User:Taejo/Open Academia

Training/For_students Did_you_know/Learning_DYK

What to edit?
By now, the English Wikipedia is getting fairly comprehensive, and it may seem like there's not much left to do. This couldn't be further from the truth.

There are certain subjects and certain types of material which Wikipedia lacks.

Subjects

 * Topics relating to smaller countries
 * Topics with few references in English / on the internet
 * Topics relating to the developing world
 * etc.

See Manslaughter for an example and Systemic_bias for more info

Types of material

 * Overviews
 * Lists, timelines
 * Photos
 * Diagrams
 * Maps
 * Music
 * Pronunciations
 * Spoken Articles

Suggestions

 * Do you have a rare interest?
 * Do you have special access to reference material on a particular subject?
 * Write about topics connected to a language you speak or a country you're from
 * Take photographs
 * Saarland University and related
 * Botanischer Garten der Universität des Saarlandes
 * Saarbrücken, Dudweiler, Sarreguemines
 * Maybe we can have a map-making/GIS lesson in a coming OA?
 * MPI-SWS, MPII, KIST, etc. lack references, pictures

Wikipolitics
Wikipedia is not an anarchy: there are rules and policies. Unfortunately, there are too many to know them all. Just be bold and act in good faith, and don't get upset when somebody shows you the right path.


 * Act in good faith and assume good faith
 * Don't edit war (WP:3RR)
 * Be sensitive when editing controversial topics (but don't be afraid to make uncontroversial improvements to controversial articles)
 * Ask for help! (WP:Questions, put on your user talk page, or ask me)