LEVEL 3
- Dialogue 1
Glad you're still with us! In this mission, we'll check out the Earth article and see what changes we can make to improve the it. Let's get started. To begin, we need to get to the Earth article. There are three easy ways to get there:
- We can click the link the editor left us on the talk page
- We can use the Search box
- We can type the proper address in the internet browser address bar
This time let's use the link on your talk page.
- Action 1 - Highlight User Talk
Click here to access your talk page
- Action 2 - Highlight Earth link
Click here to access the article
- Action 3 - Load article
The Earth is the third planet from the Sun. It is one of the four terrestrial planets in our Solar System. This means most of its mass is solid. The other three are Mercury, Mars. The Earth is also called the Blue Planet, "Planet Earth", and "Terra".
The Earth is home to millions of species of plants and animals, including humans.
- Dialogue 2
So this is Planet Earth! Articles on Wikipedia are designed to give an encyclopedic overview of a subject. They tell readers a little bit about everything that's important to know. First let's read the article. Keep an eye out for any problems.
- Action 4 - Highlight article text
- Dialogue 3
Did you notice anything? It sounds like accurate information, but there were a few typos for sure.
- Action 5 - Highlight typos
thurd, fore, tree, aminals, hughmans
- Dialogue 4
To make changes to the article, we can use the edit link just like we did before. Click the edit link to fix those typos.
- Action 6 - Highlight edit link
Click here to edit the article
- Action 7 - Load editing page with highlighted errors
- Dialogue 5
Let's fix those typos. Here's a cheatsheet in case spelling is not your favorite subject.
- Pop-over 1
thurd -> third, fore -> four, tree-> three, aminals -> animals, hughmans-> humans. Fix or retype the words correctly.
- Dialogue 6
Great work. Now add an edit summary. How about, "fixed typos". Then you can Show Preview and Save
- Action 8 - Edit summary, Show Preview, and Save
- Dialogue 7
Wow. Now the whole world can see the improved version of the article...pretty cool! Let's make a few more changes using the skills from the last mission. Remember bold and italics? Let's add bold around the first mention of Earth in the first sentence. This lets readers focus quickly on the main subject of the article.
- Action 9 - Highlight Earth in text
- Dialogue 8
Just like before, click edit to make changes.
- Action 10 - Highlight Edit
- Dialogue 9
To add bold, just highlight the word and click the B on the toolbar. This will add around the word. If you're picking things up fast, you might realize that you can also type them, three ' on each side. You can do either on Wikipedia, whichever you find easier. Go ahead and add the bold formatting now.
- Dialogue 10
You're getting the hang of this. Let's do the usual Edit Summary, and Show Preview to double-check the work.
- Action 11 - Show Preview
- Dialogue 11
Looks good. Save it.
- Action 12 - Load updated article
- Dialogue 12
Neat! One more thing for this mission. Let's add italics to day and year in the sentence: One spin is called a day and one orbit around the Sun is called a year.
- Action 13 - Highlight Sentence
- Dialogue 13
Click edit to make changes.
- Action 14 - Load editing page, highlight sentence
- Dialogue 14
To add italics, highlight day and click the i on the toolbar. Do the same for year.
- Dialogue 15
You know what to do. Edit summary: "added italics". Show Preview and Save.
- Action 15 - Load updated page
- Dialogue 16
Whew... This is exciting! That's enough for now. Next mission we'll learn about Wikipedia's most important principle: the Neutral Point of View.
- Action 17 - Break or Continue?