User:MontOther/Training

A page of step by step guidelines is here: User:MontOther/Practice

Using

 * 1) Search box
 * 2) Links
 * 3) Navigation
 * 4) *Categories and navboxes
 * How to evaluate a WP article, enlarge at
 * 1) Evaluating Wikipedia (brochure)
 * 2) Wikipedia's best articles:
 * 3) *Featured articles: History, Law
 * 4) *Good articles: History, Law
 * 5) *Today's Featured Article
 * 6) Other features of wikipedia:
 * 7) *Article history: "View history" tab
 * 8) *Article talk pages: "Talk" tab
 * 9) "Sister" projects:
 * 10) *Wikimedia Commons for images and video
 * 11) *Wikisource
 * 12) *Other projects of the Wikimedia Foundation at the bottom of the main page
 * 13) *Other languages: List of all 288 wikipedias in all languages
 * 14) GLAM

Introduction to Editing

 * 1) Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia
 * Wikipedia policies and guidelines
 * 1) Contributing to Wikipedia
 * 2) Editing Wikipedia (brochure)

Account creation

 * 1) Editing Anonymously: has drawbacks.
 * 2) *Cannot create articles, cannot edit protected articles
 * 3) *Your IP address is visible
 * 4) **Why this is generally not a great idea: harmless edit but oops!
 * 5) Creating an account with a username is a better approach
 * 6) *Hides your IP address, increased privacy if you need it
 * 7) *Increases your credibility
 * 8) *Allows broader ability to create, edit and move articles
 * 9) *More tools are at your disposal
 * 10) Conflict of interest basics:
 * 11) *Plain and simple conflict of interest guide
 * 12) *Best practices for editors with close associations


 * 1) Advice from Andy:

Basic editing

 * 1) Overview video
 * 2) History page: You can undo anything!
 * 3) Help:Cheatsheet
 * 4) Your first edits:
 * 5) *Typographical errors, common misspellings, fixing duplicate words ("the the")
 * 6) *Use your sandbox to play with the editing toolbar and manual markup
 * 7) Citing Sources: Help:Referencing_for_beginners:
 * 8) *Videos on referencing: part 1 (ref tags) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2HFdEtYDyc
 * 9) *part 2 (cite button) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2HFdEtYDyc
 * 10) Neutrality, verifiability and originality:
 * 11) *Neutral point of view
 * 12) *Everything should be verifiable with a citation from a reliable source
 * 13) *Do not plagiarize or copy and paste
 * 14) *Wikipedia is not the place for original research or editorializing

Article creation

 * 1) Sandboxing
 * 2) Create at redlink
 * 3) Moving to mainspace
 * 4) Articles for creation—backlogged!


 * 1) New bio prep tool: http://tools.wmflabs.org/magnustools/prepbio.php
 * 2) Writing history articles: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Editing_Wikipedia_articles_on_History.pdf

More on GLAM

 * https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM
 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GLAM
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/US

Commons

 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:How_to_take_pictures_for_Wikimedia_Commons
 * https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Introduction_to_free_licenses_2010-11-27_%28web%29.pdf
 * https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/PlagiarismHandout.pdf

Videos

 * Wikimedia foundation videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgIIsBhcseFH1Kghmo0ULbA
 * Basic markup: Bold and links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfxjrtot1M8&list=PLVx9pX-VnGVjAVQo8Qv_ohNP5r7JuzhRo
 * editing and uploading images: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAy_kBBqs0U&list=PLVx9pX-VnGVjAVQo8Qv_ohNP5r7JuzhRo
 * Plagiarism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbI1rqRVq7c&list=UUgIIsBhcseFH1Kghmo0ULbA
 * Sandboxes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7EEn1zTNkU&list=PLVx9pX-VnGVjAVQo8Qv_ohNP5r7JuzhRo


 * GLAM: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Share_Your_Knowledge_1_Why_glamwiki.ogv

Training tools

 * How Wikipedia Works (2008) 400+ page comprehensive manual.
 * WP:EXPERTS
 * http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/life/entertainment/story/2015/feb/06/academic-approval-encyclopedic-website-no-longer-seen-even-educators-den-info-iniquity/286784/
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Training/For_students
 * User:WereSpielChequers/image adding


 * File:User contributions detail.png
 * Tables: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table/Introduction_to_tables

Editing in the gender gap

 * http://anitaborg.org/news/blog/how-to-edit-wikipedia-lessons-from-a-female-contributor/

News

 * WP on 60 minutes: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-morley-safer-60-minutes/
 * Vandal segment: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/wiki-vandals-policing-bias-and-false-information
 * BLP: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/george-w-bushs-wikipedia-page
 * COI: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/wikipedia-as-pr-tool

Policies on paid editing and COI disclosure

 * https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use#4._Refraining_from_Certain_Activities
 * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use/FAQ_on_paid_contributions_without_disclosure
 * Don't do this
 * https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/16/change-terms-of-use-requirements-for-disclosure/
 * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use/FAQ_on_paid_contributions_without_disclosure
 * http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/06/17/wikipedia-is-acting-against-its-secret-lobbyists/
 * http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/wikipedia-sockpuppet-investigation-largest-network-history-wiki-pr/

Samples and examples
From sandbox draft to mainspace article: Nelson Story

Resources

 * http://www.hathitrust.org
 * http://scholar.google.com

Training tools
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_partnership_workshop
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Relationships_with_academic_editors
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Randy_in_Boise
 * https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/For_trainers/Sample_sessions
 * https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/For_trainers
 * https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Training
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Training
 * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Creating_new_articles
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:New_user_article
 * User:Fuzheado
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Acroterion/Dealing_with_the_young
 * https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Basic_Wikipedia_training
 * https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Basic_Commons_training
 * https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikipedia_joint_workshop

Education programs

 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Student_assignments
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_program/Educators
 * http://www.mtmemory.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p103401coll12
 * https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Instructional_videos
 * https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Brochures
 * https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Resources
 * https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Starting_an_education_program
 * https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Program_plans

Gadgets, templates and handy stuff

 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Request_edit

Continuing education

 * Class blurb
 * Student assignments
 * Education program
 * Wikipedians
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Getting_started

Slides

 * File:Campus Wikipedia Essentials slides.pdf

Shortcuts

 * WP:SBK
 * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Women_Scientists_Workshop_Development
 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Systemic_bias_workshop_kit.pdf
 * https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf
 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Systemic_bias_workshop_kit_appendix.pdf