Wikipedia:USEP/Courses/Conservation Biology (Kyle Harms)

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Course information: Professor, Teaching Assistant (TA) & Ambassador

 * University: Louisiana State University
 * Course title: Conservation Biology, BIOL / ENTM 4015
 * Professor: Kyle Harms (talk)
 * Teaching Assistant: Metha Klock
 * Campus Ambassador: Becky Carmichael
 * Online Ambassador: The Interior
 * Course start date: August 20, 2012

Course description
BIOL / ENTM 4015, Conservation Biology at Louisiana State University [LSU], was designed to give students an in-depth and timely understanding of topics relevant to Conservation Biology.

Most relevant details for the course are found on the course web page.

Wikipedia assignment & timeline
Our course was informally linked with another course on LSU's campus (Landscape Architecture [LA] 4001, Advanced Topics in Design, taught by Dr. Bruce Sharky ). Students enrolled in BIOL / ENTM 4015 made contributions to Wikipedia (either by creating articles or adding content to existing articles) - contributions that were relevant to "Hot Topics" in Conservation Biology. Students enrolled in LA 4001 served as student "consultants" and added graphics that helped portray, illustrate, or otherwise enhance the content of the "Hot Topic" written contributions by the student "clients" in BIOL / ENTM 4015.

Articles
Student users and their "Hot Topics"

Student resources
For on-wiki help, please refer to this student orientation and this brief resource page.

Printable guides
These printable PDF documents have instructions related to the basics of Wikipedia.


 * Wiki markup quick reference – This one-page quick reference (included in the Welcome to Wikipedia brochure) helps you to remember the most frequently used wiki markup codes.
 * References – This handout explains why references are important, what the expectations for sourcing on Wikipedia are, where to place references, and the basics of adding "ref" tags.
 * Reference formatting – This handout explains in more detail how to create footnotes for citing sources, and how to cite the same source multiple times.
 * How to get help – This handout explains the recommended way to get help and feedback. It also includes a glossary of additional help resources.
 * Plagiarism – This handout explains what plagiarism is on Wikipedia&mdash;including "close paraphrasing"&mdash;in addition to why and how to avoid it.

On-wiki tutorials

 * Tutorial - General introduction to Wikipedia.
 * Article wizard - Walkthrough of the requirements for articles, including notability and sources.
 * Picture tutorial - Explains how to insert pictures into Wikipedia articles using wikitext.
 * Graphics tutorials (advanced) - Advice about advanced image editing.

Helpful Pages

 * Help:Footnotes - Describes how to cite one reference multiple times.
 * What Wikipedia is Not - Describes what Wikipedia is not (e.g., Wikipedia is not a forum for advocacy nor advertisements).

Topic specific items
The category Category:Conservation biology is like a tag that is likely to be used on many of the articles of interest or to be written by participants. The category Category:Biology stubs is another way to locate articles that are in need of further development.

Immediate help
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Enter your Wikipedia username, fill out the CAPTCHA, and click "Connect" to enter chat. Then explain what you need help with.

If no one replies within about 3-5 minutes, try this help channel instead.