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A new wave of what appears to be student articles is upon us! Close to 20 were created in the last 12 hours or so, and I thought this might be a good time to share some helpful resources with newer editors so we can all help these students out.

Helpful Links to Share:
https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Understanding-wikiHow-(for-Students) - Intro to wikiHow
wikiHow:After You Publish (for Students) - wikiHow - Student Do’s and Don’ts
wikiHow:Editing Basics - wikiHow - Guide to Advanced Editor
wikiHow:Writer's Guide - wikiHow - Writer’s Guide
wikiHow:Format a wikiHow Article - wikiHow - Formatting Guide
How to Write a New Article on wikiHow - Writing Process + Tips
wikiHow:Put a Photo in a wikiHow Article - wikiHow - How to Upload and Use Images
wikiHow:Reuse a wikiHow Image on wikiHow - wikiHow - Image Re-use
https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Glossary - wikiTerminology
The Help Team and Article Review Team page are also good places to send them if they need further assistance

Templates to Send:
{{format}}, {{cleanup}}, {{stub}}, etc.{{student}} - Welcomes students, gives a couple helpful links
{{student2}} - Gives students a broad checklist for wikiHow articles

Article Template (tags)information: https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Templates/Article

I also threw together a more detailed template in my userspace based on some of the common mistakes I found in this particular batch of articles. You can find it here:
https://www.wikihow.com/User:WikiBoat/StudentChecklist
Feel free to edit it as you see fit or use it with {{User:WikiBoat/StudentChecklist}}.

I know I probably missed quite a bit, so please send any other resources that could help below and I’ll add them to this post. Hope this helps:slight_smile:

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Thank you so much for taking the time to compile this! I have a feeling it’s going to come in handy…

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You’re welcome!:grinning:

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Wow! This is amazing!:exploding_head::star_struck:

Kudos to you, @WikiBoat !

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Awesome, then some.Thank you for taking the time to compile this, wikiBoat!

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Hey WB, Would you mind including this link in this post to our wikiHow article template information subpage? here

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Got it:+1:

And thank you, everyone! :>

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Thanks, @WikiBoat ! Love that you took the initiative on this - we definitely did get hit hard over the weekend! Must be the assignment’s due date:joy:

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@JayneG how can you tell when an article is started by a student?

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@ButterflyInTheStars - maybe I can answer that. It’s because there’s been an influx of so many new articles (20 odd over a few days?), all on similar themes (mechanics/engineering), all by newish contributors. It suggests some kind of class assignment.

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Thanks @Midnight_Dreams !

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@Midnight_Dreams is absolutely correct! Additionally, students are meant to note that they’re students on their user pages, but this group doesn’t seem to be doing that…

If you think they might be, but aren’t 100% sure, you can still send {{student}}, because it says “I’m guessing you might be working on an assignment for a college or school project. Is that right?”:slight_smile:

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Okay, thanks a lot @JayneG and @Midnight_Dreams !

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