1. PRODUCTIVE EDITING First steps for the journeyfrom Newbies to Editors.

2. The current attitude to newbies! A recent changes patroller approaches unsuspecting edits by newbies! 3. The truth about NEWBIES! A newbie carried away with enthusiasm for Wikipedia! 4. What newbies want..... 5. Beginning learning! (The first steps)

Read all the links in your welcome message.

6. Learn how to post and sign off on a message. ~~~~ 7. Learn something new about the rules every day.

• The 5 Pillars.

8. How to edit a page.

9. The help section links.

Learn how and where to ask forhelp.

10. Start with small edits. Dont try writing an article right away. 11. Help!

Reading for Help

• HELP section.

12. New contributors' help page.

Asking for Help

• Other editors e.g. Welcoming Committee members& WikiGuides.

13. Help Desk.

14. Village Pump. 15. New contributors' help page. 16. Talk page of article concerned. 17. What is needed? Competence is required! Beyond Level Newbie! 18. Beyond Level Newbie! How to become competent?

Knowledge

19. Skill 20. Wisdom 21. KNOWLEDGE

Knowledge through reading :

• Help section links.

22. How to write a great article.

23. The manual of Style pages.

Knowledge through doing i.e. Editting.

24. Knowledge through observation. 25. Look through Wikitext to see how features are implemented. 26. Knowledge through asking. 27. VITAL SKILLS

Research.

28. Citing (use templates). 29. Writing with a neutral point of view. 30. Paraphrasing. 31. Avoiding copyvio & plagiarism. 32. DEVELOPING THE VITAL SKILLS

Read up the Wikipedia pages

33. Practice on WikiProject India articles

• Articles needing references and inline referencing

34. Articles needing cleanup

35. Articles with disputes, POV issue and weasel words 36. More than 40 categories of cleanup 37. CREATING A STUB

Use the Article Wizard.

38. Add the first sentence written in the style of the lead (text paragraphs that begin an article). 39. Make at least two wikilinks. 40. Add a reference & the References section. 41. Add a stub template. 42. Add a category. 43. Add a WikiProject banner to the talk page. 44. Add more sentences, one at a time, each with references. 45. CREATING AN ARTICLE (For newbies)

Create a stub (as told)

46. Add referenced facts (one by one). 47. Add images. 48. Create a structure as you go on. 49. Rewrite. 50. Later, when you get more references, add more facts, categories, images, etc. etc. 51.

Decide your scope, create your structure & get it approved.

52. Assemble resources. Create stub in user space. 53. Take the first section, assemble referenced facts, write the section. Write others in sequence. 54. Assemble/create images, graphs, maps, diagrams etc. 55. Add all templates, categories, images. 56. Self check your article with B & then GA checklists. 57. Get it checked by OA, CA, peers, other editors & rectifyfaults indicated. 58. Move it into mainspace once approved. CREATING AN ARTICLE (For students ) 59. MORE HINTS FOR ARTICLE SKILLS

If writing an article or stub, prepare it on user space and get it vetted before moving it to article space. Have numerous user pages, one for each article.

60. Find a mentor in your neighbourhood or online. 61. Join a WikiProject, check the projects rules for article development. Develop articles for the projects. 62. Recommended activities:

• Bring an article to GA.

63. Learn to publish a Do You Know (DYK).

64. Do peer review of articles. 65. WISDOM

Be patient, learn the rules of the game.

66. If you get into a fight, expect wounds to your ego. 67. Learn to control yourself on Wikipedia. 68. Assume good faith, no matter the aggravation. Where not encountered, build up evidence for ANI. 69. Wikipedia is the real world, expect to find trolls and vandals. 70. Dont get discouraged by a bad experience. Remember When the going gets tough, the tough get going. 71. ANY QUESTIONS? ? 72. CREDITS

Image credits for these Commons images are mentioned in the notes pages of this Impress presentation.

73. Author of this presentation: User:AshLin 74. Licensed under CC 3.0 Unported. 75. Version 0.1 20 November 2011 76. First presented during WikiConference India 2011.