Wikipedia:University of Basel

Welcome to the WikiWeek at the Zoological Institute at the University of Basel. This page will help us to coordinate and communicate during the WikiWeek and stay in touch beyond that time.

Let's explore a Wikipedia article

 * Article
 * History
 * Talk Page

How to participate

 * Create an account
 * Edit existing articles
 * Create new articles
 * Illustrate articles

Good to know

 * Wikipedia is the result of a community that follows five guiding principles (pillars)
 * Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia
 * Wikipedia has a neutral point of view
 * Wikipedia is free content
 * Wikipedians should interact in a respectful and civil manner
 * Wikipedia does not have firm rules which are carved into stone


 * You should also familiarize yourself with
 * Verifiability
 * Notability
 * No original research
 * Copyright and plagiarism


 * Last but not least, let's go into the detail with regards to editing WikiText and using the Visual Editor:
 * Bolding and italicizing text as well as creating links
 * Creating headers
 * Editing subsections
 * Creating bulleted and numbered lists
 * Creating references
 * Starting a sandbox page
 * The distinctions among article pages, talk pages and user pages
 * The use of talk pages
 * The use of Watchlists


 * Where to get help
 * Advanced editing

For your information

 * Wiki Education Foundation - Training for students: https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students
 * Wiki Education Foundation - Wikipedia essentials: https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/wikipedia-essentials
 * Wikipedia education program for students: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_program/Students
 * Wikipedia Training for students: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Training/For_students
 * Classroom handouts from the Wiki Education Foundation
 * Might be of interest: Editing Wikipedia articles on species

List of teachers

 * somanyworms--Somanyworms (talk) 11:50, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * DanielBerner
 * Dieter Ebert

List your username, article topic, and provide the link to your sandbox page

 * 1) Chicken miau miau (talk) 12:28, 4 April 2016 (UTC)chicken miau miau, Pasteuria ramosa (deutsch),https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteuria_ramosa
 * 2) Tothme, Neuer Reiter: Evolution, im Artikel des dreistachligen Stichlings, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreistachliger_Stichling
 * 3) aebnic01, Indischer Elefant (Übersetzung von EN auf DE), https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indischer_Elefant
 * 4) stolea02, Sri-Lanka-Elefant, (Übersetzung von EN auf DE), https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri-Lanka-Elefant
 * 5) Michaz11, Macrostomum Hystrix, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrostomum_hystrix
 * 6) Exulansis16 (talk) 12:52, 4 April 2016 (UTC), Gehyra variegata (deutscher artikel), https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehyra_variegata
 * 7) TaTa19 (talk) 12:52, 4 April 2016 (UTC), Übersetzung von EN auf DE https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:TaTa19/Managua_Buntbarsch
 * 8) Alaya3, "Valanga irregularis", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valanga_irregularis
 * 9) Fab463sc, "Pasteuriaceae", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteuriaceae
 * 10) fueselb, "Colpoda inflata", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colpoda_inflata
 * 11) User:Eligio the great Auswirkungen des Evolutionsgedankens auf Politik und Religion, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Eligio_the_great/sandbox
 * 12) Jasmin_stud, Graufalke, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graufalke
 * 13) Salvatan,Gracixalus lumarius,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracixalus_lumarius
 * 14) Liv_stud, "Eastern pygmy possum", https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickschwanz-Schlafbeutler
 * 15) Newhousecat, Macrostomum, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrostomum
 * 16) Realityslapper, Bathysaurus ferox, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepsea_lizardfish
 * 17) Lauzbelox, Brenthis daphne, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenthis_daphne
 * 18) bitcel, "Tometes sp.", Vegetarian piranha, english, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tometes
 * 19) Shorter94, Southwestern pygmy possum, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=D%C3%BCnnschwanz-Schlafbeutler&stable=0&redirect=no
 * 20) Adipoeserdoobie, Leucochloridium paradoxum, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucochloridium_paradoxum Adipoeser doobie (talk) 13:06, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * 21) Fioretif, Pyrrhocoris apterus, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhocoris_apterus
 * 22) Krijoa00, “Pisaura mirabilis”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisaura_mirabilis (talk) 13:09, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * 23) Hakunamatata00, Macrostomum lignano, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Macrostomum_lignano&stable=1
 * 24) Instka (talk) 13:14, 4 April 2016 (UTC) Tanymastix stagnalis (deutsch), https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanymastix_stagnalis
 * 25) bAnDaRt, "Wildverbiss", https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbiss
 * 26) Cyanopsitta, "Spix Ara" (deutsch), https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spix-Ara Cyanopsitta (talk) 09:27, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * 27) Kaskade267, Astatotilapia stappersii, english --> deutsch, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Kaskade267/Astatotilapia_stappersii
 * 28) Rejkjavjik, Gelbschwanz-Wollaffe, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelbschwanz-Wollaffe
 * 29) Nehalennia07, Notechis scutatus (ita), https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notechis_scutatus
 * 30) grarap2016, Breviceps bagginsi, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Grarap2016/sandbox
 * 31) Maloiamaloia123, Buntbarsche (pharyngeal jaw), https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buntbarsche&stable=0&redirect=no
 * 32) star.am01, "Antillen Pfeiffrosch (Eleutherodactylus johnstonei)", https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antillen-Pfeiffrosch
 * 33) stalau00, Atlantischer Lachs, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantischer_LachsStalau00 (talk) 09:31, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * 34) My Username92, Petite Camarque,deutsch, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petite_Camargue_Alsacienne,My Username92 (talk) 08:52, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Translations

 * DE -> EN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Translation#How_to_translate
 * EN -> DE: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%C3%9Cbersetzungen
 * For all other language versions: Type in the search field "Wikipedia:Translation" (important: Translation must be written in the respective language of the Wikipedias)

Tips & Tricks

 * Write your first article
 * save regularly
 * you can edit each paragraph and don't have to edit the whole article

Go live am Freitag

 * completed article -> copy your additions from your draft article (sandbox) and paste it in the Wikipedia article.
 * article newly created -> Copy the draft of your article (sandbox). Afterwards enter the name of your article here and click on the red link that is being generated. Afterwards paste your article in there and save.
 * partial translation -> copy your translations from your draft article (sandbox) and paste it in the Wikipedia article. Make sure to indicate in the "edit summary" field that these are translations from the en/fr/it/de article.
 * translation of an entire article -> You have to import the history of the article and make sure you follow the steps which are described here. After you have imported the history to your sandbox, make sure to not only copy your article and paste it in Wikipedia. You have to "move" your article from your sandbox to the original namespace. You can find out more on how to move a page.
 * For Everyone: Last but not least, everyone should add categories once the article has been moved in the name-space of Wikipedia.

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