Wikipedia:GLAM/Welcome to Llwybrau Byw! - Living Paths!/Participate

How to be involved
Please record all new / improved articles in two places (can someone automate this?):
 * 1) . On the Articles page, write the name of the article; add the at the bottom of the page.
 * 2) . On the Challenge page record your name, and then a list of the articles you have written.

Learn how to use Wikipedia

 * Learn online, also Wikimedia will be running regular How to edit Wikipedia sessions in the near future with the help of experienced Wikipedians.

Articles

 * Create new articles
 * Improve existing articles
 * Suggest new articles

Create portals, lists or articles for the following found in Wales:
 * Abseiling, Climbing & Mountaineering
 * Adventure Sports
 * Cycling & Mountain Biking
 * Fishing
 * Gliding, Ballooning & Skydiving
 * Golf
 * Horse Riding
 * Indoor Activities
 * Motor Sports
 * Tours & Sightseeing
 * Walking & Hiking
 * Water Sports

Photos

 * take photos or donate existing images
 * Upload them to Wikimedia Commons. (how to)

Languages

 * Translate: if you speak another language fluently then please translate so more people can read the articles.

Teaching

 * Experienced Wikipedians can help new users online or help at one of our drop in sessions

Spread the word

 * Tell people you think might be interested, the more contributors and users the better.
 * Add a Template on Talk pages of users who may be interested in the project, inviting them to participate. Just copy which creates the following:

Adopt a User
The Adopt-a-user program is a program designed to help new and inexperienced users. Experienced Wikipedians (or adopters in this instance) can adopt newer users, mentoring them along the way as they learn about Wikipedia and its various aspects. It is hoped that this program will be able to inform new users about the ins and outs of Wikipedia and steer them away from making less-than-constructive edits or misplaced test edits. There are currently over 900 users involved in the program, and, like other Wikipedia areas, it continues to expand.

Seven ways to use Wikipedia properly
Here are Stephen Waddington (Chair of the CIPR Social Media Panel and European Social & Digital Director, Ketchum)'s top tips on how to engage with the Wikipedian community: (

1. Understand how the community works. Become a Wikipedian in your own right and edit pages that relate to your hobbies interests.

2. Be open and transparent. Always disclose your conflict of interests when talking to Wikipedians online and in your username profile.

3. Look at the bigger picture. A Wikipedia page is likely to be a bi-product of great work and an established reputation. Not the other way around.

4. Suggest a Wikipedia entry at the page ‘Articles for Creation’. This allows you to recommend pages for Wikipedians to write.

5. Remember that Wikipedia keeps a record of everything you do. Anyone can see who is editing a Wikipedia page, so don’t try to hide or spin things.

6. Engage with Wikipedians via the Talkpages. Don’t edit any page you have a conflict of interest on, except to remove vandalism. Head to the Talk page for the Wikipedia article concerned, draft your response and discuss with the people who regularly edit the page. If you don’t get a response then raise it on the relevant noticeboard.

7. Escalate with kindness and don’t be an idiot. When faced with a situation where you have a choice to be an idiot or not be an idiot, choose to not be an idiot. Following this rule will mean you will very rarely get into difficult situations.