User:Alopesnc/30July sandbox

30July Discussions: • Definitions of "quality" on Wikipedia • What are the impacts and limits of Wikipedia as a source of information? • Encyclopedias vs research vs other sources of information? • How and why should someone read an article's talk page? • If you see an editing potential in the article(s) you have selected, what is your next step in the editing process?

From  Read the talk page and make minor edits Assignment Training How to edit: Wikicode vs Visual Editor (Fellows) • Check out the talk pages of the articles you've been evaluating. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Consider how these discussions may affect the kinds of changes you would make to the article. • Take the "How to edit (Fellows)" training linked below. • We're going to work up to making substantial edits to an article. For next week, look for an opportunity to make minor edits to the article. For example, fix spelling or grammatical mistakes, copyedit a difficult to understand sentence, or add a good source to a claim that doesn't already have one. Think about your topic. What sources are indispensable? Think about representation. Are multiple views represented fairly? Are appropriate concepts linked? Are the sources diverse?