User:Matty.007/sandbox/Adoption

Gadgets
Gadgets can save lots of time when editing, so I will go over the main types of gadget:

Reference gadgets
You have figured out how to put in simple references, and I see that on the articles you are editing that your citations are good. However, there are special gadgets that can be turned on it 'Preferences', or by putting some words into your CS script (please don't ask me any technical questions on this, I have no idea how it works). I use for my references, as all you have to do is fill in a table.

Browsing
Gadgets that modify how you look at pages, such as a look at a blue linked articles, a gadget to do tedious jobs such as AfD and CSD, and gadgets that let you see the full extent of the information of in article references.

Watchlist
As it sounds, these gadgets modify how you view your watchlist.

Editing
These gadgets do things from removing VE from editing to a gadget for inputting categories to (if you generally do work at AFC) one to review pending Articles for Creation submissions.

The other categories, which don't affect Wikipedia usage so much are Appearance, Compatibility, and Advanced.

Sixth Assignment
Try out two new gadgets, and leave links here telling me which gadgets you decided to try out. Thanks,

New page patrol
You have already found the new pages feed (one of them, they have different layouts) which I prefer, but I think that there is one/two other pages. What happens in the new page patrol is where pages are tagged if they have issues (the banners, e.g. 'Not English' tag here), or tagged for Speedy deletion/AFD/PRODed or PRODed for being a BLP with no references. Sorry for the list of types of deletion, but it is necessary for new page patrol.

With the new pages feed, there are some articles with a red '!' in a circle on the left, which means they are unreviewed. If you click on one, it opens in a new tab, and see the bar below. It will usually be on the top right, but can be bottom left. The small 'x' at the top has been replaced with an arrow, which when clicked closes the bar (don't do this, annoying to try and re-open). The 'i' is metadata, which isn't really needed for patrol, just a summary of notable times in the page (as far as I can gather). The heart sends wikilove, e.g. food/drink/kittens/barnstars for the quality of the page. The tick marks the page as reviewed, if there are no issues. The tag sign is to add tags to the article for issues (don't do what I originally did and overtag articles). The bin is for deleting for whatever reason. The fast forward button is to go onto the next page in the queue of new pages.

Important points to remember:


 * Don't bite new editors if they make mistakes, gently correct them
 * Don't CSD articles if unsure
 * If article may be improved, don't CSD it straight away
 * Feel free to talk to the user who created the page
 * (If it has over 1500 bytes of readable prose, it can be nominated for DYK)
 * If the article has no content at all, wait ~10 minutes to CSD it
 * Feel free to have a look at New pages patrol

Sorry if the set up above is unclear.

Assignment 1
Review five articles, and link them. This includes adding tags, but not deleting, as I cannot see deleted pages. If you are unsure about anything, either ask or leave it alone. Good luck. (Feel free to do more than 5 if you enjoy it, but the more you do the more chance there is for something to go wrong.)

Talk page etiquette
I thought that etiquette in how to get your message across to other editors was quite important, so here is a nice thing which I found whilst looking at someone's talk page to start off with:

QUICK TIP Indent your posts with colons. Like this:

I like bunnies.





Looks that way.



Did I tell you I'm left handed?

Me too. :)

I like kittens.



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So, to indent a post, which is what is meant to happen with a new post, you put a colon at the front of your sentence, as seen above (it gets automatically changed into an indent). Remember to sign your talk page posts, with four tildes, that is, four of ~.


 * For a new paragraph, input enter twice, which will initiate a new paragraph.
 * Use * for a bullet point
 * Please don't make long rambling posts on talk pages which are tortuously long to read, instead, make short concise notes
 * Don't SHOUT
 * Use wikilinks where appropriate, sometimes with | piping
 * Put new posts at the bottom of talk pages
 * Make a new heading for new topics, e.g. == Heading ==
 * Don't make personal attacks
 * You can use if the discussion gets indented too much

Sorry, quite a lot this time, take your time to read over it, and any questions, just ask! Please acknowledge when you have read this. Thanks,

DYK
OK, this is more of a specialist area, but it is good to know about content development, i.e. how to expand articles, how to write them, and how to identify articles of a good quality. The rules at DYK are numerous, and listed here and here. I would advise having a look at those before doing anything at DYK, but I shall attempt to summarise the main elements of the rules:
 * Any article can be nominated within 5 days of mainspace creation, so long as it is over 1500 characters of readable prose (I use [[User:Dr pda/prosesize.js|this for character counting}
 * Any newly listed GA can be nominated within 5 days of listing (provided it hasn't been in DYK before) so long as it is over 1500 characters of readable prose
 * Any article which has had the number of prose characters expanded fivefold can be nominated within 5 days so long as it is over 1500 characters of readable prose
 * Any unsourced BLP which has had the prose expanded twofold and is newly sourced can be nominated within 5 days so long as it is over 1500 characters of readable prose
 * A rule of thumb is at least one source per paragraph, but more if possible
 * The hook (i.e. the "... that interesting fact") needs to have a source directly after where it is stated in the article
 * Everything stated in the hook must be stated and referenced in the article
 * Hooks should be neutral point of view (i.e. don't make mistakes such as I did here, especially with BLPs)
 * After you have five 'credits' (i.e. five articles have been on the main page after nomination by you) you need to begin reviewing one nomination per every article you nominate (this is called QPQ)
 * In the hook, the article being nominated must be bolded and linked
 * If you want to use an image, make sure it is fair use
 * No redlinks in the hook
 * No bare URLs

When you want to nominate articles, go to Template talk:Did you know. Scroll down to the box which says 'YOUR ARTICLE TITLE', and after reading the yellow steps, input the nomination title and you should see this (go into the edit mode so that you can see what it actually looks like):


 * Article: where the name of the article being nominated goes, do not link it
 * Article2: for if there are multiple articles being nominated
 * Status: delete all but the relevant one
 * Hook: where you write the part that goes on the main page, start writing after the ?
 * Author: again, no linking, just the creator's name
 * Author2: for if there are multiple main authors
 * Image: where the 'File:Image' part goes if you want a picture used (note: the image must be used in the article
 * Caption: only fill this in if there is an image, write a description of the picture
 * Comment: if you, as the nominator, have anything to say about the nomination
 * Reviewed: where QPQ goes if necessary

Assignment 2
This week, using some kind of character prose counter, find an article from here which qualifies and ask the author, fill out the relevant nomination page, or write your own article which qualifies and nominate it. Please link here to it, so that I can have a look, and in the comment section then say that it is your first nomination (if you think something isn't quite right). Thanks, Mat  ty. 007 12:24, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Parts of the course which require writing: Overview, Project-wide principles, Core content policies, Other content policies, Content guidelines, Behavioural policies , Behavioural guidelines, Editing guidelines, Style conventions, Classification guidelines, link to Wikimedia Foundation, specialist.

✅: completed areas:
 * Overview
 * Specialist
 * Behavioural policies