Wikipedia:Canada Education Program/Courses/Genetics in Everyday Life F12 (Tom Haffie)/Resources

Printable guides
These printable PDF documents have instructions related to the basics of Wikipedia.


 * Wiki markup quick reference – This one-page quick reference (included in the Welcome to Wikipedia brochure) helps you to remember the most frequently used wiki markup codes.
 * References – This handout explains why references are important, what the expectations for sourcing on Wikipedia are, where to place references, and the basics of adding "ref" tags.
 * Reference formatting – This handout explains in more detail how to create footnotes for citing sources, and how to cite the same source multiple times.
 * How to get help – explains the recommended way to get help and feedback. It also includes a glossary of additional help resources you can avail yourself of.
 * Plagiarism – explains what plagiarism is on Wikipedia&mdash;including "close paraphrasing"&mdash;in addition to why and how to avoid it.

On-wiki tutorials

 * Tutorial - General introduction to Wikipedia
 * Five pillars - Fundamental principles of Wikipedia
 * Article wizard - Walkthrough of the requirements for articles, including notability and sources
 * RS and MEDRS: identifying and using sources
 * Picture tutorial - Explains how to insert pictures into Wikipedia articles using wikitext

Printable guides

 * Moving out of your sandbox – walks through how to move an article draft from a userpage sandbox into Wikipedia.
 * Submitting an article to the Did You Know process – walks through how to submit a new or newly expanded article to the Did You Know process so that it will appear on the Main Page.