Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/FIT/Resources

FIT Edit-a-thonILI WorkshopResources

Wikipedia beginner resources

Help with the basics

• Training Module
• Beginner's Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
• Wikipedia:Five pillars (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
• Wikipedia Tutorial

Help with editing and Wiki markup

• How to Edit
• About the Sandbox
• Wiki Markup Quick Reference (PDF version of printed handout)
• Wikipedia:Manual of Style
• Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia

Help with creating an article

• Writing an article
• Wikipedia:Article development
• Wikipedia:Your first article (using the Wikipedia:Article wizard if you wish)

Help with sources

• Determining Notability of Creative Professionals
• Conflict of Interest in Wikipedia Editing
• Verifying Reliable Sources

Help with Templates

• Wikipedia:Citation templates
• Wikipedia:Infobox templates
• Bookshelf (a vast collection of high-quality, freely licensed, user-generated informational material about Wikipedia)
• [for Clothing ]

Help with Images, sounds and videos

Main page: Wikipedia:Creation and usage of media files
How to pages: Wikipedia:Media help and Wikipedia:Picture tutorial
Introductions: Help:Introduction uploading images and Help:Introduction to images (VisualEditor)
See also: Help:Visual file markup

A screencast that walks through how to upload files to Wikimedia Commons and add them to Wikipedia articles. (3:00 min)

A Wikimedia Foundation brochure in PDF form that introduces newcomers to Wikimedia Commons and how they can contribute to it.

More Editing Wikipedia resources

If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.
N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources See Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources

• Tutorial: Getting Started Guide (Presentation in DC)
• Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
• Five Pillars of Wikipedia (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
• Tutorial
• How to Edit a Page
• Wiki Markup Quick Reference (PDF version of printed handout)
• Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
• Article Development
• Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
• Manual of Style
• Citation templates
• Infobox templates
• Bookshelf (additional "getting started" resources)
• Art+Feminism - Video training
• Art+Feminism - Training Lesson Plan
• Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
• Infobox template - person
• Biographies of living persons
• Writing an article
• About the Sandbox

Where to Get Help

• Wikipedia:Meetup
• Village Pump
• WikiProjects
• Wikipedia Tutorial
• Wikipedia:Teahouse
• Wikipedia:Bookshelf