User:YatesByron
Hi - I'm YatesByron! I'm a Engineer and play guitar. I joined Wikipedia to contribute. Run a coffee business. Travel between MA and CA. My favorite poem by Byron:
When a man hath no freedom to fight for at home, Let him combat for that of his neighbors;
Let him think of the glories of Greece and of Rome, And get knock'd on the head for his labors;
To do good to mankind is the chivalrous plan, And is always as nobly requited;
Then battle for freedom wherever you can, And, if not shot or hang'd, you'll get knighted.
A bit about me
[edit]- Working in Coffee & Food now --- selling nice roasted coffee.
- Industries I've worked in: Travel, Customer Service, Email Marketing and Social media.
- Educational institutions I've attended: UMass Boston
- Miss my native Guatemala
- Places I've lived: Munich, Germany, Somerville, Massachusetts and Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Love chinese food.
- Speak English, German (fluently)
- Love driving my motorcycle
Pages I'm studying to get up to pace
[edit]- Editing: introducing editing.
- Formatting: how to format pages.
- Links: how to insert links.
- Citing sources: how to create footnotes and external links.
- Talk pages: how to use talk pages.
- Keep in mind: introducing policies and guidelines.
- Registration: why you should register an account.
- Wrap-up and more info: some useful links.
- Tutorials from The Signpost. Click the 'Next Tutorial' link at the bottom for the next one.
Longer tutorials
- The Wikipedia Adventure: a guided tour with fun, interactive learning and practice
- Pictures tutorial: how to insert pictures in pages. A long tutorial, but the basics are simple.
- IRC tutorial: how to use Internet Relay Chat on Wikipedia.
- Wikipedia:Graphics tutorials: lots of links to graphics software tutorials.
- VisualEditor user guide: an manual for Wikipedia:VisualEditor.
Introductions
[edit]- Main introduction: the main introduction to Wikipedia, with many useful links.
- Introduction to navigating Wikipedia: a five part guide to navigating Wikipedia. Introduction. Namespaces. Searching and redirects. Useful pages. Summary.
Protocols and conventions
[edit]- Introduction to policies and guidelines: a four part guide to the rules. Policies and guidelines. Content. Conduct. Summary.
- Introduction to the Manual of Style: a five part introduction to the Manual of Style. Links. Layout. Images. Citing. Consistency. Stability. Nuggets.
- Introduction to the deletion process - discusses the guidelines and policies relevant to deletion, and the overall process.
Editing with Wiki Markup
[edit]- Introduction to editing: a five part guide to editing. Editing pages. Formatting. Links and Wikilinks. Saving your changes. Summary.
- Introduction to referencing: a five part introduction to referencing. Verifiability. Inline citations. RefToolbar. Reliable sources. Summary
- Introduction to uploading images: a six part guide on uploading images. Introduction. Free content. Non-free content. Wikimedia Commons. Using an image. Summary.
- Introduction to tables: a four part guide to putting tables in pages. Introduction to tables. Creating tables manually. Sortable tables. HTML and tables.
- Introduction to talk pages: a five part guide to using talk pages. Talk pages. User talk pages. Layout. Examples. Summary.
Editing with Visual Editor
[edit]- Introduction to editing with VisualEditor: a five part introduction to editing with VisualEditor. Opening the editor. Toolbar basics. Links and Wikilinks. Saving your changes. Summary
- Introduction to referencing with VisualEditor: a five part introduction to referencing. Verifiability. Inline citations. RefToolbar. Reliable sources. Summary.
- Introduction to uploading images with VisualEditor: a six part guide on uploading images. Introduction. Free content. Non-free content. Wikimedia Commons. Using an image. Summary
Training for student assignments
[edit]These self-guided trainings help users involved with student assignments to learn the basics of Wikipedia.