Wikipedia talk:How to edit a page

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Common Law?

Is that first tag, {{H:h|editor toc}}, supposed to have a long description of common law? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.111.57.154 (talk • contribs) 17:13, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This page currently has a description of the company Talk2Rep and not any helpful information. Can it be reverted to an older version? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pilom (talk • contribs) 21:28, 12 November 2007 (UTC) There are many leuges like ahl,nhl and whl.[reply]

page formatting

i dont' want images and boxes to overlap into other sections because the sections are too small. i put in a bunch of white space between sections with images to stop them from overlapping but i don't think its the proper way. here are some pages i recently edited and added white space.. if anyone knows the proper way to stop images from overlapping from section to the other please fix it or tell me how: saddleback college, san francisco state university, golden gate university, golden gate university school of law. to see what i'm talking about...look up the schools in the search box and look at how i did the formatting under "edit this page"

missing information

this article doesn't describe how to link to an article while making the text different--24.6.185.253 (talk) 10:52, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think you have to use HTML code to alter text, bold, colour, etc. Just do a search engine search for "HTML code" and you'll find some answers. Nick carson (talk) 10:40, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adding References

I have just given up trying to edit an article, because I could not find a suitably simple guide to link a newspaper article that was a reference to the detail I was providing. I tried to copy another similar edit but was unsuccesful. I will be helped to be given a link to a simple "how to do it" instruction please. Stranger on the shore (talk) 20:49, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just start with the basics, a good way to learn this sort of stuff is to just click 'edit this page' in any article and sneak a peak at how the references are done behind the scenes. Copy/paste also helps. Nick carson (talk) 12:10, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Taking credit for anonymous edits

Lets say I made a couple of anonymous edits before I decided to sign up for an account. Now that I have an account, is there any way to 'take credit' for those edits? Ajrisi (talk) 12:54, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This used to be possible, but not anymore. See Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit. -- Avenue (talk) 13:19, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That would be quite a useful tool. I made a fair few edits before I signed up as an editor. Nick carson (talk) 10:42, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]