User:Matty.007/sandbox/Adoption

Gadgets

Gadgets can save lots of time when editing, so I will go over the main types of gadget:

Reference gadgets

You have figured out how to put in simple references, and I see that on the articles you are editing that your citations are good. However, there are special gadgets that can be turned on it 'Preferences', or by putting some words into your CS script (please don't ask me any technical questions on this, I have no idea how it works). I use ProveIt GT for my references, as all you have to do is fill in a table.

Browsing

Gadgets that modify how you look at pages, such as a look at a blue linked articles, a gadget to do tedious jobs such as AfD and CSD, and gadgets that let you see the full extent of the information of in article references.

Watchlist

As it sounds, these gadgets modify how you view your watchlist.

Editing

These gadgets do things from removing VE from editing to a gadget for inputting categories to (if you generally do work at AFC) one to review pending Articles for Creation submissions.

The other categories, which don't affect Wikipedia usage so much are Appearance, Compatibility, and Advanced.

Sixth Assignment

Try out two new gadgets, and leave links here telling me which gadgets you decided to try out. Thanks,

New Page Patrol

New page patrol

You have already found the new pages feed (one of them, they have different layouts) which I prefer, but I think that there is one/two other pages. What happens in the new page patrol is where pages are tagged if they have issues (the banners, e.g. 'Not English' tag here), or tagged for Speedy deletion/AFD/PRODed or PRODed for being a BLP with no references. Sorry for the list of types of deletion, but it is necessary for new page patrol.

With the new pages feed, there are some articles with a red '!' in a circle on the left, which means they are unreviewed. If you click on one, it opens in a new tab, and see the bar below. It will usually be on the top right, but can be bottom left. The small 'x' at the top has been replaced with an arrow, which when clicked closes the bar (don't do this, annoying to try and re-open). The 'i' is metadata, which isn't really needed for patrol, just a summary of notable times in the page (as far as I can gather). The heart sends wikilove, e.g. food/drink/kittens/barnstars for the quality of the page. The tick marks the page as reviewed, if there are no issues. The tag sign is to add tags to the article for issues (don't do what I originally did and overtag articles). The bin is for deleting for whatever reason. The fast forward button is to go onto the next page in the queue of new pages.

Important points to remember:

Don't bite new editors if they make mistakes, gently correct them
Don't CSD articles if unsure
If article may be improved, don't CSD it straight away
Feel free to talk to the user who created the page
(If it has over 1500 bytes of readable prose, it can be nominated for DYK)
If the article has no content at all, wait ~10 minutes to CSD it
Feel free to have a look at Wikipedia:New pages patrol

Sorry if the set up above is unclear.

Assignment 1

Review five articles, and link them. This includes adding tags, but not deleting, as I cannot see deleted pages. If you are unsure about anything, either ask or leave it alone. Good luck. (Feel free to do more than 5 if you enjoy it, but the more you do the more chance there is for something to go wrong.)

Talk Page Ettiquette

Talk page etiquette

I thought that etiquette in how to get your message across to other editors was quite important, so here is a nice thing which I found whilst looking at someone's talk page to start off with:

QUICK TIP

Indent your posts with colons. Like this:

I like bunnies.
:Me too.
::So we both like bunnies?
:::Yep. Looks that way.
::::Pretty stupid conversaton.
:::::Yep. Did I tell you I'm left handed?
::::::No kidding? Me too. :)

I like kittens.
:Me too.
::So we both like kittens?
Copied from a post by Anna Frodesiak

So, to indent a post, which is what is meant to happen with a new post, you put a colon at the front of your sentence, as seen above (it gets automatically changed into an indent). Remember to sign your talk page posts, with four tildes, that is, four of ~~~~.

For a new paragraph, input enter twice, which will initiate a new paragraph.
Use * for a bullet point
Please don't make long rambling posts on talk pages which are tortuously long to read, instead, make short concise notes
Don't SHOUT
Use wikilinks where appropriate, sometimes with | piping
Put new posts at the bottom of talk pages
Make a new heading for new topics, e.g. == Heading ==
Don't make personal attacks
You can use {{outdent}} if the discussion gets indented too much

Sorry, quite a lot this time, take your time to read over it, and any questions, just ask! Please acknowledge when you have read this. Thanks,

Did You Know (DYK)

DYK

OK, this is more of a specialist area, but it is good to know about content development, i.e. how to expand articles, how to write them, and how to identify articles of a good quality. The rules at DYK are numerous, and listed here and here. I would advise having a look at those before doing anything at DYK, but I shall attempt to summarise the main elements of the rules:

Any article can be nominated within 5 days of mainspace creation, so long as it is over 1500 characters of readable prose (I use [[User:Dr pda/prosesize.js|this for character counting}
Any newly listed GA can be nominated within 5 days of listing (provided it hasn't been in DYK before) so long as it is over 1500 characters of readable prose
Any article which has had the number of prose characters expanded fivefold can be nominated within 5 days so long as it is over 1500 characters of readable prose
Any unsourced BLP which has had the prose expanded twofold and is newly sourced can be nominated within 5 days so long as it is over 1500 characters of readable prose
A rule of thumb is at least one source per paragraph, but more if possible
The hook (i.e. the "... that interesting fact") needs to have a source directly after where it is stated in the article
Everything stated in the hook must be stated and referenced in the article
Hooks should be neutral point of view (i.e. don't make mistakes such as I did here, especially with BLPs)
After you have five 'credits' (i.e. five articles have been on the main page after nomination by you) you need to begin reviewing one nomination per every article you nominate (this is called QPQ)
In the hook, the article being nominated must be bolded and linked
If you want to use an image, make sure it is fair use
No redlinks in the hook
No bare URLs

When you want to nominate articles, go to Template talk:Did you know. Scroll down to the box which says 'YOUR ARTICLE TITLE', and after reading the yellow steps, input the nomination title and you should see this (go into the edit mode so that you can see what it actually looks like):

{{subst:NewDYKnomination | article = Article title in plain text; no [[ ]] | article2 = | status = new or expanded or BLP expanded or mainspace or GA | hook = ... that ....? | author = Article creator or expander, in plain text; no ~~~~ or [[ ]] | author2 = | image = | caption = | comment = | reviewed = If you reviewed another article before listing this DYK nomination, put it here. Otherwise leave this line alone; it will blank when saved. }}

Article: where the name of the article being nominated goes, do not link it
Article2: for if there are multiple articles being nominated
Status: delete all but the relevant one
Hook: where you write the part that goes on the main page, start writing after the ?
Author: again, no linking, just the creator's name
Author2: for if there are multiple main authors
Image: where the 'File:Image' part goes if you want a picture used (note: the image must be used in the article
Caption: only fill this in if there is an image, write a description of the picture
Comment: if you, as the nominator, have anything to say about the nomination
Reviewed: where QPQ goes if necessary

Assignment 2

This week, using some kind of character prose counter, find an article from here which qualifies and ask the author, fill out the relevant nomination page, or write your own article which qualifies and nominate it. Please link here to it, so that I can have a look, and in the comment section then say that it is your first nomination (if you think something isn't quite right). Thanks, Mat ty.007 12:24, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Parts of the course which require writing: ~~Overview~~, Project-wide principles, Core content policies, Other content policies, Content guidelines, ~~Behavioural policies~~, Behavioural guidelines, Editing guidelines, Style conventions, Classification guidelines, link to Wikimedia Foundation, ~~specialist~~.

Y: completed areas: