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=== Useful resources === | === Useful resources === | ||
In addition to reading useful information, it is encouraged that if you are stuck on something, you look at another page that has done a similar or equal thing to what you want to achieve, and copy it. | |||
This type of learning is called social learning, and it has to do with the people around you. That is, you learn from and about others by watching and interacting with them. For example, seeing someone else's mistakes may teach you to avoid falling into the same trap. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Getting_started Wikipedia's getting started guide] - As we use the same Wiki software as Wikipedia, most of Wikipedia's guides and tutorials will provide you with transferrable skills to use. | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Getting_started Wikipedia's getting started guide] - As we use the same Wiki software as Wikipedia, most of Wikipedia's guides and tutorials will provide you with transferrable skills to use. | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_to_Wikipedia Wikipedia's contributing to Wikipedia page], which is what heavily inspired this page. | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_to_Wikipedia Wikipedia's contributing to Wikipedia page], which is what heavily inspired this page. | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:VisualEditor Visual Editor help] - provides information on how to visually edit pages. | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:VisualEditor Visual Editor help] - provides information on how to visually edit pages. | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing Wikitext editor help] - provides information on how to edit pages using wikitext. | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing Wikitext editor help] - provides information on how to edit pages using wikitext. | ||