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Welcome to the English Wikipedia's Editor Training Courses. These are structured courses to help you make the most of your enjoyment on Wikipedia, and create dazzling content that gets noticed. The formal awards given on completion of the course can also be added to your resume or CV - make your editing hobby work for your career!

Who are these courses suited for

 * People who love Wikipedia, who would love to add to the collection of knowledge, and want to become skilled and respected at it;
 * People who have heard it's difficult to get started on Wikipedia and want one-on-one from an experienced editor to learn how to edit easily;
 * People who are interested in the Wikipedia project and would live to get involved
 * New users on Wikipedia that would like some guidance on the basic ropes of the tools, and a sound understanding of policies.

What's involved
Editor training courses are run and managed by the Wikipedia community. In them you'll learn a much wider range of editing skills than most newcomers, allowing you to more successfully take part in a wider range of activities.

Wikipedians do everything from edit and checking articles, to expert peer reviews, coding, photography and image restoration, vandalism patrolling, as well as discussing the many policies that Wikipedia itself uses. Wikipedians also learn how to collaborate in topic discussion and how to handle disagreements or difficult users following the "rules".

These courses are one of the fastest ways to gain solid skills and awareness of the other areas you might enjoy. They are not an "examination", rather they are a chance to take part in editing activities that show your skill, and a structured way to learn. It's fun -- and incredibly useful!

Most people will be better editors for incorporating this into whatever editing they want to do. By level 3 you'll be as competent as many editors who have been around for years!

In each of the 3 courses you'll be taken through specific areas at increasing levels of sophistication. By the end of the course you will have a portfolio of evidence of your skills which will be evaluated by other editors against the award criteria. There are 3 levels, representing basic, intermediate and advanced knowledge of Wikipedia. In each case you will have the support of an experienced helper, who will ensure your portfolio and skills are strong and ready to be presented for review.

Personal benefit
These awards help you to edit more enjoyably. But once awarded they also may be listed on your resume ("CV") and used as a worldwide community of editors has examined and recognized that:


 * You are a capable collaborator and listener;
 * You understand and can follow editing policies - including knowing when to break them;
 * You can use reference sources correctly and cite them in a balanced fair manner;
 * You can communicate well to a general audience.

How can I get started?
Anyone can sign up for this course - no matter your level of experience! So you've read the information on this page and have decided to enrol in the course. Great! Here's how you can start the enrolment process:


 * Sign your name up at ...
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Course curriculum
Level 1 - user is familiar with general principles and how Wikipedia works

Level 2 - some experience with "internal" processes, comfortable with user interactions and relatively complex editing

Level 3 - entirely comfortable contributor working at a high level within community processes, producing good quality content

Notes for expansion

 * We need to work out how this integrates with existing projects - Editor review; Adopt-a-user; Admin coaching
 * Can this be run along with the Ambassadors/Courses?