Other Wikimedia Projects

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Other Wikimedia Projects

On this page, you will find a core set of instructional materials about the various other Wikimedia projects (beside Wikipedia). All materials presented here have been released under a free licence. We invite you to use and to share them free of charge and to make your own versions of them. See Bookshelf Project for more information about how to participate and a list of resources under active development.

Wikimedia Commons

Item	Audience	Description	Runtime	Download/Watch	Other languages
	All	Wikimedia Italia presents Wikimedia Commons for new contributors in Italian.	7 m 24 s	Wikimedia Commons YouTube	Subtitles in English and Spanish so far. Script in Italian and in English. Please help translate.
Item	Audience	Description	Runtime	Download/Watch	Other languages
	Beginners	Informational brochure about Wikimedia Commons		PDF (in German)	Swedish version you can help
	All	Flyer describing what Wikimedia Commons is		Wikimedia Danmark/Projekter/Brochure/Commons	So far only in original Danish language.
	Beginners	Licensing tutorial for Wikimedia Commons.		PDF	Other versions See instructions
	Beginner	Introduction to free licenses helps you understand the basic concepts of free licenses. It explains the idea of free licenses, as well as terms like "CC-by-SA" and "public domain".		PDF (1,3 MB)	Arabic – you can help
	Beginner	Video on how to upload images to Wikimedia Commons and then add them to an article.	3m37s	Wikimedia Commons (27,59 MbB)	None so far – you can help
	Beginner	PDF handout for sharing images on Commons created for the HOPAU project.	12 pages/1.33 MB	n/a

On-wiki tutorials and guides

How to take pictures for Wikimedia Commons
Image guidelines
Cleaning up interference with Fourier analysis
Wikipédia:Atelier photographique/Contenu wikiphotographe - recommendations from French workshop
Media restoration
Tutorial for Animation graphism

Videos

Video in Swedish about free licenses
Video in Swedish about Regionarkivet's donation to Wikimedia Commons, part 1
Video in Swedish about Regionarkivet's donation to Wikimedia Commons, part 2

Wikisource

For beginners

Wikisource (6 min 44 sec)
Wikisource, aide ajout en-tête de page.ogv (27 sec)
Wikisource, aide pour les césures en fin de page.ogv (1 min 5 sec)
Wikisource leaflet 2008
Wikisource leaflet 2009
Wikisource leaflet
Wikisource leaflet

Wikiversity

Audience	Description	Download	Other languages
Beginners	Wikiversity - Lernen und Lehren. Eine kurze Einführung in die freie Lern- und Lehrplattform.	PDF	No translations yet
Beginners	This video is a short documentary on student generated open text books, in Wikiversity. University of Canberra, Faculty of Health – Psychology Lecturer James Neill explains the Student-Authored Open Text Book Project as it just starts off.		No translations yet.
Intermediate	This presentation "Wikiversity - a project struggling with its own identity" was given by Wikiversity-editor Cormac Lawler at Wikimania in 2010.		No translations yet.

Wikiquote

Wikibooks

Audience	Description	Runtime	Other languages
Beginners	An inspirational video about Wikibooks in Portuguese.	2 min 52 sec	English version
Beginners	This video is a short documentary on student generated open text books, in Wikiversity. University of Canberra, Faculty of Health – Psychology Lecturer James Neill explains the Student-Authored Open Text Book Project as it just starts off.		No translations yet.
Beginners	Wiki Zettel Entwurf is a one-leaf ad for Wikibooks and Wikiversity, in German.		No translations yet. version 2 version 3 version 4 version 5
Beginners	Introductory poster about Wikibooks in Polish.		No translations yet.

Wiktionary

Poster in Polish

Wikinews

Audience	Description	Download	Other languages	Video locations
Beginner	An introduction to Wikinews and how it works.	Downdload PDF	Other languages	No video
Beginner	A one page introduction to English Wikinews original reporting with a focus on sports.	Downdload PDF	Other languages	No video
Beginner	A one page introduction to conducting in person interviews when the interviewer speaks a different language than the interviewee.	Downdload PDF	Other languages	No video
Beginner	A one page introduction to getting photo essays published on English Wikinews.	Downdload PDF	Other languages	No video
Beginner	A one page introduction to the workflow on English Wikinews.	Downdload PDF	Other languages	No video
Beginner	A one page look at what reviewers see when reviewing an article on English Wikinews.	Downdload PDF	Other languages	No video
Beginner	A one page checklist for submitting an article on English Wikinews.	Downdload PDF	Other languages	No video
Beginner	A screencast showing a review of a not ready article to introduce people to what reviews are looking for.	Download OGV	Other languages	File:Reviewing_an_English_Wikinews_article.oggtheora.ogv
Beginner	A screencast showing another review of a not ready article to introduce people to what reviews are looking for. This one reviews an article about nuclear Japan.	Download OGV	Other languages	File:Reviewing an English Wikinews article about nuclear Japan.ogv
Beginner	A screencast showing an article being written to introduce people to how to write articles.	Download OGV	Other languages	File:Writing a Wikinews article.oggtheora.ogv
Beginner	A screencast walk through of creating an article on English Wikinews with a Doctor Who related news story as an example.	Download OGV	Other languages	File:Writing a Wikinews article - Doctor Who.ogv
Beginner	A screencast walk through of creating an article on English Wikinews with a Russian vodka related news story as an example.		Other languages	File:Writing_a_Wikinews_article_Russian_vodka_formatting.ogv
Beginner	A screencast walk through of reviewing an article for English Wikinews. (One of several reviews screencasted intended to give a better idea of issues by letting people look at multiple reviews done by one reviewer. Each review is different.)		Other languages	File:Reviewing an article for Wikinews about 3D Colombia.oggtheora.ogv
Beginner	A screencast walk through of reviewing an article for English Wikinews. (One of several reviews screencasted intended to give a better idea of issues by letting people look at multiple reviews done by one reviewer. Each review is different.)		Other languages	File:Reviewing an article for Wikinews about athletics.oggtheora.ogv
Beginner	A screencast walk through of reviewing an article for English Wikinews. (One of several reviews screencasted intended to give a better idea of issues by letting people look at multiple reviews done by one reviewer. Each review is different.)		Other languages	File:Reviewing an article for Wikinews about Genetically Modified.oggtheora.ogv
Beginner	A screencast walk through of reviewing an article for English Wikinews. (One of several reviews screencasted intended to give a better idea of issues by letting people look at multiple reviews done by one reviewer. Each review is different.)		Other languages	File:Reviewing an article for Wikinews about Glasgow para-sport.oggtheora.ogv
Beginner	A screencast walk through of reviewing an article for English Wikinews. (One of several reviews screencasted intended to give a better idea of issues by letting people look at multiple reviews done by one reviewer. Each review is different.)		Other languages	File:Reviewing an article for Wikinews about Norwegian politician.oggtheora.ogv
Beginner	A screencast walk through of reviewing an article for English Wikinews. (One of several reviews screencasted intended to give a better idea of issues by letting people look at multiple reviews done by one reviewer. Each review is different.)		Other languages	File:Reviewing an article for Wikinews about Paralympic swimmer.oggtheora.ogv
Beginner	A screencast walk through of reviewing an article for English Wikinews. (One of several reviews screencasted intended to give a better idea of issues by letting people look at multiple reviews done by one reviewer. Each review is different.)		Other languages	File:Reviewing Wikinews Russian Far East.oggtheora.ogv
Beginner	A screencast walk through of reviewing an article for English Wikinews. (One of several reviews screencasted intended to give a better idea of issues by letting people look at multiple reviews done by one reviewer. Each review is different.)		Other languages	File:Reviewing Wikinews Pakistan Execution.oggtheora.ogv
Beginner	A screencast walk through of reviewing an article for English Wikinews. (One of several reviews screencasted intended to give a better idea of issues by letting people look at multiple reviews done by one reviewer. Each review is different.)		Other languages	File:Reviewing Wikinews Paralympian dies.oggtheora.ogv
Beginner	A screencast walk through of reviewing an article for English Wikinews. (One of several reviews screencasted intended to give a better idea of issues by letting people look at multiple reviews done by one reviewer. Each review is different.)		Other languages	File:Reviewing Wikinews China Baby.oggtheora.ogv
Beginner	A screencast walk through of reviewing an article for English Wikinews. (One of several reviews screencasted intended to give a better idea of issues by letting people look at multiple reviews done by one reviewer. Each review is different.)		Other languages	File:Reviewing Wikinews NSA leaking.oggtheora.ogv
Beginner	A screencast walk through of reviewing an article for English Wikinews. (One of several reviews screencasted intended to give a better idea of issues by letting people look at multiple reviews done by one reviewer. Each review is different.)		Other languages	File:Reviewing Wikinews Australian murderer.oggtheora.ogv