User:MtBotany/sandbox

Experience

• Veteran Editor III ^{Citation needed}
  • Definition
• Wikimedia Foundation#Projects and initiatives
  • Wikimedia Commons
  • Wikidata
  • Edit statistics
• This is a WP:ESSAY
  • That said: At least three English Wikipedias
    • Politics
    • Fandom(s)
    • Science

• That was a lie: Dozens, hundreds of Wikipedias
  • Wikipedia outside of famous topics is usually the work of one person.

Behind the scenery

• Wikipedia:Namespace
• Definition of Wikipedia:Vandalism
• Help:Watchlist
  • MtBotany Watchlist
• Wikipedia:Be bold
  • Bold, not reckless
  • Being bold means: Just fix it!
  • Tags are for when it can't be fixed, yet
    • Tag, wait, DELETE
    • If you think it dubious, make it gone!
• Wikipedia is public
• Wikipedia:About the sandbox
• You will &%$@ up
• Don't panic
• Reverting
• Page history
  • Example: Pinus aristata
  • Example: Phyllanthus warnockii
  • No stubs, please

Sources

• Have them. (Wikipedia:Verifiability)
• Books/articles with editors
• Okay, newspapers too. Sometimes
• Finding good ones, online
  • Archive.org
    • Example search: Phlox multiflora
  • Online garbage
    • LLMs, Cranks, Well Meaning Mistakes
  • Good websites
    • Governments, foundations, universities