Wikipedia:India Education Program/Courses/Fall 2011/Research Methodology Year 3 Group A

Hello Students! It is most disturbing to see that most of you have not started writing your article, even when your submission deadline is staring you in the face. '''Some of you are doing really well on the leaderboard. Then, why not all of you?''' '''Also, please understand that if you do not stick to deadlines, you get a mark deducted for each lapse. If the final article is not submitted, you lose all the marks allotted for the Innovative Methods Assessment.''' So, buck up and outdo yourselves :) All the best, Ishita

Class Description
This is a description of this class.

Assignment Overview
Over the course of the semester the students in this class will be completing a series of tasks that will allow them to familiarize themselves with the Wikipedia community and practices, understand the highly developed style of Wikipedia, complete research on a focused topic of the student's choice, and write (or substantially revise) a Wikipedia article. Students have two options to identify topics:
 * Students may work individually to develop articles in any area of interest (e.g. economics, sports, biology, art, etc.); or,
 * Students may build articles within a broader topic that needs improvement. Examples include sub-topics on Pune related to its monuments, places of historical/cultural interest, etc.). The professor will identify these broad areas and students should each choose a sub-topic article to work on.

Article Selection

 * If you are looking for articles about a topic of your personal interest, you might consider exploring the Directory of WikiProjects.
 * For articles about Pune, consider these categories:
 * Pune
 * People from Pune
 * Sport in Pune
 * Geography of Pune
 * Neighbourhoods in Pune

Due July 24

 * Create a username


 * Post your username to the students section of this page


 * Complete this form


 * Complete the practice assignment located on the class discussion page

Due July 24-31

 * Explore help resources


 * Practice the following six editing skills in your sandbox: add text, add headers & subheaders, create a bulleted list, add a link to a Wikipedia article, add a link to an external page on the internet, format text (bold & italics), create a table


 * “Like” the Wikipedia On Campus Facebook page (optional)

Due August 7

 * Leave a comment on a classmate’s Talk page


 * Identify at least three articles related to your topic of choice


 * Make a minimum of 20 edits (comments, copyedits, references, etc.) to articles related to your proposed topic


 * Select an article


 * Post your article topic beside your username on the Wikipedia course page

Due August 7-21

 * Conduct in depth research on your topic and gather sources


 * On your article’s talk page (discussion page), list a bibliography of sources and proposed changes you’d like to make to the article or concepts you would like to include


 * Add the following code to the top of your article’s talk page to mark it as the subject of your assignment. Note: You must retrieve the code from the "edit" space of this page.


 * Inform your campus ambassador of your activities by writing on his or her talk page


 * Begin editing/writing the article based on your proposed changes and other conversation with Wikipedians

Due August 21-September 30

 * Ask your campus ambassador for feedback about your contributions to the article


 * Nominate your article for “Did You Know” status


 * Continue research on your topic


 * Work on your article with the help of your professor and your campus ambassador

'''The above instructions are for students who are maintaining deadlines. For the rest of you, please make sure that:'''

1.      Created a user account 2.      Selected an article 3.      UPDATED THE CLASS PAGE 4.      Submitted the registration forms

Due October 1-8

 * Continue expanding and making changes to your article based on suggestions from Wikipedians, your campus ambassadors, and your professor

Due October 8-14

 * Present Wikipedia article during class


 * Complete Wikipedia article due Oct 14

Students
'''This is a list of the usernames of the students in this class and the articles each selected to edit.

All students are requested to write their user names and topics they are working on below, latest by 15.9.2011.

GUYS PLEASE ADD YOUR TOPICS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,THIS WILL HELP IN BETTER ASSESSMENT OF THE PROJECT

 Please put a link to your sandbox below your names

'''NOTE: In order to maintain the student and article data in a single place, the list has been merged and moved into the master table on 2011-11-14. Please continue to maintain the table in the new location.'''

Online Ambassador
Hello, I am an experienced Wikipedia editor who has volunteered as an online ambassador to assist students editing Wikipedia:India Education Program/Courses/Fall 2011/Research Methodology Year 3 Group A articles. Please call on me freely with respect to editing and style questions. I can also address any issues you may encounter with other users confidentially. I live in the United States, MDT, so please be mindful of the time difference, about 12 hours. I am often available on irc in the early morning or late evening. I am available through Wikipedia email and will respond to notes on my talk page. Our experience with mentoring is that users who edit actively and communicate freely with other users often have the best experience, so, if possible, jump right in and actively edit your class assignment and anything else that interests you and feel free to ask me, or any other Wikipedia user, for help. User:Fred Bauder Talk 20:46, 27 September 2011 (UTC)