These printable PDF documents have instructions related to the basics of Wikipedia.
Starting a sandbox article | Basic editing: bold and links | How to use a watchlist | How to use talk pages |
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How to start an a sandbox page to play around with wiki markup or start an article draft (2m 11s) | How to use the most basic features of wiki markup to create bold text and links to other pages (3m 37s) | How to use a watchlist to keep track of pages you are interested in or have edited (2m 10s) | How to interact with other editors using talk pages, including article talk pages and user talk pages (2m 30s) |
Basic editing: citing sources | Citing sources with RefToobar | Uploading files to Wikimedia Commons |
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How to add citations using "ref" tags (2m 3s) | How to use the "Cite" tool for inserting automatically formatted references (2m 25s) | Uploading files such as images to Wikimedia Commons, using the upload wizard (2 min 48 sec) |
Article creation | Article improvement | Article assessments | Article evolution |
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A demonstration, recorded live, of how to create a Wikipedia article (7 min 50 sec) | A look at how to assess the shortcomings of an article and improve it (4m 22s) | An exploration of the standard article assessment system, with examples of each quality level (11m 30s) | A trip through the history of an article, from humble beginnings to Good Article status (6m 25s) |
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