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Wiki Edit A Thons: 2018 Art + Feminism Wikipedia Editathon

Sample training materials, how-tos and flyers.

Welcome

Have a seat anywhere!

If you're comfortable with Wikipedia, jump right in and add/edit content related to Art + Feminism.

At the beginning of  the event, we'll do a presentation that gives an overview of what Wikipedia is, why we're editing, and some basic tips.  Then we'll have time to work together on making some edits.

Grab snacks and join us!

Edit Source vs Edit

Wikipedia uses two methods of editing: classic editing through wiki markup (wikitext) and through a newer VisualEditor (VE). If you're just getting started with editing, we recommend using the VisualEditor as a user-friendly tool. 

Enable classic Edit Source tab and VisualEditor tab:

Login > Preferences > Editing > Pulldown menu: Show me both editor tabs > Save preferences

Use the "Edit" tab on entries and in your sandbox to use the VisualEditor. Use "Edit Source" to access the wiki markup.

Editing Talk pages still requires use of the classic editing through wiki markup and it's good to familiarize yourself with the basics as a new editor.

Basic Editing of Existing Entries

If editing using Wikipedia source editing (i.e., code) -- [[ ]]
Link to other existing Wikipedia pages.
  • To add links, use 2 brackets on each side of the words you want to link to an entry.  
    • For example: [[Cornell University]] automatically creates a link to the entry on Cornell. Be sure to doublecheck these links.
  • If you want to link to an entry from a word other than the title of the entry, use this format: [[title of entry | words in your text]].
    • For example, if I want to say "the university" and have it link to the Cornell University entry: [[Cornell University | the university]]
Link to external sites
  • For example: [http://cnn.com Breaking News] will link the words "Breaking News" to CNN's website. 

Basic formatting:

  • To create a section, use = on each side of the title.  Different numbers of = affect weight/size of header in hierarchy.
    • If an article has at least 4 headings, a Table of Contents will be automatically generated.
  • To create a bulleted list, use * in front of each item.
  • To create a numbered list, use # in front of each item. Numbers will be automatically generated.

Saving and Edit Summary

  • As you save a page after making edits, be sure to fill in the Edit Summary field to indicate the changes you've made. This provides a description of your edits in the Edit History. 
  • Break multiple edits down into smaller tasks and save after each set of edits. This makes it more difficult for your edits to be undone by other editors who can click "Undo" in the Edit History. 

Adding References to Existing Entries

  • In the Visual Editor: Hit "Cite" and use information about the citation to create a reference. References will automatically number. Add a References section using the code below, with the curly brackets indicating where the auto-generated list should appear.
  • In Edit Source: To add a reference, put your cursor in place and then hit the Cite button in the toolbar.  A pop-up window will appear where you can enter your citation information.  References will automatically number. Add a References section using the code below, with the curly brackets indicating where the auto-generated list should appear.

 

==Reference test==

This is the text that you are going to verify with a reference. <ref>Reference details go here</ref>

==References==

{{Reflist}}

 

Ideas for Editing

Ways to begin

  • The Community portal includes lists of editing tasks you can work on including adding images, fixing links, and more.
  • Template messages\Cleanup: These messages are used to notify other editors that an entry could use some work.

Like to write?

Like to do research?

Art+Feminism Lists

Fill a Needed Citation

Fill a needed citation

The simplest way to engage with Wikipedia is to work on existing citation neededs, in your preferred language. You can find these in English or 57 other languages.

 
A screenshot in English of the Citation Hunt tool, showing the category selection feature in the tool.

 

English Wikipedia and over 20 other language Wikipedias has Citation Hunt a gamelike tool that will offer random citation needed statements.

  1. Let the tool suggest a citation needed statements for you, or use the search menu at the bottom to choose a category (Wikipedia's version of a tag) of article that you have a special expertise in (for example, British novels or Provinces of Afghanistan ).
  2. Go to the article, find the statement
  3. Click edit in the section header
  4. Add the source using the guidelines here
  5. Remove the "Citation needed" template (highlight and backspace in Visual Editor, or remove the template which adds that tag (it looks like {{citation needed}} ))
  6. Add the hashtag   to your edit summary
  7. Save the page.

Credits

 
Creative Commons

Megan Sitar, University of Michigan Libraries, http://guides.lib.umich.edu/editathons

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