Wikipedia:Research help/Videos

Editing Wikipedia

For more detailed tutorial on editing, see Wikipedia:Tutorial

What Wikipedia is..
Editing tutorial for Wikipedia using classic wiki markup.
A screencast demonstrating how to create a Wikipedia article manually.

Citing sources

For more information on citing sources, see Wikipedia:Tutorial/Citing sources

A screencast that walks through the essentials needed in citing your sources, part I.
A screencast that walks through the essentials needed in citing your sources, part II.

Core policies

For more information on core policies and principles, see Wikipedia:Tutorial/Keep in mind

Short video explaining what plagiarism is.
Short screen cast explaining what image copyrights are.

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Free knowledge

For more information on free knowledge, see Open access

A video explaining what open access is.
Free Access to All Human Knowledge -- A Video Appeal From Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales.
A short video on, 'Why to share knowledge with Wikipedia?'
A short video on, 'How to share knowledge with Wikipedia?'
A short video on, 'Why open research is important?'

Quality assessment of articles

For more information on article assessment, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Assessment FAQ

A screencast describing the article quality assessment system in Wikipedia.
Another screencast on article quality assessment.

Accessing sources

For more information on accessing sources, see Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Cost

A short video on why open access sources are essential

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Searching for information that doesn't exist in articles

For more assistance, see Help:Find sources

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