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Please note that much of the documentation on this page links to pages on "Wikipedia". The software on SikhiWiki is the same as Wikipedia so all instructions would apply on SikhiWiki. Wikipedia is large Encyclopedia on all topics whereas SikhiWiki is very focused on Sikh related topics.

Using SikhiWiki

• How to search for an article
• How to use talk pages
• How to use the Recent Changes page
• How to use the Related Changes page
• How to set preferences (Meta-Wikimedia version)

Modifying a SikhiWiki page

• Tutorial
• How to edit a page, including markup details. First-timers can experiment with editing pages in the sandbox.
• How to start a new page
• How to add images to pages
• How to upload files to SikhiWiki
• How to use redirect pages
• How to revert a page to an earlier version
• How to create pages for topics with several different definitions
• How to add boilerplate text for readers
• How to use tables and convert HTML table tags into their wiki equivalents
• Importing HTML - HTML to Wikimarkup
• How to use categories
• How to rename (move) a page
• How to delete pages/images/categories
• How to link together SikhiWiki articles in different languages
• How to edit with an external editor
• How to produce graphics for pages
• How to protect/unprotect pages(sysops only)
• How to use templates

Tutorials for using SikhiWiki

There is quite a bit of documentation on how to use a wiki and showing you how everything works. Start with the first link to get the basics and then you can delve deeper as you learn more.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial
• http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents

Typing in Punjabi and Gurmukhi

Learn how to setup your computer to type Punjabi/Gurmukhi - Once you do this you can enter text in Gurmukhi also. This is usefull if you are wanting to include Gurbani Quotes or other bani along with English.