User:Rthiggins/MediaWikiTraining
MediaWiki training tracker
Beginner exercise
Well, it's time to practice everything you've learned here. Hopefully you haven't created your user page and user talk pages yet. If you have, you can still continue with this exercise, though skip the creation step listed at the beginning.
1. Create your user profile and user talk pages by clicking the red links as mentioned in User pages and functions. Add an introductory line of text to each page and save them.
2. Next, add a subpage to your user page (as described in How to create a page) called Sandbox. Do this by first adding an internal link to your user page, saving it, and then clicking the associated red link that appears. Add an introductory line of text to the Sandbox subpage and save it. (Hint: if you still need help, use User:Shawndouglas as a guide.)
3. It's time to play in your sandbox! Let's add two paragraphs about your favorite subject in grade school or university. You need to include the following elements in this text:
- at least one main header
- at least one subheader
- an example of bold text
- an example of italicized text
- your choice of either a bulleted or numbered list
- one definition list
- at least two internal links (the page Special:AllPages may come in handy)
- at least two external links, with link text
- proper spacing
4. Go to your User talk: page and choose to watch it.
5. Go to your user preferences and make all of the suggested changes listed in the Preferences section, including selecting the "Email me when a page or a file on my watchlist is changed" option.
6. Go to User talk:Shawndouglas, select "edit", add a new header, and leave a comment stating you've completed the beginner exercise. Be sure to sign your comment!
