User:Cindamuse/All resources

Background and introductory literature

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Welcome to Wikipedia brochure

| File:Editing_Wikipedia_brochure_EN.pdf

| Beginner

| "Welcome to Wikipedia" gives you a basic introduction into contributing to Wikipedia. You will learn how to create a Wikipedia user account, how to start editing, and how to communicate with other contributors. You will also learn how articles evolve on Wikipedia and how to rate the quality of an existing article. The "Welcome to Wikipedia" brochure contains 17 pages and an additional quick reference that helps you to remember the most frequently used wiki markup commands.

| [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Welcome2WP_English_082310.pdf PDF]

Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia

| File:Ten_Simple_Rules_for_Editing_Wikipedia.pdf

| Beginner

| "[http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000941 Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia]" is an editorial published in PLoS Computational Biology that gives advice for scientists (also relevant to other scholars and experts) on how to effectively contribute to Wikipedia.

| [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Ten_Simple_Rules_for_Editing_Wikipedia.pdf PDF]

Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure

| File:Evaluating_Wikipedia_brochure.pdf

| Beginner

| Evaluating Wikipedia article quality is a reference guide with specific steps you can take to get the most out of Wikipedia, as well as a look at how its quality system works.

| [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Evaluating_Wikipedia_article_quality_2010-11-26_%28web%29.pdf PDF]

Introduction to free licenses pamphlet

| File:Introduction to free licenses 2010-11-27 (web).pdf

| Beginner

| Introduction to free licenses helps you understand the basic concepts of free licenses. It explains the idea of free licenses, as well as terms like "CC-by-SA" and "public domain".

| [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Introduction_to_free_licenses_2010-11-27_%28web%29.pdf PDF]

Editing references, instructions and guides

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Editing reference sheet

| File:Wiki_markup_cheatsheet_EN.pdf

| Beginner

| This one-page quick reference helps you to remember the most frequently used wiki markup commands.

| [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Welcome2WP_English_Flap_081810.pdf PDF]

How to get help handout

| File:Classroom handout - How to get help.pdf

| Beginner

| This one-page handout explains the recommended way to get help and feedback for classes supported by Wikipedia Ambassadors: by posting on their course talk page and notifying their mentor. It also includes a glossary of additional help resources students might use.

| [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Classroom_handout_-_How_to_get_help.pdf PDF]

Citing sources handout

| File:WikipediaReferencing.pdf

| Intermediate

| This handout explains why references are important, where to place them, and the basics of adding "ref" tags.

| [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/WikipediaReferencing.pdf PDF]

Plagiarism handout

| File:PlagiarismHandout.pdf

| Intermediate

| This handout explains what plagiarism is on Wikipedia in addition to why and how to avoid it.

| [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/PlagiarismHandout.pdf PDF]

Moving out of your sandbox instructions

| File:Classroom handout - moving out of your sandbox.pdf

| Intermediate

| This handout walks through how to move an article draft from a userpage sandbox into Wikipedia

| [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Classroom_handout_-_moving_out_of_your_sandbox.pdf PDF]

File licensing tutorial

| File:Licensing tutorial en.svg

| Beginner

| This short handout explains why and how uploaded files (images) should be licensed.

| [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Licensing_tutorial_en.svg SVG image]

Referencing: WikiCode Handout

| File:RefCodeHandout.pdf

| Beginner

| This handout explains the basics of "ref" tags and the "name" parameter as well as "citation templates."

|[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/RefCodeHandout.pdf PDF]

Image uploading handout

| File:UploadingImagesHandout.pdf

| Intermediate

| This handout explains the basics of uploading an image on the English Wikipedia.

| [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/UploadingImagesHandout.pdf PDF]

Submitting an article to the Did You Know process instructions

| File:Classroom handout - Submitting an article to the Did You Know process.pdf

| Advanced

| This handout walks through how to submit a new or newly expanded article to the Did You Know process so that it will appear on the Main Page.

| [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Classroom_handout_-_Submitting_an_article_to_the_Did_You_Know_process.pdf PDF]

Visual explanation of the user contribution page

| File:User contributions detail.svg

| Beginner

| Visual explanation of the user contribution page

| [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/User_contributions_detail.svg SVG]

Videos

File:WP tutorial en New user account.ogv|Account creation tutorial (2 min 35 sec)

File:Verifiability and Neutral point of view (Common Craft)-en.ogv|Explanation of Verifiablity and Neutral Point of View (2 min 10 sec)

File:Tutorial on starting a sandbox article on Wikipedia.ogv|Starting a sandbox article tutorial (2 min 11 sec)

File:Boldness and links tutorial.ogv|Basic editing: bold and links (3 min 37 sec)

File:Citing_sources_tutorial,_part_1.ogv|Basic editing: citing sources, part 1 (2 min 3 sec)

File:How to create a Wikipedia article - Right to science and culture.ogv|Article creation tutorial (7 min 50 sec)

File:USPP quality ratings, take 1.ogv|WikiProject U.S. Public Policy assessment tutorial (6 min 47 sec)

File:Uploading to wikipedia 0001.ogg|Copyright licenses involved in uploading files (3 min 28 sec)

File:Category explanation.ogv|HotCat and categories explanation (5 min 43 sec)

File:Wikipedia basics - watchlists.ogv | How to use a watchlist (2 min 10 sec)

File:Createaccount.ogg|{{New star}} Quick account creation walkthrough

File:Login.ogg|{{New star}} How to log in

File:Sandbox.ogg|{{New star}} Quick starting a sandbox walkthrough

File:Testarticleandref.ogg|{{New star}} Quick sandbox article test, with a reference

File:Talkpages.ogg|{{New star}} How to use talk pages

File:Addimage.ogg|{{New star}} How to add an image

File:Articleimprovement.ogg|{{New star}} Article improvement

File:Articleassessments.ogg|{{New star}} Article assessments (general, not WikiProject United States Public Policy)

File:Articleevolution.ogg|{{New star}} Article evolution

File:RefTools.ogv|{{New star}} Reftools (7 min 29 sec)

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