User:Erinthelibrarian

Using Wikipedia in general
Our class tutorial focus is on using Wikipedia as a search tool. This page, however, is intended to give you a quick look at how easy it is to create and edit content on Wikipedia. This "ease of use" is great if you're the person posting information but may not be so great if you're a student looking for reliable information..... anyone can edit Wikipedia, but can "anyone" publish accurate material?

Getting Started: Wikipedia
Below, I've listed some helpful links in case some of you are interested in learning more about how to edit and create information on Wikipedia. If you are already familiar with Wikipedia - Great! If not, these links may help. (These links and resources are all connected to Wikipedia's "About Wikipedia" section on the left.)


 * Tutorial
 * Cheatsheet
 * Help:Wikitext examples : a good way to see the before/after results of what you type
 * Sandbox : where you can (privately) practice updating and writing on Wikipedia
 * Researching with Wikipedia : an excellent page discussing appropriate and innappropriate research uses of Wikipedia, including the importance of checking the reliability of sources cited in an entry

Student Section (Practice)
In our tutorial's "Exercises" section, I asked you to edit this wiki-page. Here's an example of what I'm looking for:
 * "I found this podcast debate between two university professors (among others)- one that required students to use Wikipedia in an assignment and one that represents a university that banned Wikipedia's use on assignments.