This is the worksheet I handed out at the "Learn to edit like a GSoW editor and change the world Mwahahahaahhaha! workshop.
It is possible that the directions will make little sense without context. If you have questions please contact us at GSoWteam@gmail.com
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To
edit a Wikipedia page...
1) Click on the Edit tab
at the TOP right of the page.
2) Make your change
3) Click Preview at the
bottom of the edit screen and review your changes. If correct then
put a reason for the edit in the “Edit Summary” box.
4) Click Save
5) Congratulate yourself!
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Adding
a Hyperlink...
Add two brackets around
the word/phrase/name like this...
[[James Randi]]
The words inside the
brackets must match the Wikipedia page you want to hyperlink to
exactly.
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NOTE - I've come to realize that the following examples of verbiage may not be the best for non-native English speakers. So below these examples I offer other examples that use more common words than "evangelism" and "billet reading".
NOTE - I've come to realize that the following examples of verbiage may not be the best for non-native English speakers. So below these examples I offer other examples that use more common words than "evangelism" and "billet reading".
Often an editor wants
to hyperlink to a Wikipedia page but wants other words to appear.
Examples...
You want the page to
say... “One of his earliest reported experiences is that of seeing
an evangelist using a version of the one-ahead.”
You want to explain
what the “one-ahead” and “evangelist” is. So you want to make
a hyperlink to those Wikipedia pages that will explain what those
terms are. The Wikipedia page for “evangelist” is actually called
“Evangelism” And the Wikipedia page for “one-ahead” is
actually called “billet reading” But those words would not sound
correct to the reader of your James Randi page.
“One of his earliest
reported experiences is that of seeing an [[Evangelism]] using a
version of [[billet reading]].”
This is the correct way
the edit will look once you are done.
One of his earliest
reported experiences is that of seeing an [[Evangelism|evangelist]]
using a version of the "[[billet reading|one-ahead]]"
Use the “bar symbol”
in-between the words. The “bar symbol” is located below the
backspace key. The left side is written exactly as the Wikipedia page
you want to link to. The right side is what you want the
reader to see.
Here are other examples
of how this sentence could look...
“According to [[James
Randi|Randi]], one of [[Ray Hyman|Hyman]]'s earliest reported
experiences is that of seeing an [[Evangelism|evangelist]] using a
version of the "[[billet reading|one-ahead]]"
More examples....
This is from the Harry Houdini Wikipedia page...
" Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, [[straitjacket]]s under water, and having to escape from and [[apnea|hold his breath]] inside a sealed milk can."
Obviously if the sentence read... "and having to escape from and apnea inside a sealed milk can." it would make no sense. The phrase "hold his breath" is NOT a Wikipedia page. So we can't link to a Wikipedia page called "hold his breath" The editor wants to explain the phrase "hold his breath" for anyone who wants to know that it means "apnea".
From the Christopher Hitchens Wikipedia page...
"... describing himself as a socialist and a Marxist, Hitchens began his break from the established political left"
The word "socialist" should be defined with a hyperlink for anyone not familiar with the term.
The page you would use to get more information is called "Democratic socialism". Obviously the sentence "... describing himself as a Democratic socialism and a Marxist..."
So the edit when written correctly would look like this ...
" describing himself as a [[Democratic socialism|socialist]] and a Marxist, Hitchens began his break from the established political left..."
Lesson 2 – Adding a
authorlink to a citation...
- Randi, James. "Teleportation Magic Established By
Science, At Last!”. Swift (Blog). JREF. Retrieved January 19,
2011.
You want to make the name James Randi hyperlink to his Wikipedia page.
First click on the “Edit” tab on
the TOP right of the Wikipedia page.
Find the reference/citation that
needs to have the authorlink added to. It probably will look
something like this.
<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1194-teleportation-magic-established-by-science-at-last.html
|title=Teleportation Magic Established By Science, At Last!
|last=Randi |first=James | work=Swift |publisher=JREF |type=Blog
|accessdate=January 19, 2011}}</ref>
You will add this
|authorlink=James Randi| (make sure it is a lower-case "a" in "authorlink")
You will add it right after the word
“James” in the citation above. It will look like this when done
correctly.
<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1194-teleportation-magic-established-by-science-at-last.html
|title=Teleportation Magic Established By Science, At Last!
|last=Randi |first=James |authorlink=James Randi| work=Swift
|publisher=JREF |type=Blog |accessdate=January 19, 2011}}</ref>
Remember that you must write the
authorlink exactly as the Wikipedia page you are linking to appears.
Stat Tool - http://stats.grok.se/
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