These printable PDF documents have instructions related to the basics of Wikipedia.
Starting a sandbox article | Basic editing: bold and links | How to use a watchlist | How to use talk pages |
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How to start an a sandbox page to play around with wiki markup or start an article draft (2m 11s) | How to use the most basic features of wiki markup to create bold text and links to other pages (3m 37s) | How to use a watchlist to keep track of pages you are interested in or have edited (2m 10s) | How to interact with other editors using talk pages, including article talk pages and user talk pages (2m 30s) |
Basic editing: citing sources | Citing sources with RefToobar | Uploading files to Wikimedia Commons |
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How to add citations using "ref" tags (2m 3s) | How to use the "Cite" tool for inserting automatically formatted references (2m 25s) | Uploading files such as images to Wikimedia Commons, using the upload wizard (2 min 48 sec) |
Article creation | Article improvement | Article assessments | Article evolution |
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A demonstration, recorded live, of how to create a Wikipedia article (7 min 50 sec) | A look at how to assess the shortcomings of an article and improve it (4m 22s) | An exploration of the standard article assessment system, with examples of each quality level (11m 30s) | A trip through the history of an article, from humble beginnings to Good Article status (6m 25s) |
The category Category:Plate tectonics is like a tag that is likely to be used on many of the articles of interest or to be written by participants. Changes in the articles in the category can be found in [1]
A project WikiProject Geology has been organized for Wikipedia editors interested in Geology. People can sign up and discuss how to work together on the topic.
On the Wikimedia Commons there are images already drawn in these categories: Commons:Category:Plate tectonics Commons:Category:Maps of tectonic plates Commons:Category:Cratons Commons:Category:Maps of past tectonic plates Commons:Category:Laurasia and Gondwana Commons:Category:Earthquakes and many subcategories Commons:Category:Mid-ocean ridge Commons:Category:Mid-Atlantic Ridge Commons:Category:Ocean topography Commons:Category:Rifts Commons:Category:Orogeny Commons:Category:Oceanic trenches Commons:Category:Structural basins Commons:Category:Subduction Commons:Category:Structure of the Earth Commons:Category:Structural geology. Since these images are free, it is possible to use them as a starting point to make a derivative.
These printable PDF documents have instructions related to the basics of Wikipedia.
Starting a sandbox article | Basic editing: bold and links | How to use a watchlist | How to use talk pages |
---|---|---|---|
How to start an a sandbox page to play around with wiki markup or start an article draft (2m 11s) | How to use the most basic features of wiki markup to create bold text and links to other pages (3m 37s) | How to use a watchlist to keep track of pages you are interested in or have edited (2m 10s) | How to interact with other editors using talk pages, including article talk pages and user talk pages (2m 30s) |
Basic editing: citing sources | Citing sources with RefToobar | Uploading files to Wikimedia Commons |
---|---|---|
How to add citations using "ref" tags (2m 3s) | How to use the "Cite" tool for inserting automatically formatted references (2m 25s) | Uploading files such as images to Wikimedia Commons, using the upload wizard (2 min 48 sec) |
Article creation | Article improvement | Article assessments | Article evolution |
---|---|---|---|
A demonstration, recorded live, of how to create a Wikipedia article (7 min 50 sec) | A look at how to assess the shortcomings of an article and improve it (4m 22s) | An exploration of the standard article assessment system, with examples of each quality level (11m 30s) | A trip through the history of an article, from humble beginnings to Good Article status (6m 25s) |
The category Category:Plate tectonics is like a tag that is likely to be used on many of the articles of interest or to be written by participants. Changes in the articles in the category can be found in [1]
A project WikiProject Geology has been organized for Wikipedia editors interested in Geology. People can sign up and discuss how to work together on the topic.
On the Wikimedia Commons there are images already drawn in these categories: Commons:Category:Plate tectonics Commons:Category:Maps of tectonic plates Commons:Category:Cratons Commons:Category:Maps of past tectonic plates Commons:Category:Laurasia and Gondwana Commons:Category:Earthquakes and many subcategories Commons:Category:Mid-ocean ridge Commons:Category:Mid-Atlantic Ridge Commons:Category:Ocean topography Commons:Category:Rifts Commons:Category:Orogeny Commons:Category:Oceanic trenches Commons:Category:Structural basins Commons:Category:Subduction Commons:Category:Structure of the Earth Commons:Category:Structural geology. Since these images are free, it is possible to use them as a starting point to make a derivative.