Wikipedia:India Education Program/Courses/Fall 2011/Software Testing and Quality Assurance/Help Centre

Editing References, Instructions and Guides

Item	Preview	Level	Description	Download
Editing reference sheet		Beginner	This one-page quick reference helps you to remember the most frequently used wiki markup commands i.e the commands used when you edit Wikipedia articles.	PDF
How to get help handout		Beginner	This one-page handout explains the recommended way to get help and feedback for classes supported by Wikipedia Ambassadors: by posting on their course talk page and notifying their mentor. It also includes a glossary of additional help resources students might use.	PDF
Citing sources handout		Intermediate	This handout explains why references are important, where to place them, and the basics of adding tags for references.	PDF
Plagiarism handout		Intermediate	This handout explains what plagiarism (cheating/theft) is on Wikipedia in addition to why and how to avoid it.	PDF
Moving out of your sandbox instructions		Intermediate	This handout walks through how to move an article draft from a userpage sandbox into Wikipedia	PDF
File licensing tutorial		Beginner	This short handout explains why and how uploaded files (images) should be licensed.	SVG image
Referencing: WikiCode Handout		Beginner	This handout explains the basics of inserting references, creating list of references, multiple citations of same reference and reference style.	PDF
Image uploading handout		Intermediate	This handout explains the basics of uploading an image on the English Wikipedia.	PDF
Submitting an article to the Did You Know process instructions		Advanced	This handout walks through how to submit a new or newly expanded article to the Did You Know process so that it will appear on the Main Page.	PDF
Visual explanation of the user contribution page		Beginner	Visual explanation of the user contribution page	SVG

Videos

• Account creation tutorial (2 min 35 sec)
• Starting a sandbox article tutorial (2 min 11 sec)
• Basic editing: bold and links (3 min 37 sec)
• Basic editing: citing sources, part 1 (2 min 3 sec)
• Article creation tutorial (7 min 50 sec)
• Copyright licenses involved in uploading files (3 min 28 sec)
• How to use a watchlist (2 min 10 sec)
• Quick account creation walkthrough
• How to log in
• Quick starting a sandbox walkthrough
• Quick sandbox article test, with a reference
• How to use talk pages
• How to add an image

Making Tables in Wikipedia

Here are a few links that will facilitate you to create tables in Wikipedia.

1. All you wanted to know about tables(Advanced)
2. Manual of Style for Tables in Wikipedia(General)
3. How to make a wikitable(Simple)
4. Make a simple table(Simple)
5. Background to your Tables.