YatesByron

Hi - I'm YatesByron! I'm a Engineer and play guitar. I joined Wikipedia to contribute. Run a coffee business. Travel between MA and CA. My favorite poem by Byron:

When a man hath no freedom to fight for at home, Let him combat for that of his neighbors;

Let him think of the glories of Greece and of Rome, And get knock'd on the head for his labors;

To do good to mankind is the chivalrous plan, And is always as nobly requited;

Then battle for freedom wherever you can, And, if not shot or hang'd, you'll get knighted.

A bit about me

• Working in Coffee & Food now --- selling nice roasted coffee.
• Industries I've worked in: Travel, Customer Service, Email Marketing and Social media.
• Educational institutions I've attended: UMass Boston
• Miss my native Guatemala
• Places I've lived: Munich, Germany, Somerville, Massachusetts and Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Love chinese food.
• Speak English, German (fluently)
• Love driving my motorcycle

Pages I'm studying to get up to pace

• • Editing: introducing editing.
  • Formatting: how to format pages.
  • Links: how to insert links.
  • Citing sources: how to create footnotes and external links.
  • Talk pages: how to use talk pages.
  • Keep in mind: introducing policies and guidelines.
  • Registration: why you should register an account.
  • Wrap-up and more info: some useful links.
• Tutorials from The Signpost. Click the 'Next Tutorial' link at the bottom for the next one.

Longer tutorials

• The Wikipedia Adventure: a guided tour with fun, interactive learning and practice
• Pictures tutorial: how to insert pictures in pages. A long tutorial, but the basics are simple.
• IRC tutorial: how to use Internet Relay Chat on Wikipedia.
• Wikipedia:Graphics tutorials: lots of links to graphics software tutorials.
• VisualEditor user guide: an manual for Wikipedia:VisualEditor.

Introductions

• Main introduction: the main introduction to Wikipedia, with many useful links.
• Introduction to navigating Wikipedia: a five part guide to navigating Wikipedia. Introduction. Namespaces. Searching and redirects. Useful pages. Summary.

Protocols and conventions

• Introduction to policies and guidelines: a four part guide to the rules. Policies and guidelines. Content. Conduct. Summary.
• Introduction to the Manual of Style: a five part introduction to the Manual of Style. Links. Layout. Images. Citing. Consistency. Stability. Nuggets.
• Introduction to the deletion process - discusses the guidelines and policies relevant to deletion, and the overall process.

Editing with Wiki Markup

• Introduction to editing: a five part guide to editing. Editing pages. Formatting. Links and Wikilinks. Saving your changes. Summary.
• Introduction to referencing: a five part introduction to referencing. Verifiability. Inline citations. RefToolbar. Reliable sources. Summary
• Introduction to uploading images: a six part guide on uploading images. Introduction. Free content. Non-free content. Wikimedia Commons. Using an image. Summary.
• Introduction to tables: a four part guide to putting tables in pages. Introduction to tables. Creating tables manually. Sortable tables. HTML and tables.
• Introduction to talk pages: a five part guide to using talk pages. Talk pages. User talk pages. Layout. Examples. Summary.

Editing with Visual Editor

• Introduction to editing with VisualEditor: a five part introduction to editing with VisualEditor. Opening the editor. Toolbar basics. Links and Wikilinks. Saving your changes. Summary
• Introduction to referencing with VisualEditor: a five part introduction to referencing. Verifiability. Inline citations. RefToolbar. Reliable sources. Summary.
• Introduction to uploading images with VisualEditor: a six part guide on uploading images. Introduction. Free content. Non-free content. Wikimedia Commons. Using an image. Summary

Training for student assignments

These self-guided trainings help users involved with student assignments to learn the basics of Wikipedia.