Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of Western Ontario/Writing for the Web (WI13)

Hi,

Here are a few links that you may find helpful as references:


 * Cheatsheet - quick list of the Wikipedia syntax
 * Manual of style (and subpages) - a useful reference for any style questions
 * Neutral point of view - our core content policies
 * Verifiability
 * No original research

Finally, I wanted to talk a bit about images. Wikipedia is somewhat limited in the images that we can use because of copyright laws. However, any image taken before 1923 or any work of the Federal government is considered in the public domain and okay to use.



Searching for images:
 * Start at Wikimedia Commons . This is a repository of 16 million images and other files that are specifically cleared for Wikipedia's (or anyone's use). Maybe you'll find something on your topic. As a quick demonstration, I chose an image that is described as "A graphical depiction of a very simple html document". I found the image by browsing through the handy searchbar and clicking on one that interested me. To insert that image into this page, I copied the title and pasted it into the edit box and added the square brackets and  to make it a link and then added a few parameters to put the image on the right side of the page and to shrink it down. The final result is:
 * HTML.svg
 * You can find out more about how to format pictures for Wikipedia at Picture tutorial.
 * If you can't find a picture that you like at Wikimedia Commons, consider searching here: search.creativecommons.org. This site allows you to search Google Images or Flickr for images that are licensed in a way that they can be used on Wikipedia.

Good luck, and please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions! '''-- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Riley_Huntley/You_missed! Cheers, ] Ri l ey   ''' 23:51, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi from me too!
Hi, University of Western Ontario students! I am Theo, one of your Online Ambassadors (Riley, above, is the other): I'll be here to help if you run into any trouble during your Wikipedia experience. Don't hesitate to leave a message on Wikipedia or email me (theopolismewiki@undefinedgmail.com) if you need clarification, help, support, or advice during your time here. Thanks, and enjoy! — Theopolisme ( talk )  12:29, 15 February 2013 (UTC)