User:Cindamuse/All resources

Background and introductory literature

Item	Level	Description	Download
Welcome to Wikipedia brochure	Beginner	"Welcome to Wikipedia" gives you a basic introduction into contributing to Wikipedia. You will learn how to create a Wikipedia user account, how to start editing, and how to communicate with other contributors. You will also learn how articles evolve on Wikipedia and how to rate the quality of an existing article. The "Welcome to Wikipedia" brochure contains 17 pages and an additional quick reference that helps you to remember the most frequently used wiki markup commands.	PDF
Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia	Beginner	"Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia" is an editorial published in PLoS Computational Biology that gives advice for scientists (also relevant to other scholars and experts) on how to effectively contribute to Wikipedia.	PDF
Evaluating Wikipedia article quality brochure	Beginner	Evaluating Wikipedia article quality is a reference guide with specific steps you can take to get the most out of Wikipedia, as well as a look at how its quality system works.	PDF
Introduction to free licenses pamphlet	Beginner	Introduction to free licenses helps you understand the basic concepts of free licenses. It explains the idea of free licenses, as well as terms like "CC-by-SA" and "public domain".	PDF

Editing references, instructions and guides

Item	Level	Description	Download
Editing reference sheet	Beginner	This one-page quick reference helps you to remember the most frequently used wiki markup commands.	PDF
How to get help handout	Beginner	This one-page handout explains the recommended way to get help and feedback for classes supported by Wikipedia Ambassadors: by posting on their course talk page and notifying their mentor. It also includes a glossary of additional help resources students might use.	PDF
Citing sources handout	Intermediate	This handout explains why references are important, where to place them, and the basics of adding "ref" tags.	PDF
Plagiarism handout	Intermediate	This handout explains what plagiarism is on Wikipedia in addition to why and how to avoid it.	PDF
Moving out of your sandbox instructions	Intermediate	This handout walks through how to move an article draft from a userpage sandbox into Wikipedia	PDF
File licensing tutorial	Beginner	This short handout explains why and how uploaded files (images) should be licensed.	SVG image
Referencing: WikiCode Handout	Beginner	This handout explains the basics of "ref" tags and the "name" parameter as well as "citation templates."	PDF
Image uploading handout	Intermediate	This handout explains the basics of uploading an image on the English Wikipedia.	PDF
Submitting an article to the Did You Know process instructions	Advanced	This handout walks through how to submit a new or newly expanded article to the Did You Know process so that it will appear on the Main Page.	PDF
Visual explanation of the user contribution page	Beginner	Visual explanation of the user contribution page	SVG

Videos

Account creation tutorial (2 min 35 sec)
Explanation of Verifiablity and Neutral Point of View (2 min 10 sec)

Explanation of Verifiablity and Neutral Point of View (2 min 10 sec)
Starting a sandbox article tutorial (2 min 11 sec)
Basic editing: bold and links (3 min 37 sec)
Basic editing: citing sources, part 1 (2 min 3 sec)
Article creation tutorial (7 min 50 sec)
WikiProject U.S. Public Policy assessment tutorial (6 min 47 sec)
Copyright licenses involved in uploading files (3 min 28 sec)
HotCat and categories explanation (5 min 43 sec)
How to use a watchlist (2 min 10 sec)
Quick account creation walkthrough
How to log in
Quick starting a sandbox walkthrough
Quick sandbox article test, with a reference
How to use talk pages
How to add an image
Article improvement
Article assessments (general, not WikiProject United States Public Policy)
Article evolution
Reftools (7 min 29 sec)