Editing Interpersonal Media (Winter 2020)/Wiki Task 6
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# Open the ''original article'' and click on '''View history'''. '''If''' there were changes since you began writing (approx. January 17), '''and if''' the content that was modified is still in ''your sandbox'' (or is worth re-introducing), '''then''' make those changes in ''your sandbox'' before moving on. | # Open the ''original article'' and click on '''View history'''. '''If''' there were changes since you began writing (approx. January 17), '''and if''' the content that was modified is still in ''your sandbox'' (or is worth re-introducing), '''then''' make those changes in ''your sandbox'' before moving on. | ||
# Next, open ''your sandbox'' in '''Edit mode'''.<br />(References and other templates will break if you copy from '''Read mode'''. I would go so far as to suggest using the [[:wikipedia:Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User_guide#Opening_VisualEditor|'''Source editor''']] for this task.) | # Next, open ''your sandbox'' in '''Edit mode'''.<br />(References and other templates will break if you copy from '''Read mode'''. I would go so far as to suggest using the [[:wikipedia:Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User_guide#Opening_VisualEditor|'''Source editor''']] for this task.) | ||
# | # Select the portion you want to move into the live article by ''highlighting and copying''. | ||
# Open the ''original article'' in '''Edit mode''' and add your content by '''clicking into the proper location''' ''(or highlighting the content to be replaced)'' '''and pasting'''.<br />( | # Open the ''original article'' in '''Edit mode''' and add your content by '''clicking into the proper location''' ''(or highlighting the content to be replaced)'' '''and pasting'''.<br />(Again, I would go so far as suggesting the [[:wikipedia:Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User_guide#Opening_VisualEditor|'''Source editor''']] for this task.) | ||
# Add an '''edit summary''' that says what the change was for and that it was copied from ''your sandbox'', then click '''Publish changes'''.<br />(''Do not'' add your signature, but do '''include a link to your sandbox''', like "copied from <nowiki>[[</nowiki>User:Your Username/Article title]]", in the edit summary.) | # Add an '''edit summary''' that says what the change was for and that it was copied from ''your sandbox'', then click '''Publish changes'''.<br />(''Do not'' add your signature, but do '''include a link to your sandbox''', like "copied from <nowiki>[[</nowiki>User:Your Username/Article title]]", in the edit summary.) | ||
# Repeat this process for all of the changes you made to the ''original article''.<br />(It may seem tedious, but this way you won't accidentally write over content that someone else contributed since you began working on the article.) | # Repeat this process for all of the changes you made to the ''original article''.<br />(It may seem tedious, but this way you won't accidentally write over content that someone else contributed since you began working on the article.) | ||
