1. Directions for today
1. Log on to Google Drive in Firefox
or Chrome.
2. Open three windows:
• your article in Drive
• Wikipedia page for your novel
(if it exists)
• Ms. G’s website
garvoille.wordpress.com.

2. Finish typing up the notes you took
on your yellow cards and finish
turning them into complete
paragraphs on Reception, Major
themes, Style, etc..
Having trouble? Search Ms. G’s
website for February 27: A Day.
See Ms. Garvoille when you’re done.
Bring a piece of notebook paper.

3. After you have seen Ms. G . . .
1. Log in to Wikipedia with the
username you just set up with Ms. G.
2. Follow the directions on this
slideshow.

4. YA Lit Tags
Tags help users
identify what
each page is
about. They’re
kind of like labels
on jars.

5. On Wikipedia:
• Make sure you’re logged on.
• If your book is marketed to teens, go
to your novel page. Not marketed to
teens or no page? Skip forward till you
see the GHS logo.
• One person per group: Click on the
Talk tab.

6. If you don’t see this picture of Alice in Wonderland,
click Edit.
If you do see her, skip forward in this presentation until
you see the books.

7. On the top line of the edit box,
type exactly what’s in red
type in what’s in red:
{{WikiProject Children’s literature}}

8. then add
In Edit summary (always required), type:
Added children’s literature tag

9. Click Show preview
(always required)

10. Do you see Alice?
- Yes! Click Save page
- No . . . Check your formatting
of
{{WikiProject Children’s
literature}} then preview again
(make sure your apostrophe is vertical, not curly)

11. Educational
Assignment
Tags
This tag will remind
people that you’re
working on the
page for school,
and they they
should NOT BITE THE
NEWCOMERS!

12. 1. From Ms. G’s website, click the Link to our
project page.
2. Scroll down until you see Template.
3. Highlight and Ctrl+C the code next to the
bullet point.
{{Educational assignment|date=15 May 2013. Further details are available [[Wikipedia:School and university projects/G

13. 1. One person in your group: Go to the
Wikipedia page for your novel.
2. Click Talk.
3. Click Edit.
4. At the top of the text box paste
(Ctrl+V)the code, which will create an
educational assignment tag on the talk
page.
5. In Edit summary type, Added educational
assignment tag
6. Click Show Preview. Do you see a banner
with a green and a blue book? You did it!
If not, check your formatting.
7. Click Save Page.

14. Listing on the
GHS Project
Page
Each person
must do this
separately
This will help me keep
track of who is working
on what page. You
can also see links to
your classmates’ work!

15. Search Wikipedia for this --
User:Roseclearfield

16. Click this link
to the GHS YA Novel Improvement Project

17. 1. Find Spring 2013
and click [edit] on the far right next to
your block.
2. After your name, add your Wiki
autograph by clicking the signature
button (blue pencil).
It’s just going to look like two
dashes and four squiggly lines
--~~~~
That is correct!

18. then add
In Edit summary (always required), type:
Signed username to project

19. Click Show Preview.
This is your username on
If it looks like this . . . Wikipedia.
. . . click Save Page.
If not, you did something wrong. Get
help from me or a classmate.

20. Your
Watchlist
You’ll be able to
see all the
changes anyone
makes to your
novel’s page (or
any other pages
you’re working
on) all in one
place!

21. 1. Search for your novel.
2. Click the star. It will turn blue.

22. 1. Now click Watchlist.
2. This is a list of every recent
edit to pages on your
watchlist.
3. Click diff next to the first edit
to see what has been
changed.

23. User
Sandbox
This is your
playground on
Wikipedia, where you
can test your edits
before putting them
on the real page.
Mistakes are okay
here because this is
where we learn.
photo by flicker user andrewmalone

24. Click Sandbox

25. You will test any sections of your article to
add to the real Wikipedia page in the edit
box here.
DON’T EVER DELETE THIS. It’s important code that
designates this page as a Sandbox, a testing area, and
not a real Wikipedia article.
You don’t need to type anything in right now.
FYI Always fill out your edit
summary, even in your Sandbox.

26. All done?
It’s time to figure out what needs to be changed on your
Wikipedia page.
1. Print out the real Wikipedia page for your novel, one for each
group member.
2. Compare it to your article on Drive. On the Drive screen,
highlight anything that you wrote (not that any other team
member wrote) that needs to be added to the real article.
3. On the paper copy of the Wikipedia page, make a note to
yourself in pen or pencil where you will add your highlighted info.
4. On the paper copy, you may also make additional edits for
NPOV, RWP, and NOR.
5. Copy and paste the highlighted sections that you wrote into
your Sandbox by clicking Sandbox then Edit.
6. Delete all of the indents you used in your writing. To start a new
paragraph just press enter twice. All text needs to be flush with
the left side of the edit box.
 Next slide

27. Once you have pasted, check out the
formatting palette. Click Advanced.
It should look like this:

28. For each section of your Wikipedia article that you
have pasted information for, create a Level 2
heading. The wikitext for a Level 2 heading will look
like this:
= = Plot = =
Here is the order of your sections (you won’t have
everything, but they do need to be in this order:
• Plot
• Major themes
• Background
• Reception
• Awards and nominations
• Adaptations
See example on the next slide . . .

29. Your Sandbox should look
something like this:

30. Fill in your edit summary box with
something like Added info to put
on novel page, click Show
Preview, and then Save Page if
it looks good.
Done? Double check the work of
your teammates or stand up to
help others in our class.