Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Academy

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The Articles for Creation Reviewer training program is designed to help relatively new and/or inexperienced users who wish to assist with maintenance tasks to understand the basic principles of reviewing submitted pages at Articles for Creation, and to provide one-on-one help in understanding our policies and guidelines for the creation of suitable articles for the encyclopedia and in the use of the Helper Script.

Experienced Wikipedians (or trainers in this instance) can "adopt" newer users, mentoring them along the way as they learn how to review submitted pages. It is hoped that this program will be able to inform new reviewers about the ins and outs of deletion, notability, and copyright violations, hoaxes and other inappropriate pages and steer them away from making errors in the use of the tools, and to provide the creators with suitable friendly comments. If you are looking to contribute to Wikipedia but do not intend to remain active at Articles for Creation then this program is probably not for you.

Users who are less experienced – but who would still like to help maintain the quality of the encyclopedia might like to consider Patrolling Vandalism instead - an essential function that requires less knowledge of Notability Guidelines and Deletion. For training on Counter vandalism, see WP:CVUA.

View the list of trainers below


 * 1) Check that you have already made sufficient mainspace edits (generally at least 500) and that you have addressed any previous advice or warnings about your editing and collaboration, and that your own creations (if any) are free of maintenance tags.
 * 2) Read Articles for Creation first, and then Assessment.
 * 3) If you have never created a substantial article yourself, have a look through the Showcase.
 * 4) Find a trainer who is in your time zone and leave a message on their talk page to request training. If you don't receive a reply within 48 hours, please choose another trainer.


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Participation
Learning about reviewing article submissions is easy and fun. If you'd like an experienced user to show you how, simply choose an active trainer from the list who is in your time zone and leave a message on their talk page.
 * Students

Your chosen trainer should share your interests so that they can comfortably assist you while you learn under their tutelage. For more information on what you will be expected to learn, first visit the pages at WP:Notability, WP:Copyvio, and WP:Deletion.

If you are an experienced user and have time to devote to being a trainer, visit the Trainers' resources section where you will find the minimum requirement for trainers, recommended practice, and teaching suggestions and examples. You may then wish to add yourself to the list of active trainers taking note of the page source comments.
 * Trainers

You will be interested to know that occasionally some candidates for training may be university professors taking part in the Wikipedia Education Program


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Goals
If you're new and/or inexperienced, before embarking on an Articles for Creation Reviewer training program, you should be able to demonstrate that you have already mastered the basic principles of editing the encyclopedia and contributed at least 500 edits to MAINSPACE.

When you have shown through training that you understand the principles of AfC Review and can apply them with accuracy, and are able to communicate correctly and effectively with new users of all kinds, you will be contributing to what is one of the most important maintenance tasks on Wikipedia, while understanding that speed alone is not essential - the target is accuracy. When you have achieved these goals, you can display the Reviewer:Articles for Creation userbox on your user page.

Add yourself by clicking here!

Lesson plans, tests, quizzes, and more.

Academy Page
It is recommended to create student's own "academy page", as a subpage of your talk, i.e. User talk:Example/AFC/Example.

You are free to teach however you like - the goal is that the student will have demonstrated knowledge and use of all the points in the syllabus.

Essential further reading

 * Notability
 * Reliable Sources
 * Copyright Violations
 * New Page Patrol - contains excellent advice for detecting Copyvios
 * Spam & promotional articles
 * Conflicts of Interest
 * Deletion
 * Civility