User:Ocaasi/The Wikipedia Game/Level 3

LEVEL 3

Glad you're still with us! In this mission, we'll check out the Earth article and see what changes we can make to improve the it. Let's get started. To begin, we need to get to the Earth article. There are three easy ways to get there: This time let's use the link on your talk page.
 * Dialogue 1
 * We can click the link the editor left us on the talk page
 * We can use the Search box
 * We can type the proper address in the internet browser address bar

Click here to access your talk page
 * Action 1 - Highlight User Talk

Click here to access the article
 * Action 2 - Highlight Earth link

The Earth is the third planet from the Sun. It is one of the four terrestrial planets in our Solar System. This means most of its mass is solid. The other three are Mercury, Mars. The Earth is also called the Blue Planet, "Planet Earth", and "Terra".
 * Action 3 - Load article

The Earth is home to millions of species of plants and animals, including humans.

So this is Planet Earth! Articles on Wikipedia are designed to give an encyclopedic overview of a subject. They tell readers a little bit about everything that's important to know. First let's read the article. Keep an eye out for any problems.
 * Dialogue 2


 * Action 4 - Highlight article text

Did you notice anything? It sounds like accurate information, but there were a few typos for sure.
 * Dialogue 3

thurd, fore, tree, aminals, hughmans
 * Action 5 - Highlight typos

To make changes to the article, we can use the edit link just like we did before. Click the edit link to fix those typos.
 * Dialogue 4

Click here to edit the article
 * Action 6 - Highlight edit link


 * Action 7 - Load editing page with highlighted errors

Let's fix those typos. Here's a cheatsheet in case spelling is not your favorite subject.
 * Dialogue 5

thurd -> third, fore -> four, tree-> three, aminals -> animals, hughmans-> humans. Fix or retype the words correctly.
 * Pop-over 1

Great work. Now add an edit summary. How about, "fixed typos". Then you can Show Preview and Save
 * Dialogue 6


 * Action 8 - Edit summary, Show Preview, and Save

Wow. Now the whole world can see the improved version of the article...pretty cool! Let's make a few more changes using the skills from the last mission. Remember bold and italics? Let's add bold around the first mention of Earth in the first sentence. This lets readers focus quickly on the main subject of the article.
 * Dialogue 7


 * Action 9 - Highlight Earth in text

Just like before, click edit to make changes.
 * Dialogue 8


 * Action 10 - Highlight Edit

To add bold, just highlight the word and click the B on the toolbar. This will add   around the word. If you're picking things up fast, you might realize that you can also type them, three ' on each side. You can do either on Wikipedia, whichever you find easier. Go ahead and add the bold formatting now.
 * Dialogue 9

You're getting the hang of this. Let's do the usual Edit Summary, and Show Preview to double-check the work.
 * Dialogue 10


 * Action 11 - Show Preview

Looks good. Save it.
 * Dialogue 11


 * Action 12 - Load updated article

Neat! One more thing for this mission. Let's add italics to day and year in the sentence: One spin is called a day and one orbit around the Sun is called a year.
 * Dialogue 12


 * Action 13 - Highlight Sentence

Click edit to make changes.
 * Dialogue 13


 * Action 14 - Load editing page, highlight sentence

To add italics, highlight day and click the i on the toolbar. Do the same for year.
 * Dialogue 14

You know what to do. Edit summary: "added italics". Show Preview and Save.
 * Dialogue 15


 * Action 15 - Load updated page

Whew... This is exciting! That's enough for now. Next mission we'll learn about Wikipedia's most important principle: the Neutral Point of View.
 * Dialogue 16


 * Action 17 - Break or Continue?