Wikipedia:GLAM/VU/Tools

Starting to edit Wikipedia can be daunting, but there are plenty of materials to guide newcomers. Some GLAM-specific resources include:
 * Wikipedia for Libraries Archives Museums, specifically created for librarians and archivists to explain how and why they might begin editing.
 * GLAM-Wiki LibGuide, with ideas on how to integrate Wikipedia into your workflow, how to learn about use cases, and articles on GLAM-Wiki projects.
 * GLAM Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia on account creation, article editing.
 * Wikipedia Loves Libraries Editing Ideas for ideas on what to edit.
 * A very thorough training/educational resource for GLAMs made by Ally Crockford of the National Library of Scotland. (Click the picture to the right for the link.)

Basics

 * The Five Pillars are Wikipedia's underlying principles in a nutshell.
 * The Policies and Guidelines page provides a more thorough treatment of these issues.
 * A simple Tutorial for beginners
 * How to Edit a Page
 * For a guide to creating new entries, there are two, very similar pages: Your First Article or Starting an Article
 * FAQ/Editing and |Help Editing
 * Bookshelf (additional "getting started" resources)
 * How to understand page history

Style and layout

 * Layout
 * Manual of Style
 * Annotated article is an example of a well-formed page with descriptions of the various components
 * A formatting Cheatsheet page and the PDF print version
 * The Picture tutorial explains how to insert and align images

Content and data guidelines

 * Article titles; see also headings and sections in the Manual of Style
 * See Article Development for an overview of the process from redlink, to stub, to feature
 * How to cite sources
 * Citation templates
 * Infobox templates

Best Practices Guidelines for GLAM Editors

 * Disclose your affiliation with the Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University or its partners on your Wikipedia user page before editing. (The user page can be found in the top right corner of any Wikipedia page and can be edited like a regular article).
 * If you edit articles about the Jean and Alexander Heard Library as an institution, other Wikipedia users may perceive a  Conflict of Interest. Simple factual changes (e.g.: personnel updates or outdated statistics) may likely be made without raising eyebrows, but more substantive changes should be proposed with a critical eye towards a potential Conflict of Interest. Such articles should be edited using appropriate discussion pages, and encouraging feedback from other Wikipedia editors.
 * Additions to articles must be verifiable. This means that independent media or academic secondary sources should be cited whenever possible. Where published literature or web pages represent original scholarship, they may be cited, but they must go along with an additional verifiable source to back up this information.
 * When editing articles, always maintain the impartial voice. You are writing an encyclopedia, not speaking for the Jean and Alexander Heard Library.

Templates

 * Citation templates (good templates)
 * Template:Cite book
 * WikiProject Bibliographies
 * Manual of Style/Tables
 * Help:Table (good templates)
 * WikiProject Lists
 * Manual of Style/Lists (good templates)
 * Template:Columns-list (good templates)
 * Help:Categories
 * WikiProject Infoboxes
 * Help:Infobox (good templates)
 * List of infoboxes
 * Template:Location map
 * Help:Authority control