Wikipedia:GLAM/University of Toronto Libraries/Resources
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The following resources have been compiled by function.
Learning
[edit]DIY slides
[edit]How to Edit Wikipedia: Full Deck
- Content: This deck covers the basics of Wikipedia editing in three parts: Basics, Improve Old Stuff, Write New Stuff
- Usage: DIY learning and/or Edit-A-Thons
- License: You may freely share or adapt the material for non-commercial use under the following license: CC BY-SA 4.0
Exercises
[edit]Editing exercises for Visual Editor
- Content: A series of exercises (Visual Editor) for practising basic Wikipedia edits, including formatting, linking, citing, and adding an infobox.
- Usage: DIY learning, teaching, and/or Edit-A-Thons. You may also remix the exercises in your sandbox to suit your instruction needs.
MOS checklist
[edit]- Content: Cheatsheets adapted from Wikipedia:Manual of Style.
- Usage: DIY learning, teaching, and/or Edit-A-Thons. The checklist is open to edits, as necessary.
Wiki markup
[edit]- Content: A basic overview and cheatsheet on Wiki markup (language for Source Editor) broken out by task. Covers formatting, linking, talk page communication, and common documentation tools.
- Usage: DIY learning and teaching. Reference to edit "back-end pages" which do not enable use of Visual Editor, including some Wikipedia Wikiproject pages and all Wikidata user + Wikiproject pages.
Wiki markup exercises
[edit]- Content: A series of exercises for practising basic Wiki markup functions, including formatting, linking, discussion replies, and templates.
- Usage: DIY learning and teaching. You may also remix the exercises in your sandbox to suit your instruction needs.
Events
[edit]How to edit: A digest
[edit]- Content: An accessible, bullet-form introduction to Wikipedia editing suitable for events and projects. It can be transcluded to an event or Wikiproject page.
- Example: How to edit section in the Editing tab is transcluded.
- Usage: To transclude (=reproduce), insert
{{WP:UTL/ET}}
where appropriate in the intended page. It is advisable to append the code directly below the preceding paragraph. A line break is inserted above the transcluded section by default.
Event page template
[edit]- Content: A template that makes Wikipedia meetup event page creation easy.
- Example: The template can be used to develop event pages like Black Histories Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon (February 2021).
- Usage: Insert
{{subst:Event docs}}
on a page to produce an editable event page. Refer to template documentation for detailed guidance.
Linking
[edit]Archival records
[edit]- Content: A wikidata-aware template that makes it easy to find archival records associated with a topic.
- Example: Roxana Ng#External links
- Usage: Add this template to the top of the External links section of a page to produce a box displaying archival information. The template can both pull in information from Wikidata and display locally entered information. Refer to template documentation for detailed guidance.