User:Mingchang Zhang/OLES2129

Tutorial 3

Pick two of the four activities for this week's seminar.

'''When you're done, send me an email (lawrence.boikov@sydney.edu.au) with your user page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:username/OLES2129). On your user page should be the content for the activity (the talk page for the article that was edited or your description for Activity 1). Email subject line should be OLES2129 - Activities 1/2/3/4 depending on which activities you chose. If you decided to work in pairs - send me the link to both user pages.'''

''' When you edit a talk page on Wikipedia, make sure you add your signature to the end of your post. You can do this by typing ~. '''

   Activity 1 - Quality and Importance Ratings in WikiProjects Click this link: Random Article (alternatively, use the Wikipedia sidebar and select 'Random Article'). For the article that you've found, go to the Talk page and have a look at the quality or importance rating for the article within the scope of the project. If it is already a high-quality or featured article, random again. If not, on your user page briefly describe what steps would be required to elevate the article's rating to an A-class article on that WikiProject's scale. Activity 2 - Citation Needed Click this link: Random Article (alternatively, use the Wikipedia sidebar and select 'Random Article') until you find an article with an unsubstantiated fact that requires a reference. Add an appropriate tag to the page from the following list: Template messages/Cleanup. You can use an inline tag or an individual message box for the entire article depending on the severity of the lack of citations. Open up a discussion on the article's Talk page about why the citation is needed. Activity 3 - The Plaigiarism Dilemma Click this link: Random Article (alternatively, use the Wikipedia sidebar and select 'Random Article') until you find an article with a reference that has paraphrasing that is too close to the original content. Tag it with the tag and open up a discussion on the article's Talk page to fix the problem. Take a look at the following link for good ways to address simple paraphrasing issues: Close paraphrasing. Activity 4 - Tag, you're it Click this link: Random Article (alternatively, use the Wikipedia sidebar and select 'Random Article') until you find an article that requires cleanup in any of the following areas as per one of the sections here. Tag the page accordingly using either inline tags or individual message boxes and open up a discussion on the article's Talk page to fix the problem. Here is a good place to start for some tips on how to do it: Tagging pages for problems.

Information on each section for tagging can be found here: Template messages/Cleanup

Tutorial 2

Pick between Activities 1/2 and do Activity 3: Spreadsheet for userpage and topic. Fill out all of your details. Activity 1 - Citation Hunt https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt - Add a needed citation through this link (if you can find a reliable source!). Put a link of the changes on your user page. For information on what constitutes a reliable source - check here: Identifying reliable sources Activity 2 - From Scratch Find an article on a topic that you are interested in or are knowledgeable about. Have a look at the first substantial edit on that page through its revision history. If you had created this article first - what would you have done differently? If you were the second reader, how would you have edited the article? Write up your thoughts on your user page (100-200 words is plenty). Activity 3 - Share your User Space Add the template located here to the top of your user page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lboikov/OLES2129/studenttemplate Send a link to your user page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:username/OLES2129) from your University email to lawrence.boikov@sydney.edu.au. Email subject line should be OLES2129 - Activity 1 or OLES2129 - Activity 2 depending on which activity you chose.

Tutorial 4

Post your group discussion on your OLES2129 user page.

Post the framework of your article on a branch of your user page: Special:MyPage

   Activity 1 - Analysis of a Featured Article Click this link: Featured Articles. For the article that you've found, discuss in groups the characteristics of a featured article. I'll demo this for everyone. Activity 2 - Finding a Topic for your very own article Choose one of these links: Requested Articles OR Most Wanted Articles. Your choice of article is important. Find an article on the topic of your choice. Draw up a framework for your article on your OLES2129 user page. There is a good sample layout located here.

If you complete that, feel free to go through the Article Wizard to begin your article creation.

Don't worry too much about content, focus on layout and sections.

Send me a link to your draft page (Special:MyPage) when you are finished.

Tutorial 5

https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/6794/pages/references-and-reference-lists

All the information is on the modules - I've replicated it here for your convenience. Email me your OLES2129 user page link so I can mark you off for completing activity 1.

   Activity 1 - We've (almost) done this before! Click this link. You can also try using Citation Hunt. For the article that you've found:

1. Add one source using the visual editor.

2. Add one source using the source editor. Activity 2 - Keep working on your article The first assignment will be due on the 14th of September. You will need to do the following things for it: Propose the article.

Find your associated WikiProject and point out any standardised tools that you will use for your article (infoboxes, article structure etc).

Find five sources that you will use and present them in the form of an annotated bibiliography.

Now is a great time to start! UPDATE: Assignment details: https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/6794/assignments/37028

Tutorial 6

Activity today will be about how to do an annotated bibliography. Do a write up on your user page and email when done.

   Activity - Annotated Bibliography Here's a useful checklist for how to go about interrogating a source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources_checklist. You should also take a look at this link for more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources

Pick a featured article as a group and pick one of the sources that the article references.

Discuss the reliability and usefulness of the source based on:

Scholarship

Author’s background

Where was the source published?

Is the information within the source independently verifiable?

Context

Age of source relative to topic

Intent of information, targeted audience

Content

Does the source omit important details and overrepresent others?

Is the information fact or opinion? (This doesn’t necessarily disqualify the source from use but does mark against objectivity)

Style and structure of content.

These are examples of things that you can choose to cover in your annotated bibiliography, its likely you won't have the word count in your assignment to deal with all of these for each source. Pick what you think is most important.

Tutorial 7

Creative Commons Activity today!

   Activity - Find picture/s for your article

Do the Canvas module (with the associated Wikimedia module) first.

Find pictures that you can use for your chosen article - add them to your user page draft branch (e.g. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:yourusername/OLES2129/draft) and email me the link.

For more information on what is considered acceptable use of non-free media on Wikipedia, see this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content#Acceptable_use

Tutorial 8

Peer Review Activity

   Activity - Pair up and practice

After a demonstration on how to perform a Peer review, get into groups of two and work on reviewing two random Wikipedia articles together.

It would be good to look at one that is considered good quality and one that is not. Beyond looking at the generic pages for quality articles, please also look at the article's WikiProject quality scale and comment on how well it adheres to those criteria.

Some helpful resources:

Perfect Article page

Wikipedia Manual of Style

Good Article Criteria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style

I'm looking for both positive feedback and constructive criticism for the Peer review so try and keep to those standards. Don't just say "this is bad" say "this could've been done better if you did x."

As always, email me the link to your team effort (on your individual OLES2129 user page).