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Name- Michel L. Okai jr. |
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Place of Birth - Monrovia Liberia SDA Cooper Hospital |
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Date of Birth - Nov, 21, 1989 |
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Club- New York Redbull |
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Position- Forward |
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<div style="background-color:#cedff2; border-bottom:0px; border: 1px solid #a3b0bf; text-align:center; font-size:150%; padding:3px; margin:4px;">Editing Wikipedia</div> |
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''To learn how to keep track of your edits (or other people's), see [[Help:Contents/Tracking changes|keeping track of changes]].''<br/> |
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''For lists of [[Wikipedia:Stub|stub]] types, [[Wikipedia:Categorization|categories]] and [[WP:IBX|infoboxes]], etc., see [[Help:Contents/Resources and lists|resources and lists]].''<br/> |
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''To use an image, see [[Help:Contents/Images and media|images and media]].''<br/> |
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''To learn the rules of Wikipedia, see [[Help:Contents/Policies and guidelines|policies and guidelines]].'' |
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:'''[[Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia|Contributing to Wikipedia]]''' - a guide on ways to get involved in Wikipedia. |
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:'''[[Wikipedia:Introduction|Introduction]]''' to the project. |
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:'''[[Wikipedia:Tutorial|Tutorial]]''' - a tutorial on how to edit Wikipedia |
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:'''[[Wikipedia:Cheatsheet|Cheatsheet]]''' - an editing reference card. |
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:'''[[Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset|Simplified ruleset]]''' - essential information to understand when editing articles (for new editors). |
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:'''[[Wikipedia:Glossary|Glossary]]''' - defining Wikipedia jargon. |
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===Editing=== |
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Experiment with editing pages in the [[wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]]. You can also carry out editing experiments "in situ" by editing the page itself and using the [[Show preview|'''Show preview''']] button. Be careful not to accidentally save the page though! If you do, then [[Help:Reverting|revert]] your changes. |
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:[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]] |
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:[[Help:Wiki markup|Extended wiki markup details]] |
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:[[Wikipedia:Tips|Bite sized tips]] for the most common tasks. |
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:[[Help:Link|Create links]] and [[Help:Piped link|change the title of a link (pipe a link)]] |
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:[[Help:Section|Use sections]] in an article |
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:[[Wikipedia:Categorization|Use categories]] |
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:[[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial|Insert a picture]] |
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:[[Help:Redirect|Use redirect pages]] |
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:[[Help:Infobox|Create infoboxes]] |
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:[[Help:Template|Create templates]], using [[Help:A quick guide to templates|a quick guide]] and [[Wikipedia:Template_messages|a list of available templates]] |
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:[[Help:List|Create lists]] |
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:[[Help:Footnotes|Use footnotes and references]] |
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:[[Help:Table|Use tables]] |
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:[[Help:Displaying a formula|Use mathematical formulae]] |
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:[[Help:Special characters|Use special characters]]. The display of fonts and other character sets in your browser. |
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:[[Help:EasyTimeline syntax|Use easy timeline syntax]] |
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:[[Help:HTML in wikitext|Valid HTML codes in wikitext]] |
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:Use [[Help:Magic words|"magic words"]] and [[Help:Variable|variables]]. These allow you to change default behaviour or automate text. For example, you can disable a Table of Contents, move its position or insert constants and timestamps. |
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====Saving==== |
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:Report your change in the [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] |
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:Handle an [[Help:Edit conflict|edit conflict]] |
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:Use [[Help:Minor edit|minor edits]] |
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:Use the [[Help:Show preview|"Show preview"]] button |
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====Creating pages==== |
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:[[Wikipedia:Your first article|Write your first article]] |
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:[[Help:Page name|Name a page]] |
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:[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions|Naming conventions in general]] - ([[:Category:Wikipedia naming conventions|full list of specific naming conventions]]) |
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:[[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|Disambiguation]], create pages for topics with several different definitions |
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:[[Help:Starting a new page|Starting a new page]] - for creating pages other than articles |
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:[[Wikipedia:Subpages|Create subpages]] |
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===Style=== |
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:The [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] is a comprehensive style guide for Wikipedia articles. |
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::[[Wikipedia:Layout|Guide to layout]] |
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::[[Wikipedia:Captions|Captions]] |
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::[[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|Disambiguation pages]] |
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::[[Wikipedia:Image use policy|Image use policy]] |
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::[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions|Naming conventions]] |
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::[[Wikipedia:Proper_names|Using proper names]] |
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:[[Wikipedia:Article_series|Creating an article series]] |
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::[[Wikipedia:Summary style|Summary style techniques]] |
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:[[Wikipedia:When to use tables|When to use tables]] |
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:[[:Category:Wikipedia style guidelines|Wikipedia style guidelines]] |
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===Life cycle of an article=== |
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:[[Wikipedia:Article development|Article development]] - lists the stages in the life of an article |
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:[[Wikipedia:Your first article|Your first article]] |
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:[[Wikipedia:Writing better articles|Guide to writing better articles]] |
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:''[[Wikipedia:The perfect article|The perfect article]]'' - a checklist of components required to make ''the perfect article''. |
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===The Wikipedia interface=== |
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Find your way around. |
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: [[Help:Edit toolbar|Edit toolbar]] |
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: [[Help:Page history|Page history]] |
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: [[Help:User contributions|User contributions pages]] |
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: [[Wikipedia:Talk page|Talk pages]] |
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: [[Help:Recent changes|Recent changes page]] |
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: [[Help:Related changes|Related changes page]] |
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: [[Help:Diff|Diff pages]] |
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: [[Help:Edit conflict|Edit conflicts]] |
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: [[Help:Watching pages|The watchlist]] |
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===Article maintenance=== |
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:[[Help:Merging and moving pages|Merge two or more pages and move (rename) a page]] - ([[Wikipedia:Requested moves|Requested moves]]) |
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:[[Wikipedia:Deletion discussions|Delete pages/images/categories]] |
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:[[Wikipedia:Categorization|Categorize]] |
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:[[Wikipedia:stub|Stub articles]] - ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types|List of stub types]]) |
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:[[Wikipedia:Talk page|Use talk pages (discussion pages)]] |
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::[[Help:Archiving a talk page|Archive a talk page]] |
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:[[Help:Reverting|Revert a page]] to an earlier version |
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:[[Wikipedia:Vandalism|Deal with vandalism]] |
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:[[Wikipedia:Protection policy|Protect and unprotect pages]] ([[Wikipedia:Administrators|Administrators]] only) |
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:[[Help:Interlanguage links|Link together Wikipedia articles in different languages]] |
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:[[Wikipedia:InterWikimedia links|Link words in articles to Wikimedia sister projects]] |
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:[[Help:Page name|Use page names]] |
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:[[Help:Namespace|Use namespaces]] |
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:[[Help:Anchors|Use headings as anchors to link to]] |
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:[[Wikipedia:Contributing to articles outside your native language|Translate articles]] |
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:[[Wikipedia:How to archive Current Events|Archive Current Events]] |
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:[[Wikipedia:purge|Do a purge]] |
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:[[Wikipedia:Text editor support|Edit with a text editor]] |
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:[[Help:Testing|Test edits and other things]] |
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:[[Help:Editing shortcuts|Editing shortcuts]] |
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[[als:Hilfe:Ändern]] |
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[[ar:مساعدة:محتويات/تحرير ويكيبيديا]] |
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[[de:Hilfe:Bearbeiten]] |
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[[fa:راهنما:فهرست/ویرایش ویکیپدیا]] |
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[[fr:Aide:Sommaire/Modifier Wikipédia]] |
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[[zh:Help:目录]] |
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[[zh-classical:Help:編者經]] |
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[[nl:Help:Inhoud/Bewerken van Wikipedia]] |
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[[ja:Help:目次 編集入門]] |
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[[pl:Pomoc:Jak edytować Wikipedię]] |
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[[sr:Помоћ:Садржај/Уређивање Википедије]] |
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Revision as of 17:45, 19 February 2010
Name- Michel L. Okai jr. Place of Birth - Monrovia Liberia SDA Cooper Hospital Date of Birth - Nov, 21, 1989 Club- New York Redbull Position- Forward