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Week 1-4: Wikipedia essentials

 * To read and complete
 * Handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)
 * Handouts: Using talk pages, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality, Wikimarkup cheatsheet


 * Assignment (due week 4)
 * Start and complete the online student orientation. During this training, you will create an account, make edits in a sandbox, and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
 * Complete the quiz on Wikipedia's basic functions on ELMS.
 * Create a user page, which will change your name from red to blue, and sign up on the list of students on the course page. On your user page, make sure you describe why you're editing Wikipedia and link to the course page. Following this, create your sandbox with a pretend article. Practice all of the skills you'll need when making your article. Format your article Wiki-style, with a bolded first sentence, a section header, an image, a reference section, and at least one cited "source". Include at least one edit summary. If at any point, you forget any of the code or want tools to help make compiling citations easier, you can refer to WP:CHEAT, Help:Citation tools, and “Uploading images.” (YOUR USER PAGE SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS.)
 * Select an individual from one of these three sources who A) primarily works in one of the mediums we will cover this semester (writer, visual artist, musician, photographer, etc.) and B) does not yet have a Wikipedia page. Post your selection to your user page as part of your practice. Before settling on one individual, do some research via Google, Google Scholar, and the UMD Libraries Website. Make sure there is enough information available to you to create a small biography page.
 * Lastly, to practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.

Week 7: Assignment 2

 * Assignment:
 * Compile a list of 3-5 sources, annotated, and post them to your User sandbox. Your annotation should describe the source’s content, its relevance to your Wikipedia page, and why it meets Wikipedia’s standards for a reliable source. If you are able to locate a Creative Commons or Fair Use image, include a link to at least one related image that could be used with the article, making sure it meets Wikipedia’s usage standards. You can find a variety of Creative Commons licensed images here. For more modern artists/writers, this may not be possible - If it is not, please make a note at the beginning of your list.

SAMPLE ANNOTATION PAGE.

Example annotation: For a theoretical Wikipedia article on Joan Semmel.

Schwendener, Martha. 2013. “A Review of Joan Semmel’s Work at the Bronx Museum of the Arts.” The New York Times, February 1, sec. N.Y. / Region. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/nyregion/a-review-of-joan-semmels-work-at-the-bronx-museum-of-the-arts.html.

This newspaper article reviews the "Joan Semmel: The Lucid Eye" exhibit, held at the Bronx Museum in 2013. The author positions Semmel as a feminist artist, positioning her depiction of nudity in historical context. Schwendener describes a variety of Semmel's works on display and and how they play on both traditional painting styles and formats and normative gender expectations. This piece is a relevant source for my Wikipedia article because it provides information about Semmel's later works, as well as description and expert analysis of her art style. It also meets Wikipedia's standards for a reliable source because it is a secondary source, published in an established news outlet.

A link to your sandbox (which should have your completed list) should be submitted to the accompanying Assignment on ELMS.

Week 9: Assignment 3 (Due Oct 29)

 * Assignment
 * Write a 2-3 paragraph draft version of your article/stub in your Wikipedia sandbox. When writing your draft article, make sure you utilize Manual of Style/Biographies and Biographies of living persons (specifically, the "Writing Style" section) for the biographical information. Include references, citations, sections (if applicable), and your image (if available). Just as with any other paper, make sure your article does not include any possible plagiarism; see Wikipedia's guidelines here.

Useful Links:
 * Starting an article
 * Help:Editing
 * FAQ/Editing
 * WP:CHEAT
 * Citing sources
 * Help:Citation tools

Example articles: See my sandbox or Janise Yntema.

'''A link to your sandbox (which should have your initial draft) should be submitted to the accompanying Wiki Assignment #3 on ELMS. all article drafts must be in the sandbox and turned in on time, or they will not be accepted.'''

Week 11: Assignment 4 (Due Nov. 25)

 * Assignment
 * Publish your article to its applicable page
 * Peer review two of your classmates' articles. Edit the two reviewed articles. Things you can when editing:
 * Copy-edit for grammar and spelling issues
 * Check for plagiarism and correct it
 * Add wikilinks (to town, other authors, books, etc)
 * Add Categories
 * Add Images (see the page on ELMS for further instruction)


 * Handouts: “Evaluating Wikipedia article quality” (handed out originally in week 3)

Links to the two articles you reviewed should be submitted to the accompanying Assignment on ELMS.