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Table 1 Key terms

From: Pharmacy students can improve access to quality medicines information by editing Wikipedia articles

Term

Definition

Sandbox

a testing environment within Wikipedia that isolates experimentation with content and structure, used before modifying an article

talk page

administrative page where editors can discuss improvements to the linked article (also: discussion page)

revision history page

webpage showing the order in which changes were made to a Wikipedia article (also: page history, edit history)

sign-off

refers to the practice of signing posts made on talk pages with your username to facilitate discussion

structural completeness

score based on how well an article matches the typical structural features (e.g. lead section, references) of a mature Wikipedia article