Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory/Timeline

October 20, 2011: Overview

 * Meeting
 * "Working with Wikipedia" presentation
 * Choosing articles
 * Using categories and the psychology template; choosing articles in need of expansion and/or revision; usefulness, minimal conflict of interest, notable
 * Five pillars
 * Common issues
 * Poor choice of articles; plagiarism; under- or over-citation of sources; original research and synthesis; procrastination; biting of new users by the larger community
 * Feedback and evaluation
 * Course talk page; online ambassadors' talk pages; campus ambassadors' talk pages (GorillaWarfare and Cryptic C62); and
 * Did you know?; good articles; featured articles
 * Discussion of the role of the campus ambassadors

December 15, 2011: Editing basics

 * Before the meeting
 * Have your account created!
 * See WP:WHY and Special:UserLogin/signup
 * Meeting
 * Make sure all accounts are created and all set
 * Create sandbox articles
 * Add your username in the "editors" section of this page!

Due dates

 * By 4/2/12 or 4/3/12: Have a preliminary draft in your sandbox.
 * By 4/9/12: Submit your draft to your team lead.
 * By 4/13/12: Team leads will provide feedback/review on the draft.
 * By 4/23/12 or 4/24/12: Go live with your edits! GorillaWarfare and Cryptic_C62 will help you with this at the meeting; don't worry about doing this ahead of time.

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