User:YatesByron

Hi - I'm YatesByron! I'm a Engineer and play guitar. I joined Wikipedia to contribute. Run a coffee business. Travel between MA and CA. My favorite poem by Byron:

When a man hath no freedom to fight for at home, Let him combat for that of his neighbors;

Let him think of the glories of Greece and of Rome, And get knock'd on the head for his labors; To do good to mankind is the chivalrous plan, And is always as nobly requited;

Then battle for freedom wherever you can, And, if not shot or hang'd, you'll get knighted.

A bit about me

 * Working in Coffee & Food now --- selling nice roasted coffee.
 * Industries I've worked in: Travel, Customer Service, Email Marketing and Social media.
 * Educational institutions I've attended: UMass Boston
 * Miss my native Guatemala
 * Places I've lived: Munich, Germany, Somerville, Massachusetts and Cambridge, Massachusetts
 * Love chinese food.
 * Speak English, German (fluently)
 * Love driving my motorcycle

Pages I'm studying to get up to pace

 * Editing: introducing editing.
 * Formatting: how to format pages.
 * Links: how to insert links.
 * Citing sources: how to create footnotes and external links.
 * Talk pages: how to use talk pages.
 * Keep in mind: introducing policies and guidelines.
 * Registration: why you should register an account.
 * Wrap-up and more info: some useful links.
 * Tutorials from The Signpost. Click the 'Next Tutorial' link at the bottom for the next one.

Longer tutorials
 * The Wikipedia Adventure: a guided tour with fun, interactive learning and practice
 * Pictures tutorial: how to insert pictures in pages. A long tutorial, but the basics are simple.
 * IRC tutorial: how to use Internet Relay Chat on Wikipedia.
 * Graphics tutorials: lots of links to graphics software tutorials.
 * VisualEditor user guide: an manual for VisualEditor.

Introductions

 * Main introduction: the main introduction to Wikipedia, with many useful links.
 * Introduction to navigating Wikipedia: a five part guide to navigating Wikipedia. Introduction. Namespaces. Searching and redirects. Useful pages. Summary.

Protocols and conventions

 * Introduction to policies and guidelines: a four part guide to the rules. Policies and guidelines. Content. Conduct. Summary.
 * Introduction to the Manual of Style: a five part introduction to the Manual of Style. Links. Layout. Images. Citing. Consistency. Stability. Nuggets.
 * Introduction to the deletion process -   discusses  the guidelines and policies relevant to deletion, and the overall process.

Editing with Wiki Markup

 * Introduction to editing: a five part guide to editing. Editing pages. Formatting. Links and Wikilinks. Saving your changes. Summary.
 * Introduction to referencing: a five part introduction to referencing. Verifiability. Inline citations. RefToolbar. Reliable sources. Summary
 * Introduction to uploading images: a six part guide on uploading images. Introduction. Free content. Non-free content. Wikimedia Commons. Using an image. Summary.
 * Introduction to tables: a four part guide to putting tables in pages. Introduction to tables. Creating tables manually. Sortable tables. HTML and tables.
 * Introduction to talk pages: a five part guide to using talk pages. Talk pages. User talk pages. Layout. Examples. Summary.

Editing with Visual Editor

 * Introduction to editing with VisualEditor: a five part introduction to editing with VisualEditor. Opening the editor. Toolbar basics. Links and Wikilinks. Saving your changes. Summary
 * Introduction to referencing with VisualEditor: a five part introduction to referencing. Verifiability. Inline citations. RefToolbar. Reliable sources. Summary.
 * Introduction to uploading images with VisualEditor: a six part guide on uploading images. Introduction. Free content. Non-free content. Wikimedia Commons. Using an image. Summary

Training for student assignments
These self-guided trainings help users involved with student assignments to learn the basics of Wikipedia.