Wikipedia:Rice University/Human Development in Global and Local Communities, Section 2 (Spring 2014)/Expanded Contribution

Due Date: 9 pm Thursday, March 27
The next step for your Wikipedia contribution is to expand it further and revise it in response to classmates and Wikipedia user feedback. Your expanded contribution should be a minimum of 2000 words, not including references. If you are working with a partner, your joint contributions should be a minimum of 3500–4000 words.

As this assignment is an intermediate step in the overall assignment, students who produced more polished work for the initial contribution will have less work than students whose contributions need more work or who changed their overall plans for the entry.

1. Review advice
Begin by carefully considering the suggestions you have received from your classmates and any comments posted to your Project and Talk pages by other Wikipedia editors. As before, be sure to continually check the article’s Talk page and any WikiProject Talk pages for user feedback and suggestions.

2. Revise and expand your contribution
Revise and expand your contribution according to the advice you have received, following the same technical details regarding highlighting changes as for the Initial Contribution assignment. If your page has been changed or moved by other Wikipedia editors, include a description of those changes in your narrative.

3. Double check that all assertions are appropriately supported
As noted in various materials and in class, make sure you attribute claims to specific authors and studies in the text using in line citations where appropriate rather than just supporting specific assertions with footnotes. See the various materials previously provided on citations, references, and avoiding plagiarism. Make sure that your article does not follow the structure of any sources or use close paraphrasing, unless Wikipedia standards are carefully adhered to.

4. Consider seeking advice from an online ambassador
Bear in mind that unless we have more than one online ambassador, it may not be realistic for you to get feedback.

5. Submission Instructions
The following 3 items must be submitted to OWL-Space AND emailed to each member of your 2nd workshop group by 9 pm Thursday, March 27. Be sure your name is included on each document.

a.    A PDF (or PDFs) of the sections of the article you have contributed to, with the changes you have made highlighted, entitled ExpandedContribution.pdf

Do not include large amounts of extraneous text created by others.

Follow the instructions given in Assignment 6 for labeling multiple attachments, creating PDFs and screenshots, etc. b.    A separate file that describes any new changes you have made and that also describes concurrent work or changes made by other editors. ExpandedContributionDescription.pdf (or .doc/.docx)

c.    An outline of your article, showing with track changes all sections you have edited, deleted, or added. ExpandedContributionOutline.pdf. (or .doc/.docx) d.    Optional: If relevant (see below), your good article nomination banner, entitled  GoodArticleNomination.pdf. (or .doc/.docx)

Be sure to include page numbers (in Word documents) and to proofread and double-space all text, except the outline, which may be single-spaced. For PDF entries, be sure the font size is legible. Points will be deducted for items that do not follow these instructions.

6. (Optional) Good Article Status Option
At this stage, you may consider nominating your article for Good Article Status: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles). If you opt to seek Good Article status you must remove the nomination at the end of the semester if your article is unreviewed; or alternatively, you must commit to following up on the review after the end of the semester. (Not responding to reviews provided by Wikipedia editors to Good Article review nominations is disrespectful of the time the editors put into their reviews and suggestions.)

Good Articles are articles that meet a high quality standard and have been approved by members of the Wikipedia community. If you choose this route, you will self-nominate your article for Good Article review and a Wikipedia editor may eventually provide your article with a review and feedback. The independent Wikipedia review process may take weeks or months and therefore achieving Good Article status is not required for the course.

First, peruse the Good Article Criteria found here: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_article_criteria). Then go to the Good Article Nominations page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations) and follow the on-screen instructions for “How to Nominate an Article.” Once your nomination is complete, take a screenshot of your talk page with your good article nomination banner. Save this as  GoodArticleNomination.pdf. Your efforts in nominating your article (if appropriate) will be taken into account in your final project grade.