Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy/Courses/Spring 2011/Federal Indian Law and Policy (Kristin Ruppel)/Useful Links

This “getting started” list of resources includes video demonstrations, explanations of common Wikipedia terms, and style guides.

Creating a Wikipedia User Account & Logging-in

Username Policy describes what a Wikipedia Username is and why it’s recommended to create a unique user account with author pseudonym or alias.

Creating New User Account video shows step-by-step how to create a new user account.

Login to Existing User Account video shows step-by-step how to login to an existing user account.

Setting-up Your User Page

Setting-up a User Page video shows the steps for creating a user page.

Creating A User Page is a three page .pdf file on how to create a user page.

Guide to User Pages is a very useful reference that explains how to use User Pages.

Creating a Sandbox

Creating a Sandbox video shows how-to set-up a sandbox.

Creating an Article in Sandbox video shows how-to create a draft or test article in the sandbox.

Starting & Editing Articles, Citing Sources, and Creating References Section

Starting a Stub Article video shows how-to start a stub article with reference in a User's sandbox.

Writing Your First Article gives the dos and don’ts and a guide on how to write an article for Wikipedia.

How to Create an Article explains and provides guidelines on how to create an article.

Improving Articles video on assessing an article and figuring out what needs to done to improve the article. The video example focuses on references, and also shows the Discussion page and how to understand what is being discussed.

How to Edit a Page gives extensive information on how to Edit a Page and includes links to pages about: major and minor edits, Wiki-markup, conventions, tips, naming pages, and “moving” articles.

Citation Templates explains how to use all the different citation template types.

Using the RefTools video shows how to use the Edit RefTools Cite tool when creating citations.

References for Beginners describes how to create references for an article.

References is a comprehensive overview on article references, what is a source, and citing sources.

Wikipedia Manual of Style is huge and has it all! The Wikipedia Manual of Style covers everything from abbreviations, to units of measure, to grammar, to scrolling lists and much, much more. Use the Contents to find the section that describes a particular how-to.

About Shortcuts explains Shortcuts with why and how to use them.

Moving An Article Out of the Sandbox into the Main Space

Moving Out of Your Sandbox is a pdf file handout on the step-by-step process of moving an article from the sandbox to the Wikipedia main space.

Determining a "Good Article"

Good Articles in Wikipedia explains how to determine a good article and gives examples of "good articles."

Determining Verifiability

Neutral Point of View & Verifiability video describes what “neutral point of view” is, how to use it in an article, and explains “verifiability” and it's role in presenting the neutral point of view.

Verifiability explains what “verifiability” is and how write and edit verifiable articles.

Working with Images

Saving Images to Wikimedia Commons video shows the first steps to saving an image to the Commons for use on Wikipedia.

Using Pictures explains how to use images in a Wikipedia page.

Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Wikipedians Around the World is a series of YouTube videos with Wikipedians from all over the globe explaining why they contribute to Wikipedia.

Wikipedia turned 10 years old on 15 January, 2011 video message from Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia.

Wikimedia Blog