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This is '''part 1''' of the series of [[Help:Editing#Guides|editing guides]] of the Gemini Station Wiki. This guide is a step-by-step process to '''your first edit''' - or, '''how to edit plain text with the visual editor'''.

This guide is made from the perspective of a logged-in user with default preferences.

==Walkthrough==
===Spotting an error===
Finding an error to fix can sometimes be hard, but there are definitely pages that need fixing; the wiki is far from perfect. Lets assume you've found a page with something simple to fix (e.g. just something in the prose). I have found such an example for this demonstration: the [[Player Drones]] page introduction contains a line which could be written better. I'm going to reword it.

[[File:YFE - problem found.png|500px|center|thumb]]

===Opening the editor===
Opening the editor is simple; just click the ''Edit Source'' button at the top right corner of the page. Then it will either automatically start editing from visual editor or if you have to; you can switch to it, by clicking the pencil icon to the right of the editor. See image below.

[[File:YFE - Switching to VE.png|center|thumb]]

You are now in the editor. It looks like the page, but some bits may move around, and there's an edit toolbar at the top. This editor is called the '''VisualEditor''', a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor. It behaves like any word processor (e.g. Microsoft Word). Feel free to click around and explore the parts of a page and what they look like when left-/right-clicked.

[[File:YFE - editor opened.png|500px|center|thumb]]

===Editing the page===
Now, I'm just going to edit the introduction. This bit is just plain text with no additional stuff; so to edit it, we just select where to type, and type there. You can select text to copy, paste, delete, etc. A new paragraph can be created by pressing enter.

[[File:YFE - text edit.png|500px|center|thumb]]

Here's my finished reword. It may not be perfect, but it should be more readable and clear.

[[File:YFE - text edited.png|500px|center|thumb]]

===Saving the edit===
Saving an edit is done by clicking the 'Save changes' button on the right side of the toolbar. Click it to open the save dialog.

[[File:YFE - save your changes model.png|500px|center|thumb]]

In the dialog there's a textbox to put an edit summary, and three buttons. First, we're going to check the 'Review your changes' button.

;Reviewing changes

[[File:YFE - review your changes.png|500px|center|thumb]]

Changes are shown to you as a ''diff'' (which you may be familiar with if you use tools like git). The top row of text (with the red theme) is the currently viewable page, and the bottom row (with the green theme) is the text as you've changed it. Lines with something that has changed have a thick left border, and lines with nothing changed are flat grey. Text that was added, changed, or removed is highlighted in green on the left, and the replacement (and new) text is highlighted in blue on the right. This text is in a markup language known as ''wikicode'' (covered in greater detail with [[Help:Editing/Source mode basics|later guides]]).

What we're looking for is twofold: double check our changes are what we want to do (proofread it), and see if anything has changed that should not have changed. The VisualEditor has persistent bugs that can cause it to insert/delete a lot of extraneous text. If you notice this has happened to you, it may be possible to fix it by using source mode (see source mode introduction guide); however, you might have to start the edit over. Luckily, our example edit seems fine so we'll continue.

It is optional but recommended to do this for every edit.

;Saving
Clicking ''Return to save form'' brings us back to the previous form. Here we're going to add an edit summary and finally save the page.

[[File:YFE - edit summary.png|500px|center|thumb]]

An edit summary is a comment attached to your edit that isn't visible on the page itself, but is publicly viewable when looking at the changes that have been made. You should try to succinctly summarize your edit so that other editors can see what you've done. You can be as brief or descriptive as you like, but bear in mind there is a 255 characters limit. You can also use wikicode links in edit summaries, if you like.

Edit summaries aren't subject to most style policies/guidelines, but they are subject to community ones. (i.e. if you are rude to other users in a summary, that is grounds for a block as much as an edit). Edit summaries can't be changed after the fact, only deleted by an administrator (and only within certain criteria).

I've gone with simply describing the edit as "Reworded the introduction".

Now, we just click save. After a short time (don't close or reload the page during this; your edit may be lost if you do!), the edit is saved and the page automatically reloads to show the newest version of your page.

[[File:YFE - edit complete.png|500px|center|thumb]]

And that's it! The edit has been saved and is viewable to all.

==Common things to fix==
There are several simple things you should fix if you see them, for example:
* Typos
* Links to incorrect places
* Incorrect or outdated information
* Poorly-formatted/worded paragraphs

==See also==
* The next guide in the series is [[Help:Editing/VisualEditor basics]], about using the VisualEditor to edit various other parts of an article. You may prefer to skip straight to source mode with [[Help:Editing/Source mode basics]].
* [[GSWiki:Style guide]]

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