Wikipedia for Editors Training Course

Overview

This course has been created for everyone who wants to help to contribute to Wikipedia.

This course covers the newest version of Wikipedia system and the latest legal status of Wikipedia.

 

Requirements

Good Internet and Browser usage knowledge.

 

Duration

7.00 hours
 
 

Course Outline

What is Wikipedia?

Who the contributions belong to?

How to edit an existing article?

How to create a new article?

How to create an article matching all Wikipedia requirements?

Roles in Wikipedia and how to promote yourself.

Wikipedia bots

Discussions

Revisions

Account Preferences

Adoption

Making article compliant to Wikipedia policies and guidelines

Uploading imagines, audio files and movies

Stubs

Info-boxes

Pronunciation

Other languages 

Shortcuts and "magic words"