User:Ramshankaryadav/DiscussionsPageTemplate

List of Prospective Articles
Each student should add an entry to the table below. Please edit row very carefully, and don't make syntax errors. You can just read below and copy the code for a row and edit it.
 * your_roll_number || your_chosen_topic  || just type "~" without quotes || Yes or No || Instructor's signature just type "~" without quotes ||  comments
 * your_roll_number || your_chosen_topic  || just type "~" without quotes || Yes or No || Instructor's signature just type "~" without quotes ||  comments

Introductory Assignment
* Account creation screencast: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WP_tutorial_en_New_user_account.ogg (After you create your user account, please make sure you're logged into it when you complete the tasks below.)
 * Create a user account, if you don't yet have one. Help regarding account creation is available on the following link,


 * Create your user page, if you don't yet have one. Add a short paragraph about yourself. Add a link to the online chatroom where you can get live help: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=wikipedia-en-ambassadors. Also, add links to the userpages of your Campus Ambassadors. Your campus ambassadors are:
 * Alex James
 * Wasim Mogal

* Sandbox screencast: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tutorial_on_starting_a_sandbox_article_on_Wikipedia.ogv
 * Create a sandbox and add some sample text in it to get a feel for the wiki code. Help regarding how to create a Sandbox is available on the following link,

* Wiki markup basics screencast: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boldness_and_links_tutorial.ogv * References screencast: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Citing_sources_tutorial,_part_1.ogv * References handout: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WikipediaReferencing.pdf * Wiki markup basics sheet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Welcome2WP_English_Flap_081810.pdf
 * Make a few edits to Wikipedia articles, it can be adding a reference, fixing a typo, cleaning up a convoluted sentence, adding a sentence, etc.

* Wikipedia help page on talk pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_talk_pages
 * Leave a message on your campus ambassador's talk page to get a feel for on-wiki communication.

* Neutral Point of View video: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Verifiability_and_Neutral_point_of_view_%28Common_Craft%29-600px-en.ogv * Celilo Falls evolution of an article: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_an_article_%28Celilo_Falls%29 * The "five pillars," which represent Wikipedia's core principles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars * Read and be able to explain the general guidelines about notability: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability
 * Review key Wikipedia policies/pages: