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Hello, students! This page is a quick guide to working on Wikipedia for people here as part of school and university projects.. Hopefully, if you're here with an organized project, you'll know what you're intended to do - whether that be creating a new article on a personal topic, or editing a specific one.
A signature (/ ˈ s ɪ ɡ n ɪ tʃ ər, ˈ s ɪ ɡ n ə tʃ ər /; from Latin: signare, "to sign") is a depiction of someone's name, nickname, or even a simple "X" or other mark that a person writes on documents as a proof of identity and intent. Signatures are often, but not always, handwritten or stylized. The writer of a signature is a ...
UserBob would like to link his signature to his contributions page. To do this, he needs to produce a 'Raw Signature'. To create a link to your contributions page, click on My Preferences. In the Signature heading, there is a checkbox labeled Treat the above as wiki markup. Check this box, and then type into the "Signature" field:
Signature templates are vandalism targets, and will be forever, even if the user leaves the project. Signature templates are a small but unnecessary drain on the servers. Transcluded signatures require extra processing—whenever you change your signature source, all talk pages you have posted on must be re-cached .
The School and university projects page collects information about Wikipedia projects for school and university classes, including an archive of many past class projects. Lists of current classes (and other programs) using Wikipedia can be found at dashboard.wikiedu.org and outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org , as well as below at current projects .
The WikiProject Schools article advice describes how the content of school articles should be organized, with the aim of providing general guidance to editors. A school in this context refers to any institution that delivers lower secondary education ISCED 2011 level 2 or upper secondary education ISCED 2011 Level 3 as defined by the ISCE.
Preface to the poem Milton by William Blake. A preface (/ ˈ p r ɛ f ə s /) or proem (/ ˈ p r oʊ ɛ m /) is an introduction to a book or other literary work written by the work's author. An introductory essay written by a different person is a foreword [contradictory] and precedes an author's preface.
To include your signature only (usually not a good idea), use three tildes instead (~~~). Signing your posts prevents readers from getting your messages confused with those by other users; with the date/time stamp included, other users can follow the flow of the conversation.