English subtitles for clip: File:Tutorial on starting a sandbox article on Wikipedia.ogv

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This is a walkthrough of how to start an article in a sandbox on Wikipedia.

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You can use a sandbox

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to experiment with wiki syntax,

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make practice edits,

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takes notes and collect material,
apps
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or draft an article that can later be moved into Wikipedia

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To make a user sandbox,

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first, you need to log in to your user account.

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If you don't already have one, or need help logging in,

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type "Help:Logging in" into the search box on Wikipedia.

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That page has information

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about creating an 
 and logging in,

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including a tutorial video.

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Once you've logged in,

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click on your username at the top of the page.

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This will bring you to your user page.

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Your sandbox will be a subpage of your user page.

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We'll start by creating a link to the page title we want.

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Press the edit button.

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This will bring up an edit window.

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Now, add two opening square brackets,

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then a forward slash,

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followed by the name of the page you want.

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We'll use "sandbox" for this example.

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Then add two closing square brackets.

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This is the wiki markup for making a link to a subpage.

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Now, save your edit.

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You've added the link to your userpage.

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The link will be red,

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because the page it points to doesn't exist yet.

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Now, click the link.

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That will bring up a page like *this*,

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which says: "Wikipedia does not have a user page with this exact name",

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with an edit window beneath,

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where you can begin composing your sandbox page.

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Once you've written a little bit of your sandbox article,

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You can press the "Show preview" button beneath the edit window

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to see what the page will look like.

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Then, enter an edit summary

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in the field beneath the edit window

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to describe what you've done,

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and press "Save".

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You've started your sandbox article!

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You can always press "Edit" to make more changes.

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Happy editing!