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A screencast that walks through how to upload files to Wikimedia Commons and add them to Wikipedia articles (3:00 min) A Wikimedia Foundation brochure in PDF form that introduces newcomers to Wikimedia Commons and how they can contribute to it. Images, sounds, and videos enhance articles greatly.
No. Anyone of any age may edit articles or register. Wikipedia does not even require that users disclose their age when registering! Note that users who identify themselves as minors (generally those under 16 years of age) are encouraged, and will be required, to protect their identities via safe practices where the posting of personal information is concerned.
Videos of this type will usually only consist of one shot up to several minutes long. Stabilization is especially important for performance-type videos. Although performance-type videos may interpret the content of a page, the video content must enhance the encyclopedic value of the article, following Wikipedia:Image use policy#Content.
You can also create a page by entering the page name in the input field below. How a page is created All Wikipedia pages are created by accessing a page title that does not yet exist , usually by clicking on a red-colored link (which denotes non-existence, as opposed to a blue link which, with some exceptions, indicates the linked page exists).
Anyone can create a website or video and then claim to be an expert in a certain field. For this reason, self-published media is often not acceptable as a source. Self-published videos may be used as sources of information about their creator if they meet the requirements seen at restrictions on using self-published sources .
in your sandbox – this is a page you can always easily find, by clicking 'Sandbox' at the top of any page at Wikipedia by tapping the user icon in the top right corner to show the menu linking your sandbox. Downside: you can only create one article at a time there, and it's not so easy for other editors to find.
Some parts of Wikipedia can be inappropriate for you. Wikipedia is not censored and we might have some material that your guardians may not want you to work on, so talk about it with your guardians. Copying stuff from other places. We call this plagiarism. Like using other people's photos, the use of stuff that other people wrote somewhere else ...
During the creation process of policies and guidelines, examples play an important role: these examples can be positive (the policy/guideline attempting to describe how particular issues were successfully handled in the past), as well as negative (the policy/guideline attempting to describe how a particular problem can be resolved in the future).