User:Bridgette.atkins/sandbox

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Learning to Edit in Wikipedia[edit]

This is my sandbox that is used to learn how to edit articles in Wikipedia.

UOIT is a great school.^[1]

UOIT is a great school^[2].

In this case, I am editing using the VisualEditor. The VisualEditor is an example of a WYSIWYG editor.

Is this how a subheading is made?[edit]

This section was edited using the inline 'edit' link. An advantage of using the inline editing link is that there are fewer distractions on the page when editing longer bodies of text.

Another subheading[edit]

bold -- that was accomplished using wiki markup.

bold -- that was also accomplished using wiki markup.

Trying out the external link feature again

Sample link

Structure of Wikipedia articles[edit]

The following structural components may be present in a Wikipedia article:

To read more about these structural features, read Instructor Basics: How to use Wikipedia as a teaching tool.

Some questions[edit]

Did I do anything to create the 'Contents' box above? Answer: No. Table of contents is generated automatically by adding a heading.

How do I embed videos?

Aside from including an internal link, does it make sense to cite other Wikipedia articles?

Trying a few more things[edit]

Numbered list:

First, do this
Then, do that
Finally, complete the last step

Heading text[edit]

UOIT is great.^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

References[edit]

^ Smith, John. "UOIT Website". UOIT. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
^ Smith, John. [www.uoit.ca "UOIT website"]. UOIT site. Retrieved 28 November 2014. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
^ At. [www.uoit.ca "afadf"]. sdfadfgd. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
^ Smith (2014) aSDFadfgipoadifgpadfig;c,v
^ Atkins (2014)

[1] Smith, John. "UOIT Website". UOIT. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

[2] Smith, John. [www.uoit.ca "UOIT website"]. UOIT site. Retrieved 28 November 2014. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

[3] At. [www.uoit.ca "afadf"]. sdfadfgd. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

[4] Smith (2014) aSDFadfgipoadifgpadfig;c,v

[5] Atkins (2014)

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