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The Demonstrations of 15 September were protest actions against the troika and the austerity measures imposed by the Government, which took place on 15 September 2012, from north to south of Portugal. The initiative was launched on social networks by a group of 30 citizens, having as main objective to bring to the street the indignation of the Portuguese people. [‎‎1‎‎]‎
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The moments of greatest tension with the police were in Lisbon, next to the IMF delegation and in front of the steps of the Assembly of the Republic (where, according to the organization, 500,000 demonstrators were present) and in Aveiro. [2]
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These protests will have been the largest demonstrations since May 1st in 1974.
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Latest revision as of 05:18, 12 April 2024

Introduction to Wikipedia

Wikipedia is made by people like you.

This page takes you through a set of tutorials aimed at complete newcomers interested in contributing. It covers all the basics, and each tutorial takes only a few minutes, so you can become a proficient Wikipedian in no time!

Get started
Policies and Guidelines

The wiki markup source editor shows the underlying page source code. It works like a plain text file, indicating links and other items using simple code like this: [[Earth]].

Editing
Referencing
Images
Tables

VisualEditor is the easier way of editing that works more like a word processor and hides the underlying source code. Links and other items are edited using toolbar and pop-up interfaces.

Editing
Referencing
Images
Tables

Talk pages
Navigating Wikipedia
Manual of Style
Conclusion


View all as single page

For more training information, see also:

Full help contents page
Training for students
A single-page guide to contributing
A training adventure game
Resources for new editors