Wikipedia:Benelux Education Program/Maastricht University/MSP January 2023

At the Maastricht University a course was organised in January 2023, in the scope of the Wikipedia Education Program, as part of the project Opening up old books: investigating the botanical archives of Maastricht.

Programme

 * Monday 9 January 2023 9:00 - Meeting: start course
 * Tuesday 10 January 2023 14:00 - Introduction search strategies
 * Wednesday 5 January 2023 10:30-12:00 - Introduction in Wikipedia
 * Wednesday 5 January 2023 14:00 - Guided tour though University Library catacombs
 * Wednesday 18 January 2023 12:00 - First deadline: have draft ready
 * Thursday 19 January 2023 9:00-10:00 - Feedback session
 * Thursday 26 January 2023 12:00 - Final deadline for Wikipedia article draft
 * Friday 3 February 2023 14:00-15:00 - Final meeting including publication

If you want additional feedback on your article, send Romaine an e-mail to ask for reviewing your article. Feedback can be given by e-mail or in a meeting/Zoom call.

Handy links

 * A guide in Wikipedia writing
 * Tutorial
 * Cheatsheet with basic wikisyntax
 * Annotated article
 * Sandbox - generic page where you can test and try
 * Your personal sandbox
 * File:Editing Wikipedia brochure EN.pdf

Guidelines
The (simplified) guidelines on Wikipedia, resting on the five pillars, include:
 * Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, the content that you add must fit in an encyclopedia.
 * Write in a neutral point of view.
 * All content added must be free content that anyone can use, edit, and distribute. (copyrights)
 * Use references to source facts in your article. Every paragraph and every two/three sentences should have a reference. You can use a reference more than once. Without references an article can't be published.

Further:
 * Sign your messages in talk pages with.

12 points to keep in mind:
 * add only knowledge that belongs in an encyclopedia
 * add only material that is available under a free license or express it in your own words
 * describe this knowledge from a neutral position
 * add references and sources for the added information
 * do not write about your organisation, yourself, a family member, or your boss
 * do not describe new theories, new insights or thoughts and no opinions
 * see articles about similar topics as an example
 * use headings to structurise an article
 * use internal links (links to other articles on Wikipedia)
 * do not add links to other sites in the body text, add those only at the bottom of the article
 * use no qualifications (best, most, etc)
 * write timeless (not: "the last century", "next month", "recent", yes: "on 27 September 2016")

Contact info

 * Romaine
 * Odin Essers
 * Roy Erkens
 * Marieke Schor

Participants

 * S0lar1s9 (contributions | sandbox | talk) 10:29, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Geschichte der Botanik (intro)
 * Laralarulala (contributions | sandbox | talk) 10:31, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Geschichte der Botanik (context)
 * TheTastyChip (contributions | sandbox | talk) 10:30, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Geschichte der Botanik (contents)
 * Hilda Bards (contributions | sandbox | talk) 10:31, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Geschichte der Botanik (reception)
 * Seknch13 (contributions | sandbox | talk) 10:38, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Théorie Élémentaire de la Botanique (intro/context)
 * Fernesto botanical (contributions | sandbox | talk) 10:30, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Théorie élémentaire de la Botanique (contents)
 * IDKMSP (contributions | sandbox | talk) 10:29, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Théorie élémentaire de la Botanique (reception)
 * LilyTien (contributions | sandbox | talk) 10:29, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Kyriacoumarkos5 (contributions | sandbox | talk) 10:31, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Published articles

 * History of Botany (1530-1860)    (book on Wikidata | book images | archived version | archived version)


 * Théorie Élémentaire de la Botanique    (book on Wikidata | book images | archived version | archived version)

Images

 * 295 scanned images of the book History of Botany (1530–1860) can be found here
 * 294 scanned images of the book Théorie Élémentaire de la Botanique can be found here