User:ToniSant/help

'This sub-page on my user space is designed to provided a simplified set of help pointers for students and others I work with. 'It relates rather directly to a series of workshops (originally held in 2011/12 + 2012 + 2013) delivered towards creating and/or editing Wikipedia articles as an educational assignment...but is also useful in other Wikipedia training sessions.

Before you start!

• Wikipedia:WELCOME
  - Welcome to Wikipedia! (let's get to know each other a little bit...)

• A formal introduction...
• Five pillars (a summary of our fundamental principles)
• Policies and guidelines -
  Help page/Overview
• List of policies
• List of guidelines

Be sure to look at the above pages! They are very important, and they will help you — even if you're not perfect the first second tenth seventeenth 33rd time!

You can also download a very helpful PDF which contains the essential elements to help you get to know how Wikipedia works.

OR have a look at The Grande Guide to Wikipedia - an excellent alternative introduction to Wikipedia.

Beginner

• New contributors' help page - excellent resource for newbies who need help!
• Official Wikipedia Tutorial
• Wikipedia how-to videos

Creating a New Article

• Writing your first article
  - start here
• Creating articles in Wikipedia - a tutorial (includes the Article Creation Wizard)

• Creating a stub - if you're in a hurry!

Editing an Existing Article

• Editing articles in Wikipedia
  - a tutorial

Asking for Help

• Where to ask a question
• Visit The Teahouse - peer support for new editors

Personal help on your talk page

• If you place {{Help me}} on your talk page, an editor will visit you there!
• If your request specifically requires administrator assistance, place {{Admin help}} on your talk page.

Intermediate

• Manual of Style for Wikipedia

There's also a wikitext cheatsheet you can download as a PDF.

• Disambiguation - when a term/name refers to more than one topic covered by Wikipedia articles

• Other Handouts: “Uploading images” + “Evaluating Wikipedia article quality”

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 * {{subst:uw-delete1|PageName}} ~~~~ (unintentional removal of content)
 * {{subst:uw-vandalism2|PageName}} ~~~~ (suitable for intentional nonsense or disruption)
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 * {{subst:uw-delete4|PageName}} ~~~~ (last warning for removing content)
 * {{subst:uw-vandalism4im|PageName}} ~~~~ (only warning; for severe or grotesque vandalism only)
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Stuff you wanted to know about Wikipedia...but were afraid to ask!

• What Wikipedia is not
• Is it true that nobody "owns" a Wikipedia article?
• What's this Creative Commons I keep hearing about?
• What are my rights and obligations in relation to copyright on Wikipedia?

Deletionism and inclusionism in Wikipedia

• What is Deletionism? What is a Deletist? - Who deleted the page I created?
• What is Inclusionism? - Are all Wikipedia editors/admins Deletionists?

No Original Research

• What do you mean, no original research?!
• What do you mean, no synthesis either?!
• So why can't I simply copy/paste something from another source?

Still want more?

See also: