This document discusses how and why to edit Wikipedia. It explains that editing Wikipedia allows you to share your expertise, network with other experts, and build your online identity and that of your department, university or region. It also outlines how to get started editing Wikipedia, such as creating an account, making a user page, adding articles to your watchlist, and starting with small edits to existing articles. The basics of editing include adding bold, italics and underlining text, inserting headings, links, images and tables, and adding citations.

1. How and why
to edit Wikipedia
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:Jtneill/Presentations/How_and_why_to_edit_Wikipedia
James Neill
Assistant Professor
Centre for Applied Psychology
University of Canberra
#OAWeek2014 Image source:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bouncywikilogo.gif

2. Wikipedia – An investment for your
future; your children's future
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WghdsOz9KwA
Image source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parodyfilm.svg
4:09 mins

3. Wikimedia Foundation
Sister projects
●Wikipedia
●Wikiversity
●Wikibooks
●Wiki Commons
●Wikinews
●Wikiquotes
●Wikispecies etc.
Wikimedia Foundation logo
Image source:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia-logo.svg

4. Why edit Wikipedia?
● Share your expertise
● Network with other experts
● Build online social identity for your:
– Self
– Department
– University
– Region
● “Easy” way to volunteer
Why would
you edit?

5. How to edit Wikipedia?
● Create an account
– Real name or a screen name
– Accounts are global, so you'll also edit Wikiversity,
Wikibooks, etc.
● Create a user page (optional)
– Your user page is a good place to practice editing, if
you're unsure
● Watchlist articles of interest
● Start by improving existing articles

6. Wikipedia editing basics
● Edit & Save (with edit summary)
● Bold, Italics, Underline
● Headings
● Links – internal and external
● Inserting images
● Working with tables
● Citations
● Wikipedia editing basics:
– https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVx9pX-VnGVjAVQo8Qv_ohNP5r7JuzhRo
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet

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