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These editing tips will used to help editors.
Adding a tip
Redlinked blank subpage
To add a template to a redlinked blank tip subpage that appears like this in the list:
Portal:Help/Tips/x Portal:Help/Tips/x
- Click on the indented Portal:Help/Tips/x
- When the subpage opens, click edit, copy the template below, and paste into the page:
<!--Add question here in bold-->
<!--Add {{Main|articlex}} -->
<!--Add Answer -->
[[Portal:Help/Tips|More Tips...]]
- Save
- To add content to that same page, click edit and when the page opens, add the question, main link, and answer.
- Save
- Go to the main Portal:Help edit page and update "max=" to the new total for its {{Random portal component}} on the main page in the line:
{{Random portal component|max=3|header=''Editing tips''|subpage=Tips|seed=2|rootpage=Portal:Help}}
Blue linked blank subpage
If the next blank page has a blue link, for example, Portal:Help/Tips/15, it means that the template has already been added.
- Click the blue link, click edit on the page that opens, and add the question, main page link, and answer.
- Save
- Go to the main Portal:Help edit page and update "max=" to the new total for its {{Random portal component}} on the main page in the line:
{{Random portal component|max=3|header=''Editing tips''|subpage=Tips|seed=2|rootpage=Portal:Help}}
Portal:Help/Tips
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