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I was wondering under what circumstances one is accually allowed to edit articles.

So long as there is an 'edit' link at the top of the page, you are allowed to edit an article. If an article is clearly by one person and is labeled as such, it is good etiquette to sign your changes eg:
'Addition by Deff Dread red Edition: blah blah blah'
but if there is no clear editor then just hop in and do what you want. If you are just correcting spelling or grammar then again just hop right in. The usual forum rules apply (click the Forum Rules link in the bottom right of any page on dakka to read them, and any specific article rules).

Do I have to be able to do Wiki coding(I belive it is called) to be able to do this.

It is quite straightforward, read the tutorials linked on the left of any articles page to learn how it works. You can also use the buttons in the editor to do the formatting for you.

I see thanks Lego.


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I don't accually want to start editting articles,just wanted to know.Plus I am to slow to learn how to do anything technical.

Deff Dread red Edition wrote:I see thanks Lego.


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I don't accually want to start editting articles,just wanted to know.Plus I am to slow to learn how to do anything technical.

If you want to mess around learning the article system remember that we have a 'sandbox' for playing around here:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Sandbox


And you have your 'own wiki page' available off of your main profile page (you haven't created yours yet, but you can off of your profile page) which you can do whatever you like with.

You could even copy and paste the code from another article (by clicking 'edit' on an article and then copying the wiki code that comes up) onto your user page just so you could try messing around with it.

I see.I will read up on it and mess around with the sandbox abit before I try anything.One other question,if I am just editing minor spelling mistakes do I still have to kn ow how to write wikicode(sorry for my idiocy I am tired today,I should accually most probally stop posting,haha).

nah it's pretty straightforward, you should be able to just jump right in.

I see,well like I say I will first read up about it and mess around in the sandbox before I try.(but not today as like I say my brain is running on low today,lol).Thanks to both you guys for helping and for keeping such a good web site running.

Regards
DDrE