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== Help for Beginners ==
* [[M3P:About|What is M3P?]] - yours to explore
* [[Special:RequestAccount|Request account]] - Before you can submit or edit content on M3P, you need to create an account. Click on 'Request account', choose your username and password, and submit a valid email. Within a few minutes, you will receive an automated email, asking you to confirm your email and activate e-mail features on M3P by clicking on a link inside the message. That's it. You're now ready to contribute to M3P
* [[Help:Getting Started|Getting started and adding content]] - adding and editing content on M3P: an introduction to getting started
* [[Help:Editing Pages|Editing pages]] - general help for contributing editors
* [[Frequently asked questions]]
==Help Topics==
==Help Topics==
* [[Help:Disambiguation|Disambiguation]] - how to handle conflicting page titles


* [[Help:Getting Started|Getting Started]] - an introduction to adding and editing content on M3P
* [[Help:Redirect|Redirection]] - how to redirect different page titles to a particular entry on search terms?


* [[Help:Editing Pages|Editing Pages]] - general help for M3P editors
* [[Help:Stub|Stubs]] - how to create a page about a subject that can later be populated with further details.


* [[Help:References|References]] - understanding and using references when adding and/or editing content
* [[Help:References|References]] - understanding and using references when adding and/or editing content


* [[Help:M3P Firefox Search|Firefox Search]] - adding M3P to your search engine list in Firefox
=== Guidelines for specific types of pages ===
* [[Help:Guidelines for pages about song contests|Guidelines for pages about song contests]]
 
 
 
== See also ==
* [[:Category:M3P Guidelines]]
* [[:Category:M3P_Policies]]
 
 
 
'''More help and FAQs coming soon!'''
 
'''''Please feel free to ask for help on specific tasks [[Help_talk:Contents|using the discussion/talk page]].'''''
 
==M3P Quickies==
A series of PDF files for quick and easy step-by-step guide on how to start creating and editing pages on M3P.
 
[[Media:M3P_Quickies_1_-_How_to_register.pdf|M3P Quickies 1:How to register in 4 easy Steps]] - pdf file.
 
[[Media:M3P_Quickies_-_Creating_a_new_Page_from_scratch.pdf|M3P Quickies 2:Creating a Page from Scratch]] - pdf file
 
[[Media:M3P_Quickies_-_A_wiki_markup_Cheatsheet_1.pdf‎|M3P Quickies 3:M3P Cheatsheet #1]] - pdf file showing how to format text, linking a name to an M3P page or an external website, eg. Facebook. and how to upload a picture in M3P.
 
[[Help:M3P Firefox Search|Firefox Search]] - adding M3P to your search engine list in Firefox.
 
...more Quickies on the way!...




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You may also want to consult the Mediawiki [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki.
You may also want to consult the Mediawiki [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki.

Revision as of 07:44, 23 March 2016

Help for Beginners

  • Request account - Before you can submit or edit content on M3P, you need to create an account. Click on 'Request account', choose your username and password, and submit a valid email. Within a few minutes, you will receive an automated email, asking you to confirm your email and activate e-mail features on M3P by clicking on a link inside the message. That's it. You're now ready to contribute to M3P

Help Topics

  • Redirection - how to redirect different page titles to a particular entry on search terms?
  • Stubs - how to create a page about a subject that can later be populated with further details.
  • References - understanding and using references when adding and/or editing content

Guidelines for specific types of pages


See also


More help and FAQs coming soon!

Please feel free to ask for help on specific tasks using the discussion/talk page.

M3P Quickies

A series of PDF files for quick and easy step-by-step guide on how to start creating and editing pages on M3P.

M3P Quickies 1:How to register in 4 easy Steps - pdf file.

M3P Quickies 2:Creating a Page from Scratch - pdf file

M3P Quickies 3:M3P Cheatsheet #1 - pdf file showing how to format text, linking a name to an M3P page or an external website, eg. Facebook. and how to upload a picture in M3P.

Firefox Search - adding M3P to your search engine list in Firefox.

...more Quickies on the way!...



You may also want to consult the Mediawiki User's Guide for information on using the wiki.