Program/User sandbox+ : Article template libraries - user sandbox space organization
- Format
Poster
- Keywords
- equity
- user sandbox
- article template libraries
- When and where
- Friday 20 July, 20:00 - 21:30
- Plenary hall
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- Topic area
- Relationship to theme
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Abstract
Equity for more editors: Assist new editors, instructors and editathon organizers, in order to significantly increase Wikipedia's article creation and editor retention.
- Problem to solve:
Organizers of editathons undergo a lot of challenges when instruct unexperienced volunteers for the first time. Newcomers do not have an easy way to:
- start a new article in the sandbox space.
- find a list of started articles in their sandbox as it is cluttered and not properly organised onwiki.
- feel confident about the article content / structure they choose.
- place the references magnet.
- move sandbox to article space without making mistakes.
- feel safe to publish their final work on an article.
These sometimes make the act of volunteering to organize an editathon a difficult task.
- Solution:
user sandbox+ tool
- Global article template library to select from (for all kinds of articles that exist)
- Starting of articles in user space using foolproof clicks
Effortless and straightaway finding of started article sandboxes, to work with (list of articles)
- Development of articles in protected (personal) space, until ready to move to article space, using foolproof clicks
- Custom article or other page templates (for advanced users)
- Click wizards for creation of article templates - either declared in libraries or in user's custom list
- Support of (additional to global) article template libraries, thematically customised for editahons
- Modular customizable help tool-toy to remind procedure steps and editing instructions to the trainees
Outcomes
The poster is to draw attention on how to advance equity in Wikipedia through using the "user sandbox+" tool. A simple instruction on how to enable the tool is clearly visible on the poster. The equity message is still strong by itself as it is a picture.