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This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Wikipedia's policies or guidelines</a>, as it has not been <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus#Levels_of_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">thoroughly vetted by the community</a>. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints.</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice nutshell" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/30px-Walnut.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/45px-Walnut.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/60px-Walnut.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This page in a nutshell:</b> Smartphones are a viable tool for easy editing of Wikipedia.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><i><b>This essay was written entirely on a smartphone.</b></i></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1150407293">body:not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .ifmobile>.mobile{display:none}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .ifmobile>.nomobile{display:inherit;display:initial}</style><span class="ifmobile"><span class="nomobile"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//en.m.Wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cullen328/Smartphone_editing">View the mobile version of this guide</a></span></span><span class="mobile"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cullen328/Smartphone_editing?mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop">View the desktop version of this guide</a></span></span></span></b></div> <p><b>Smartphone editing of Wikipedia</b> is widely assumed to be problematic and of little significance to the encyclopedia. The rise of <a href="/wiki/Smartphone" title="Smartphone">smartphones</a> is seen by some commentators as a challenge to Wikipedia's future. My goal in writing this essay is to refute these claims by describing my successes in editing Wikipedia by smartphone (as a model for others), to outline some <a href="/wiki/Best_practice" title="Best practice">best practices</a> as I see them, and to encourage a broader discussion of the opportunities for more widespread smartphone editing, especially asking input from editors with different experiences, approaches, and techniques. This essay describes my personal experiences and my own opinions. I am well aware that I am a "sample of one" and I do not claim to have all the answers. My goal, as always, is to improve the encyclopedia. Nothing more and nothing less. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conventional_wisdom_says_that_editing_Wikipedia_on_a_smartphone_is_pretty_much_impossible">Conventional wisdom says that editing Wikipedia on a smartphone is pretty much impossible</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Cullen328/Smartphone_editing&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Conventional wisdom says that editing Wikipedia on a smartphone is pretty much impossible"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lih" title="Andrew Lih">Andrew Lih</a>, known as <a href="/wiki/User:Fuzheado" title="User:Fuzheado">Fuzheado</a> on Wikipedia, associate professor of journalism at <a href="/wiki/American_University" title="American University">American University</a> and a recognized American expert on editing Wikipedia, "it’s simply too hard to manipulate complex code on a tiny screen."<sup id="cite_ref-Lih_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lih-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evaluating the challenges to Wikipedia, Lih concludes that "One of the biggest threats it faces is the rise of smartphones as the dominant personal computing device."<sup id="cite_ref-Lih_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lih-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, notable British journalist <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Brown_(writer)" title="Andrew Brown (writer)">Andrew Brown</a>, a member of the editorial board of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, agrees that editing Wikipedia on a smartphone is highly impractical, observing that "The editing interface for mobile Wikipedia is just about impossible to use."<sup id="cite_ref-Brown_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown observes that "The rise of smartphones and of <a href="/wiki/Computer_tablet" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer tablet">tablets</a> means that most visitors to Wikipedia sites are now coming from devices that are difficult to write on."<sup id="cite_ref-Brown_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a December 2015 discussion thread on the <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> page "Wikipedia Weekly", administrator <a href="/wiki/User:The_ed17" title="User:The ed17">Ed Erhart</a> commented to me that "you don't seem to realize that your experience is nearly unique among Wikipedia editors. There are very few people who would have the patience to write an article on a smartphone, zooming in and out the whole time." After I described what I consider to be a fairly simple and straightforward five-step process to create a complete book reference using a smartphone, Erhart replied, "I wouldn't dream of going through all of those steps you describe to edit productively on mobile" and "generally speaking no one else is going to jump through those hoops to edit from a phone." Disclosed paid Wikipedia editor <a href="/wiki/User:WWB" title="User:WWB">William Beutler</a>, of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.beutlerink.com/">Beutler Ink</a>, commented that "you really must acknowledge that the small form factor makes for a cramped editing experience, both on account of screen size and the mobile keyboard." Lih expressed the opinion that I am an "<a href="/wiki/Outlier" title="Outlier">outlier</a>", later clarifying that he intended to be descriptive rather than insulting. </p><p>Another way of looking at it is that there are approximately 840 million people who speak English relatively well as either their first or second language. There are as many as two billion people who speak some English.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among those hundreds of millions or billions, currently only <a href="/wiki/Special:ActiveUsers" title="Special:ActiveUsers">121,836</a> are active on the English Wikipedia. Active is defined as making one or more edits per month. <span class="noprint plainlinks purgelink"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Cullen328/Smartphone_editing&action=purge"><span title="Purge this page">Refresh</span></a></span> the page to update the count. We are all outliers, and we should welcome new outliers, to improve the encyclopedia together. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_world_smartphone_market_in_2015">The world smartphone market in 2015</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Cullen328/Smartphone_editing&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The world smartphone market in 2015"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Group_of_young_people_texting_on_mobile_phones._(10699648676).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Group_of_young_people_texting_on_mobile_phones._%2810699648676%29.jpg/220px-Group_of_young_people_texting_on_mobile_phones._%2810699648676%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Group_of_young_people_texting_on_mobile_phones._%2810699648676%29.jpg/330px-Group_of_young_people_texting_on_mobile_phones._%2810699648676%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Group_of_young_people_texting_on_mobile_phones._%2810699648676%29.jpg/440px-Group_of_young_people_texting_on_mobile_phones._%2810699648676%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3442" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Billions of people now use modern, sophisticated smartphones.</figcaption></figure> <p>Lih and Brown are certainly correct that smartphones are now the world's dominant computing device. In 2014, 1,200,000,000 (1.2 billion) smartphones were sold worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-brett_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brett-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In contrast, the combined population of the United States and the United Kingdom is less than 400 million people, or less than one third the number of smart phones sold last year. 2014 personal computer sales were 308.6 million, only about one quarter of the number of smartphones sold worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smartphone sales in 2015 are projected to be 1,400,000,000 (1.4 billion). Third quarter 2015 sales were 353 million phones.<sup id="cite_ref-Gartner_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gartner-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of these phones, 84.7% run the <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a> operating system, and 13.1% run Apple <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Gartner_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gartner-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the two dominant operating systems controlling 97.8% of the market. As 2015 ends, there are 2.6 billion modern, up-to-date smart phones two years old or less in service, all capable of editing Wikipedia. This represents 35% of the world population including infants, children, the poorest and the very elderly. The percentage of literate young adults owning modern sophisticated smartphones worldwide is therefore much higher. </p><p>Since 2007, smartphone screen size has nearly doubled as measured on the diagonal, and by 2014, the average was 4.86 inches.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Increased screen size makes Wikipedia editing easier and more practical. </p><p>Based on my own highly-successful experience editing Wikipedia by smartphone, I assert that editing Wikipedia by smartphone is not only possible and practical, but should be encouraged to anyone interested in contributing with a smartphone. If only the tiniest percentage of smartphone users contribute to Wikipedia, that would represent a very significant influx of new editors. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="My_background_as_a_Wikipedia_editor">My background as a Wikipedia editor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Cullen328/Smartphone_editing&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: My background as a Wikipedia editor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Self_portrait_July_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Self_portrait_July_2012.jpg/220px-Self_portrait_July_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Self_portrait_July_2012.jpg/330px-Self_portrait_July_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Self_portrait_July_2012.jpg/440px-Self_portrait_July_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="717" data-file-height="987" /></a><figcaption>Cullen 328, your humble essayist</figcaption></figure> <p>I am a 64-year-old self-employed construction contractor living in California's <a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley">Napa Valley</a>. I started editing Wikipedia in June 2009. My name is Jim Heaphy. I have never been a professional computer programmer although I took one <a href="/wiki/COBOL" title="COBOL">COBOL</a> class and one <a href="/wiki/Systems_analysis" title="Systems analysis">Systems analysis</a> class as a college student in the 1970s, and purchased a <a href="/wiki/Radio_Shack" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Shack">Radio Shack</a> <a href="/wiki/TRS-80" title="TRS-80">TRS-80</a> computer in 1980. I have owned personal computers ever since. </p><p>Back in 2009 when I began editing Wikipedia, I mostly wrote and expanded biographies of California mountaineers and <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club">Sierra Club</a> leaders, although I have since branched out to become a generalist editor.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although I began editing Wikipedia on a desktop computer, I tried editing by smartphone fairly early and was editing heavily by smartphone by 2011. Gradually, I have done more and more of my editing by smartphone and estimate that at least 95% of my editing in recent years has been by smartphone. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Teahouse_button.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Teahouse_button.png/150px-Teahouse_button.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Teahouse_button.png/225px-Teahouse_button.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Teahouse_button.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>As of December 2015, I have made over 37,000 edits to Wikipedia. I have written 70 new articles and expanded hundreds more. I work to save worthy articles listed at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AFD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AFD">Articles for Deletion</a> and have participated in thousands of deletion debates. I have significantly expanded and referenced over 90 articles nominated for deletion, and none of those articles has been deleted. I have made over 3000 edits to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:THQ" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:THQ">Teahouse</a>, helping about 1000 new editors. I am among the most active Teahouse hosts. Ongoing research indicates that the friendly Teahouse model is successful in increasing retention of new editors.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>I do not use any semi-automated editing tools. All of my edits are manual and I give significant thought to every one. I do not program templates, use tables, use mathematical formulas, or engage in advanced, sophisticated coding. I am conversant with basic Wiki markup. I acknowledge the possibility that users with a different pattern of editing may encounter smartphone problems I am not aware of. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Why_I_edit_by_smartphone">Why I edit by smartphone</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Cullen328/Smartphone_editing&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Why I edit by smartphone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>I began editing by smartphone out of curiosity, just to see if it was possible. I discovered that I could actually improve the encyclopedia using my smartphone, which was an exciting discovery for me.</li> <li>My work requires that I travel to different places around Northern California most working days, and I do not normally have access to a desktop computer during the day. The nature of my work means that I sometimes have blocks of free time. I started using my smart phone to check my watch list and comment on AfD debates while away from my home office, such as during my lunch breaks.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wife,_Boston_Terrier_and_fireplace..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Wife%2C_Boston_Terrier_and_fireplace..jpg/220px-Wife%2C_Boston_Terrier_and_fireplace..jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="337" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Wife%2C_Boston_Terrier_and_fireplace..jpg/330px-Wife%2C_Boston_Terrier_and_fireplace..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Wife%2C_Boston_Terrier_and_fireplace..jpg/440px-Wife%2C_Boston_Terrier_and_fireplace..jpg 2x" data-file-width="1512" data-file-height="2316" /></a><figcaption>Debra, Dexter and the fireplace. Strong motivations to edit by smartphone.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>When I was editing Wikipedia heavily in the evenings on a desktop computer in my home office, my wife would often be unhappy that I was not with her. I found that smartphone editing enabled me to contribute to Wikipedia while sitting next to my wife <a href="/wiki/User:ChesPal" title="User:ChesPal">Debra</a> as she knits, with Dexter, our Boston Terrier, on the sofa with us, and a fireplace burning on a cold night. This has enhanced my Wikipedia editing hobby in every way.</li> <li>Reading recognized experts describe smartphone Wikipedia editing as so impractical as to be pretty much impossible motivates me to contribute productively to the encyclopedia by smartphone even more. Perhaps there is an element of rational <a href="/wiki/Contrarianism" class="mw-redirect" title="Contrarianism">contrarianism</a> in my motivations. If someone says, "you can't do that and it is a waste of time to try," then I am motivated to say, "oh, yes I can, and let me prove it to you". Consider the biography of <a href="/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a> leader <a href="/wiki/George_Meany" title="George Meany">George Meany</a>. I completed a major expansion of this article in 2011, much of it by smartphone. In April, 2015, I decided to attempt to take the article to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GA">Good Article</a> status. This took three months of effort, and a large number of edits, <i>all</i> of which I completed by smart phone. I was successful on July 19, 2015.</li> <li>Contributing to the encyclopedia gives me great personal satisfaction, and smartphone editing enables me to contribute anywhere, at any time I have a few minutes to spare. During waking hours, my computer is almost always either in my pocket or in my hand.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="How_I_edit_by_smartphone">How I edit by smartphone</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Cullen328/Smartphone_editing&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: How I edit by smartphone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="My_current_phone">My current phone</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Cullen328/Smartphone_editing&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: My current phone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Htc_One_(2014).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Htc_One_%282014%29.svg/220px-Htc_One_%282014%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="458" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Htc_One_%282014%29.svg/330px-Htc_One_%282014%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Htc_One_%282014%29.svg/440px-Htc_One_%282014%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="305" data-file-height="635" /></a><figcaption>My pocket computer</figcaption></figure> <p>I have used several different phones over the years. Currently, I use an <a href="/wiki/HTC_One_(M8)" title="HTC One (M8)">HTC One (M8)</a> smartphone, Model HTC6525LVW running Android 5.0.1, with a 5" screen. Previously, I have used a <a href="/wiki/Droid_Razr" title="Droid Razr">Droid Razr</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Droid_X" title="Droid X">Droid X</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mobile_site_vs._desktop_site">Mobile site vs. desktop site</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Cullen328/Smartphone_editing&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Mobile site vs. desktop site"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>I have a long-standing preference for the desktop site for my serious editing, though I do check out the mobile site from time to time. If a Google search inadvertently takes me to the mobile site, I usually scroll to the bottom and switch to the desktop site. One reviewer commenting back in 2013 observed that "The mobile website is not very easy to navigate, and the app is nothing more than a bad browser for the mobile site."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> I do acknowledge that the mobile site has improved significantly in the past couple of years, and if any productive editor prefers the mobile site, that is perfectly fine with me. I consider my smart phone to be a miniature computer with almost all the capabilities of a full featured desktop computer, and that is how I use it. </p><p>I do not intend to imply that "my way is the right way". Instead, I want to legitimize and encourage productive editing of the encyclopedia using any and all available hardware tools, including smartphones. And any available software tools, whether the mobile or desktop sites, or various apps, if they work for active, productive editors. </p><p>Incorrect information about smartphone editing of Wikipedia is commonplace. In a book published in 2014 by a university press, Ana Deumert wrote, "Since 2013, it has been possible to edit Wikipedia using a mobile phone," failing to note that editors including me started contributing that way several years earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A more accurate statement would be that it belatedly became possible to edit Wikipedia <i>using its mobile site</i> in 2013. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Creating_references_and_new_article_content_-_an_example">Creating references and new article content - an example</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Cullen328/Smartphone_editing&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Creating references and new article content - an example"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>If I am doing research for an article using Google Books, for example, and I find a good solid source with several consecutive relevant pages I can read, I simply copy the URL at the top of the Google Books page. I then go to Wikipedia and start or open a sandbox subpage, paste the URL into that sandbox page, and save it.</li> <li>Then, I copy a preformatted book reference template, paste it into the sandbox page, and cut and paste the URL into the right spot in the template, and save it.</li> <li>Clicking the raw URL takes me back to the relevant Google Books page, where I copy the title, author, publisher, publication date and ISBN from the "About this book" section, and I remember the page numbers.</li> <li>I then hit the back arrow once or twice, which takes me back to my sandbox page. I paste all that information, and plug the various items into the corresponding fields, and save it. I now have a perfectly formatted reference.</li> <li>I write some text summarizing what the source says, and may return to the source to copy and paste a quotation, if that is appropriate. Then, I save and proofread my work in progress.</li> <li>When I am satisfied with my work, I copy the wikicode. Then, I go to the actual article, paste the code into the proper place, copyediting so the new content fits in properly, save, and again proofread my work.</li></ol> <p>This is pretty much the way that I have created references and new encyclopedia content for 6-1/2 years, whether editing on a desktop computer or a smartphone. There may well be more efficient methods that more computer savvy and faster editors than I can use. I tend to move slowly and thoughtfully, and these methods work just fine for me. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Routine_editing">Routine editing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Cullen328/Smartphone_editing&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Routine editing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2015_Wikipedia_smartphone_editing_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/2015_Wikipedia_smartphone_editing_1.jpg/300px-2015_Wikipedia_smartphone_editing_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/2015_Wikipedia_smartphone_editing_1.jpg/450px-2015_Wikipedia_smartphone_editing_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/2015_Wikipedia_smartphone_editing_1.jpg/600px-2015_Wikipedia_smartphone_editing_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2322" data-file-height="1312" /></a><figcaption>Smartphone in landscape mode, supported by my thumb, while I read this essay</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2015_Wikipedia_smartphone_editing_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/2015_Wikipedia_smartphone_editing_3.jpg/300px-2015_Wikipedia_smartphone_editing_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/2015_Wikipedia_smartphone_editing_3.jpg/450px-2015_Wikipedia_smartphone_editing_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/2015_Wikipedia_smartphone_editing_3.jpg/600px-2015_Wikipedia_smartphone_editing_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2688" data-file-height="1520" /></a><figcaption>Smartphone with edit window open, and keyboard displayed. Ready to edit.</figcaption></figure> <p>People are curious about exactly how I edit as if there was something unusual about people reading and writing on smartphones. There isn't. Billions of people use smartphones regularly, and they read and write using smartphones on Facebook, Twitter and similar sites constantly. Perhaps encyclopedia writing is a bit more complex than interacting on social media, but I see them as very similar. I am quite active on Facebook and frequently engage in lengthy, detailed conversations there. People read news on smartphones and share stories on social media constantly. As I see it, this is all just a couple of simple steps away from creating references and adding content to the encyclopedia. It is just a matter of your frame of mind. </p><p>I am right handed. I hold the phone in my left hand, propped on my left thumb horizontally in <a href="/wiki/Landscape_mode" class="mw-redirect" title="Landscape mode">landscape mode</a>, and type solely with my right forefinger. I take advantage of the prediction function of my phone's keyboard. The phone typically suggests longer words I am typing before I am halfway done. The phone also knows my common phrases, such as "Welcome to the Teahouse". I type the first three letters "Wel" and the phone suggests "Welcome". When I click that, it suggests "to", then "the", then "Teahouse" in sequence. The entire phrase takes just seven keystrokes. Similarly with "neutral point of view" and all common Wikipedia jargon. My phone knows it all. I actively add new words to my dictionary frequently as I work. </p><p>Most of the skills I use when I edit by smartphone are identical to those needed for editing with a desktop or laptop computer. Understanding Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, online research techniques, writing clearly and neutrally, and civil interaction and collaboration with other editors - they are all the same. The shared goal is improving the encyclopedia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_work">Recent work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Cullen328/Smartphone_editing&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Recent work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Here is a partial list of articles I have written or significantly improved by smartphone in 2015. My goal, always, is to improve the encyclopedia. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Meany" title="George Meany">George Meany</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GA">Good Article</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolein_Smit" title="Carolein Smit">Carolein Smit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bataclan_(theatre)" title="Bataclan (theatre)">Bataclan (theatre)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Waco_shootout" title="2015 Waco shootout">2015 Waco shootout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adele_Stimmel_Chase" title="Adele Stimmel Chase">Adele Stimmel Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Kitchen_%26_Bath_Association" title="National Kitchen & Bath Association">National Kitchen & Bath Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irvin_Jim" title="Irvin Jim">Irvin Jim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hindori" title="George Hindori">George Hindori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_MacDowell_Medal" title="Edward MacDowell Medal">Edward MacDowell Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nels_J._Smith" title="Nels J. Smith">Nels J. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Storage" title="Public Storage">Public Storage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_MacDonald_(stained_glass)" title="Donald MacDonald (stained glass)">Donald MacDonald (stained glass)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Summit_(Everest)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Summit (Everest)">South Summit (Everest)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Now_I_Lay_Me_Down_to_Sleep_(organization)" title="Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (organization)">Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (organization)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Terror_(1920_film)" title="The Terror (1920 film)">The Terror (1920 film)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe%27s_Special" title="Joe's Special">Joe's Special</a></li></ul> <p>In addition, I contributed to <a href="/wiki/Canadian_drug_charges_and_trial_of_Jimi_Hendrix" title="Canadian drug charges and trial of Jimi Hendrix">Canadian drug charges and trial of Jimi Hendrix</a> in 2014 by smartphone. This was <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TFA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TFA">Today's featured article for December 13, 2015</a>, on Wikipedia's main page. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recommendations">Recommendations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Cullen328/Smartphone_editing&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Recommendations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>If you edit using a smartphone, even occasionally, then please add your username to <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_who_edit_by_smartphone" title="Category:Wikipedians who edit by smartphone">Category:Wikipedians who edit by smartphone</a>.</li> <li>I hope that this essay will help motivate the public intellectuals and opinion leaders who explain Wikipedia editing to the general public to acknowledge that editing by smartphone is practical for those who are interested, even if it is not every editor's cup of tea.</li> <li>I recommend that outreach to new editors include positive information about smartphone editing. The focus of help page discussion of smartphone editing should take into account the capabilities of the contemporary generation of <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>, <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a> (Apple), and <a href="/wiki/BlackBerry" title="BlackBerry">BlackBerry</a> devices that dominate the market. Endlessly detailed discussion about fringe or obsolete operating systems, or commercial apps used by very few people, or the limitations of five year old phones, benefits no one. In general, these devices have a two year life cycle. Language belittling the potential of smartphone editing should be eliminated.</li> <li>I encourage the Wikimedia Foundation to study the needs and contributions of <i>all</i> smartphone editors, not just those who edit on the mobile site. In my experience, many productive mobile device editors prefer the desktop site, for a variety of reasons. Those editors deserve support and recognition.</li> <li>"Best practices", and productivity hints and tips should be documented for Android, Apple iOS, and BlackBerry devices, for the mobile and the desktop site, for editing in wikicode and with the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor" title="Wikipedia:VisualEditor">Visual Editor</a>. How does the administrator's toolkit work with smartphones? I do not know but want to learn. I look forward to hearing to any administrators who have made a sincere effort.</li> <li>Volunteers who assist new editors at the Help Desk and the Teahouse should be familiarized with the possibilities of smartphone editing, so that they can better assist new editors who want to contribute to the encyclopedia that way. Those who lead edit-a-thons should also incorporate this information into their events.</li> <li>My perspective focuses on the English Wikipedia, since that is where I am active. My hunch, though, is that smartphone editing will be increasingly important on other language Wikipedias, where many millions of speakers have purchased a smartphone in recent years, but have never owned a traditional personal computer.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Addendum_for_iPhone/iOS_users,_in_2022-23"><span id="Addendum_for_iPhone.2FiOS_users.2C_in_2022-23"></span>Addendum for iPhone/iOS users, in 2022-23</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Cullen328/Smartphone_editing&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Addendum for iPhone/iOS users, in 2022-23"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Curly (“Sue’s shoes”) vs. straight ("Sue's shoes") quote marks and apostrophes</b>: iPhone editors might be annoyed that their typing an apostrophe or quote mark yields what are called "curly" versions, while Wikipedia requires vertical versions (as stated at <a href="/wiki/MOS:STRAIGHT" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:STRAIGHT">MOS:STRAIGHT</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:APOSTROPHE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:APOSTROPHE">wp:APOSTROPHE</a>). To remedy, simply turn off "Smart punctuation" under Settings/General/Keyboard. This will also turn off automatic conversion of two hyphens into an em-dash.</li> <li><b>Finding a text string</b> You can find a text string within a page using the "share" button (the small square with an up-arrow), then selecting "Find on Page". Enter your text string. Tap down-arrow or up-arrow to jump to other occurrences. To get the "share" button to show at bottom of your screen, you may have to swipe the screen down, first. But if your keyboard is showing at the bottom instead, then your cursor is in the editing area and you need to move your cursor elsewhere: tap once or twice somewhere outside the editing area (e.g. tap once or twice on the title at top of the page or in the previewing area below). After tapping "share", you may have to scroll down to see the "Find on page" option.</li> <li><b>Inserting dashes</b>: To insert en-dashes or em-dashes, hold down the hyphen-minus key <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1249182868">.mw-parser-output .keyboard-key{border:1px solid #aaa;border-radius:0.2em;box-shadow:0.1em 0.1em 0.2em rgba(0,0,0,0.1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);background-image:linear-gradient(to bottom,var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0),var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa),var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0));color:var(--color-base,#202122);padding:0.1em 0.3em;font-family:inherit;font-size:0.85em}</style><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">-</kbd> until you see the options. Move your finger to the en-dash (second option) or em-dash (third option), then release your finger to insert a dash.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Cullen328/Smartphone_editing&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering" class="extiw" title="mw:Wikimedia mobile engineering">Wikimedia mobile engineering</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> employs 15 people dedicated to mobile access</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Mobile_access" title="Help:Mobile access">Help:Mobile access</a> – A help page that, in my opinion, devotes excessive attention to outdated and obscure methods of accessing Wikipedia on obsolete devices, instead of focusing on the needs of the billions of people who own modern smartphones running Android and iOS.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wikipedia_mobile_applications" title="List of Wikipedia mobile applications">List of Wikipedia mobile applications</a> – apps for Android, iOS, and BlackBerry</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tip_of_the_day/January_26" title="Wikipedia:Tip of the day/January 26">Souping up your Smartphone editing of Wikipedia</a> – (tip is easily editable by any Wikipedian to add smartphone editing efficiency pointers)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero" title="Wikipedia Zero">Wikipedia Zero</a> – An initiative to provide free mobile access to Wikipedia in developing countries</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_on_mobile_devices" title="Wikipedia:Editing on mobile devices">Wikipedia:Editing on mobile devices</a> – An essay that paints a pessimistic view of smartphone editing, such as "the tiny glass screen is hard to type on, and the ease of editing Wikipedia varies, being impossible on some"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Clovermoss/Mobile_editing" title="User:Clovermoss/Mobile editing">User:Clovermoss/Mobile editing</a>  –  a user essay about using the Wikipedia app</li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1130092004">.mw-parser-output .portal-bar{font-size:88%;font-weight:bold;display:flex;justify-content:center;align-items:baseline}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-bordered{padding:0 2em;background-color:#fdfdfd;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;clear:both;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-related{font-size:100%;justify-content:flex-start}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-unbordered{padding:0 1.7em;margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-header{margin:0 1em 0 0.5em;flex:0 0 auto;min-height:24px}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-content{display:flex;flex-flow:row wrap;flex:0 1 auto;padding:0.15em 0;column-gap:1em;align-items:baseline;margin:0;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output 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