User:AshLin/Academy1


 * Exercise 1 - Adding material to an article

This is the first of a series of suggested exercises prepared by User:AshLin to help get new editors get on track and become productive contributors as early as possible.

The aim of this exercise is to teach the learner how to add material to a section. There are a number of exercises of the same kind on this page. Each editor needs to do only one to get the basic idea and can then go on to the next exercise in User:AshLin/Academy2.

General Instructions

 * Suggested preliminary activity:
 * Read Introduction to become familiar with editing Wikipedia before carrying out the exercise.
 * Read the article which you are about to edit to be familiar with its contents. It helps in giving context, correcting errors and making further improvements.
 * Additional information or instructions may be given for each exercise.
 * Material to be added : Given in a bordered infobox.
 * Where to add: Indicated for each exercise.
 * What to do: Copy the wikitext given in the bordered infobox below and paste it where it is indicated in an article. Copy the text from this box itself by a straight "copy and paste" action (and not by pressing the edit link for this section). After pasting, press the "Preview" button under the edit window to check that the result will be as desired before saving.
 * Edit summary: Each edit must be accompanied with an edit summary given which is to be added to the text box below the edit window. Give an edit summary in the text box below the edit window. A suggested edit summary is given for each of the exercises. After, you have added done the exercise,add the edit summary in the text box and press "Save".