more akin to Wordpress blogging or using Microsoft Word through its use of dropdown menus.

This 5 minute walkthrough will show you the main formatting elements that go into constructing a Wikipedia page and how easy that has now become with the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Visual Editor interface.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User_guide

Have a go yourself with this short tutorial:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MyPage/be_bold?tour=outreachbebold

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