User:Shazzy303/New sandbox

New Sandbox

 New Article Intro  If your group is creating a new article, it makes sense to get a first draft ready in a sandbox. That way, you can get a handle on some of the article structure, or develop a lead paragraph that contains everything you want to tackle.

Write an outline of your topic in the form of a standard Wikipedia article's “lead section.”

A “lead” section is not a traditional introduction. It should summarize, very briefly, what the rest of the article will say in detail. It should include important, broad facts about the subject. A good example is Ada Lovelace. See Editing Wikipedia page 9 for more ideas.

Note that not all topics pass notability guidelines on Wikipedia, so go over guidelines here before doing too much work.

 Editing an article: 

If you've been working to expand an existing Wikipedia article, you need to merge what you wrote into the article.

But wait! Have you engaged the article's Talk page with the changes you intend to make? There may already be some discussions going on that you should consider before adding anything.

Remember this:

Never copy and paste your draft over the entire article. Instead, edit small sections at a time, replacing only content that you've changed.

Make many small edits, saving each time and leaving an edit summary. Never replace more than one to two sentences without saving! (Leaving edit summaries helps other editors understand what you changed. This is good manners!)

= Editing an existing article (cont.) = Here's how to move your drafted content:


 * 1) Open your sandbox in Edit mode. (References and other templates will break if you copy from Read mode.)
 * 2) Select the portion you want to move into the live article.
 * 3) Open the original article in Edit mode and add your content into the article.
 * 4) Add an edit summary that says it was copied from your sandbox, and click 'Publish changes'. (Include a link to your sandbox, like , in the edit summary.)
 * 5) Repeat this process for any other parts of the article you worked on.
 * 6) Make sure that the lead section reflects the new content you've added. And copy-edit the article to ensure your additions mesh well with the preexisting content.

Once you've gotten the hang of it, you can make additional changes directly in the article, or repeat the sandbox procedure each time you add new content.

 CITATIONS 

Reliable sources include:


 * Textbooks
 * Literature reviews
 * Books or publications written by experts in the field, and published by reliable publishers.

Do not use:


 * Blog posts
 * Other Wikipedia articles
 * Press materials intended to show something in a certain light
 * In some cases — such as articles that involve medical and psychology topics — newspapers and popular press articles aren’t appropriate either! (If that applies to you, be sure to check out our module on Editing health and psychology topics, which may already be assigned later in your course's timeline).

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