User:Robins bird

User:Robins bird/sandbox My parasite page (trying to get it ready for approval). An informal page on a type of bird disease.

User:Robins bird/sandbox 2 My page for a project for school, and is completely finished and will be presented soon. Do not edit this please unless it violates any rules.

User:Robins bird/Splatoon 3:Expansion Pass This is my draft for Splatoon 3's new Expansion Pass. Very incomplete!

Thanks,

User:Robins bird talk 16:42, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

On my second sandbox I had a draft that I used for school work. I am repurposing it for another assignment, so I will copy the old one below = A little background... = The history of computers has been a concept for hundreds of years. There have been designs and notions of computers that can stem to the Greeks and Romes in philosophical years. The first computer, however, was created by the inventor Charles Babbage [who] first introduced the concept of the computer, only he called it the Difference Engine. This early computer was for mathematics, trigonometry, polynomial functions, and other computations. [It was] an automatic mechanical calculator.

There were many other versions of "computers"
 * The Power Loom, invented in 1834, used a computer board to create the automatic actions. These were used by companies in the North and the "Lowell Girls" during the times of the South mass-producing cotton and the North manufacturing cloth (before the civil war).
 * Two millennia ago, the Antikythera Mechanism was used in Ancient Greece to predict heavenly movements. It could predict a four-year span of years in the future, and was consulted for the creation of the Difference Engine.

=Source Editing= This section is about source editing, which is a type of editing, and using this tool you can edit with code similar to computer software codes such as C Code, Java, etc..

Page Beginnings
To start with the page in mind, you need to put what the page is being called. If the page is a variant, you should link the other pages that are related. For example, putting

Once written, the information will be displayed when searching the topic. Consider it a rundown of what you're about to read. Once you do this, you can put the related articles by putting

Now that you do this, there is a description and a link at the very top of the page. This, in turn, will give you the basic start to the page.

Infoboxes
For some articles, you may want to add an infobox. There are a few types of infoboxes.

To create an infobox you must put what you are trying to make, and all the categories. This will be made in a manner of organization, and you commonly put equal amount of space for every category.

Here is an example from a Wikipedia page

Taxoboxes
There are taxboxes, which are for more scientific topics, such as animals. To create a taxobox, you need to use the template. The taxobox can be called out by using

Typically, you use an infobox at the very top of your page, and then add to it. This allows the box to be in the center of the beginning. This is desirable because the page needs viable information, and using a taxobox gives you the ability to write information to an image.

Taxoboxes are a type of infoboxes, and are not the main type. Do not confuse the taxobox with the infobox. For more information, click this link. -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Infobox

Additionally, taxoboxes refer to taxonomy. Taxonomy refers to naming living organisms.

Additional Information
There are other infoboxes such as Covinfoboxes, Cleanup infoboxes, and others.

Uploading an image
When uploading an image, you have to use Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia owns Wikipedia, and Wikimedia Commons is a branch like Wikipedia.

If you take a look at the side panel that displays options, there should be an Upload File button. This link will take you to an option of uploading a free or non-free file. Non-free files will not redirect you to Wikimedia, but you must comply with the non-free content criteria.

To upload a free file or personal work, you click the other option (which is large and blue), and it will transfer you to Wikimedia Commons. You will see a basic instruction sheet that explains how to upload and such. Then, by clicking next, you can select an image to import. Once finished, you need to fill out the appropriate answers to the boxes. You can use your new image now!

How to place an image
To use this image, you need to highlight it (meaning you just need to highlight it with your mouse as if you were selecting it), and copy what the title of the image says. Now, put



This will give you the basic image. If you do this on a random page, you might think that you it is much too big. To fix this, you can place a px sign like this

]

Now you can change the size according to the pixel amount. The image size will vary between the differing images that you upload.

If you want to create a gallery, you need to use a few commands first.

1. Put the command around the entire area you plan to put your image. This will enable the gallery to be used. 2. Image addition

What not to add What to add File:Your image title that you highlighted here

This will allow the gallery to work.

3. To add a caption: File:Your image title that you highlighted here|CAPTION HERE

Issues with Galleries

 * Blank boxes

You most likely did not add the link correctly, the image doesn't exist, the image was deleted, or the file was used with straight brackets.


 * [[File:RED FILES]]

A red file means that the file does not exist. You might have put something wrong, or this just doesn't exist. Try checking first to see if this image exists, and if it does, make sure you put the right title.


 * There is no Gallery!

You probably didn't put the gallery END on it. In order to do so, you must put the This will give you the finished product correctly. If not, there might be other issues with the article.

Links
There are a few types of links, which can include:
 * External Links
 * Within Wikipedia Links
 * Image Links
 * Reference Links
 * So much more!!

Reference
To reference a website, you need to first have a references area. You do NOT have to manually plug the URLs in. This will be automatically written out when you use this code underneath:

Additionally, you must put these call-outs:

You put this around the URL that you want reference. For example:

This will produce

Wiki Links
To link an article, section, or page from the Wikipedia website itself, you need to familiarize the use of what the page name is.

For example, you want sandbox 1 of my account linked directly to your page. By using the brackets, you can create a link. User:Robins bird/sandbox This creates the link User:Robins bird/sandbox.

This is an effective way to quickly drop a link without the hassle of renaming, but it doesn't look as "professional" as some links. To create a link that still links the page, but uses a word, use this technique: Sandbox

This produces Sandbox.

This is a more common technique in articles, but sometimes you need to quote a small section of an article. Here is the technique: User:Robins bird/sandbox This produces User:Robins bird/sandbox

Yet again, this isn't a "professional" way of utilizing the linking process. The technique is: the causes This produces the causes.

These are the basic links to other pages on the Wiki.

Image Linking
Fully explained in the previous image section.

≠== User Associated Pages == (YOU MUST HAVE AN ACCOUNT TO DO THESE THINGS)

User associated pages are pages that are for the user to use and or create with. This page itself is the user Robins bird's sandbox (that's me).

User page
The user page is a user's own page about themselves or their work.

If the user page is not created, then the link to the user will turn red. For example, the fake user, User:FAKE AND ONLY FOR EXAMPLE PURPOSES, does not have a user page (not existing contributes to that), but the page will not have anything. When clicking on this user, it will tell you that you are creating a page that does not exist and or you are creating the user FAKE AND ONLY FOR EXAMPLE PURPOSES. If you want to create your own user page, you need to do the same for your own page. You should see your page in the top right corner of the screen, but it will be in a different spot for mobile. Click on your name (which may be in red), and it will redirect you to your page. Now you can start the page!

Things you can do on your user page:


 * Write about yourself!
 * Tell about your hobbies, gifts, and interests.


 * Put userboxes.
 * Userboxes can be used as personal boxes to put things like religion, birthday, accomplishments, and more! The URL to a page with userboxes is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Userbox_galleries, this is a page that I am having difficulties linking to, so the URL is the way to visit it. There are many more types of boxes, but these are some to start out with.


 * And much more!

There are some guidelines as well:
 * Wikipedia is not a blog, and shouldn't be used as one.
 * Wikipedia is not used for hate and should be kind.
 * Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and nothing else. A user page is not a life biography.

Talk pages
A talk page is a way to formally communicate with other users on the Wiki.

Here is an example of an appropriate conversation:

Hey, I think we should move this page's description up. It looks a little weird IMO. -User A

Good idea, I'll see how it looks and update you then! -User B

Thanks! -User A

Here is an example of an inappropriate conversation: ew that image is like disgusting. delete it asap. i dislike you. -User C

I don't care. I dislike you too. I'm upset now. -User A

How to handle situations like this:

Hey, guys, we need to remember to be positive and only delete things that have a real problem, not just a personal opinion. If it is truly wrong, please consult someone with a  reason and an obtainable solution. Thanks, everyone! -User B

Tips
~ Ex: No Blue Links! If you are confused about how this works, take a look at the Source Code of this page. It really shows all the secrets of coding that you won't see in my description. $$A+B=C$$ This will produce:
 * To sign your name when in discussion, use four "~" signs consecutively, and this will sign your name. Ex:
 * If there is a heated argument, take a few minutes or days to breathe and calm down. Being rash can be held against a user and even get them banned. Try to be kind about issues, not cold. This is being a good faith editor.
 * If you are struggling with Wikicode, try watching videos, studying pages, and possibly look at real computer code.
 * If you want to indent or cause the writing to look like coding, then indent in front of the first word. The code will still be functional, but it will have a different font format.
 * Additionally, putting     around words will cause the code inside the command to not use any blue links, special commands, or really anything. There will just be normal text.
 * To create a font to describe mathematical-related information without normal text:
 * $$A+B=C$$

= Visual Editing = In a short summary, visual editing is a way to edit while seeing exactly what the page will look like. It does not look like computer code, WikiCode, or anything in that general field. It is in some ways simpler than source code, but it has some limitations.

VisualEditor was created with the idea in mind to help those who were struggling to edit still contribute knowledge. "Editing makes me feel stupid" - user tests commissioned by the Wikimedia Foundation from 2009 which demonstrate the difficulty that ordinary users were having with editing MediaWiki code.

This way of editing can be harder to navigate in some ways, and editors who enjoy and use code like myself are not as comfortable with using this method. Because this is a hard topic for me to describe, I will give a brief description to those interested. The best way to learn is to observe and practice.

When founded, the coding technique was written in JavaScript, Node.js, and PHP. However, the system can be used on multiple browser hosts. There have been issues when editing on a mobile device while using VisualEditor.

The use of VisualEditor has helped many people use Wikipedia. The page, VisualEditor states, "The Register said that the update brings the foundation 'a little closer to its goal of making it easier for anyone to create and edit Wikipedia articles.'"

An additional resource for learning VisualEditor is this page, and it gives a more descriptive how-to than what I could provide for a newcomer or any learning situation.

= See also =
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_Foundation#:~:text=Based%20in%20San%20Francisco%2C%20the,projects%2C%20including%20the%20English%20Wikipedia. -Page describing Wikimedia and Wikipedia


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard -Uploading image page

= Gallery =

= Bonus Essay = Realization of Wikipedia

Wikipedia may be viewed as an unreliable, difficult to learn from source, but Wikipedia is an amazing website that is a member of an abundance of informational websites in the Wikimedia Foundation. The welcome slogan for Wikiemdia is, the non profit Wikimedia Foundation provides the essential infrastructure for free knowledge. (Wikimedia Foundation) The introduction states the Foundation’s desire to teach the public information they have the right to obtain. I began editing when I joined a replicated Wikipedia for a Fandom–which is a community that creates a page for the knowledge of the topic, usually on the Fandom website but similar to the one I joined, not all are on it– and I created art for a logo contest. I began to edit and realized how underappreciated Wikipedia is in modern society. Few know how to create a page, use Source Code, create VisualEditor edits, and so many other attributes of the Wiki. Learning to edit is an important factor in computer skills. Wikipedia was founded on January 15, 2001. The first edit was a recreation of “Hello, World!”, which is a common first code for coders. The co-founders, Jimmy “Jimbo” Donal Wales and Lawrence Mark Sanger (who is no longer active, has no username listed, and dislikes Wikipedia as a whole for multiple reasons) created the online encyclopedia. Wikipedia then continued to grow after the institution. Wikipedia is, however, commonly thought of as unreliable because anyone can edit. Wikipedia even states on their description, “Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.” (Wikimedia Foundation) Even with this reassurance after entering the webpage, not every edit is permitted with a stay on Wikipedia. Vandalism is a trouble for the Wiki, but editors, bots, and administrators keep a close eye on the actions of users and can revert vandalism within seconds. Furthermore, looking at the history of an article can reveal the authenticity it (of the article). If the user has a derogatory, inappropriate, red-linked username or a concerning edit report the viewer should be cautious of the information on the article. Alerting an administrator or trusted user for review is vital to keeping the information factual. The incident involving the John Seigenthalor article put Wikipedia in a negative light in 2005 because the information a user inserted was incorrect and quite biased. Nevertheless, the public still believed the information because there was minimal distrust for Wikipedia as it was only roughly four years old. When the rebuttal to the information came, many no longer trusted the integrity of Wikipedia’s information. Fast forward eighteen years later and Wikipedia is a large-scale editing domain with thousands of edits daily. There are two ways to edit: VisualEditor and Source Editor. Source Editor is the original form of editing that closely resembles computer code, and VisualEditor is a way to edit and see how the edit will look exactly. There are community portals for discussion and user-only content pages that are for the user’s benefit and not necessarily to improve the Wiki (with some circumstantial loopholes). To begin editing Wikipedia, first decipher the desired editing type. Many editors choose Source Editing, which is a computer code form of editing. Using this code, the editor can use special forms of symbols that tell the system what to do. For example, to use an image the user has to put the file’s name, but also the  brackets around the file. This tells the system that the image needs to be placed. There are many callouts that help bring in the desired effect. Adding marks such as * will create a bullet point. With many ways to create a page the best way to learn from them is to study a page’s composition to see the tactics. VisualEditor is almost completely opposite to Source. Visual shows exactly how a page looks when the edits being made are published. Adding links requires the [[ brackets similar to Source, but only the first two. These two brackets immediately create a search bar to appear and display every possible link to be found. Finding the desired link will allow the user to place it similar to Source Code. The VisualEditor tool is much less developed than Source Code as it is newer. The tool is relatively easier for users who aren’t comfortable with standard coding yet. There are also ways to test out these techniques in user-only areas. Sandboxes are specifically for users to try out commands, create their own stories, work on articles without affecting the real articles, and much more. User pages are for the user’s personal description and summary. The user may place userboxes–which are small templates that describe user-related details. Moreover, uploading images is a feature for articles written. To upload you must click the image uploading link on the left sidebar. This redirects the user to a selection page. Thereafter, the user must select the image and qualifications. The uploading process might redirect the user to Wikimedia Commons, which specializes in files. Once finished, the image will have a filename and can be used in articles. There are also ways to communicate within Wikipedia. As mentioned above, there are community discussions within the Community Portal. Talk pages are similar to the portal, but they are one-on-one between users and have less public intervention. All conversations are required to follow respectful guidelines. The use of talk pages is also for warnings and bans. These can be issued for inappropriate behavior or misconduct. There are masses of editing resources to discover on Wikipedia and using them can help users create articles chock full of high-quality information. Wikipedia is an insightful website that is prone to getting backlash for users who abuse their editing capabilities. While critics have valid reasoning to distrust the Wiki, most information is taken extremely seriously and must be cited to be used. A previous statement about an incident involving a biased claim about a famous figure described a scandal situation with false information. The claim created perplexity among editors and readers alike, and the status of Wikipedia was lowered. However, this event occurred in 2005. That event was over fifteen years ago. The morals, safety, and accountability of Wikipedia has grown in fifteen years. Other scandals have most definitely happened, but Wikipedia has very intense guidelines for facts and these falsified accounts no longer slide in the present day. Wikipedia is one of the only free websites that not only is usable by anyone, but gives the user computer skills. Wikipedia may not always be fully reliable, and the page “Reliability of Wikipedia” page on Wikipedia states, “The online encyclopedia does not guarantee the validity of its information. It is seen as a valuable ‘starting point’ for researchers when they pass over content to examine the listed references, citations, and sources. Academics suggest reviewing reliable sources when assessing the quality of articles.” (Wikimedia Foundation) The quote does show that Wikipedia is aware of the quality of their articles and does know that not all of them are trustworthy. Wikipedia is growing more reliable as time passes, though. Users talented in their field are appearing on the scene to shine some light on the incorrect (falsified) articles. Wikipedia is a major step in computer history. Wikipedia is an intuitive website that is accountable for millions of people’s knowledge enhancement and is becoming more reliable to cite. The use is completely free, there are no reprehensible drawbacks, and has countless editors working to improve every article every second. Learning to edit is an expedient skill that can aid a person in their future.

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