Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Poverty Justice and Human Capabilities (Anne Chao)/Article Discussion

Poverty, Justice, Human Capabilities Program

Wikipedia Assignment

Vb. Article Talk Contribution

Due: Wednesday, March 6th, 5:00 PM

Assignment: Contribute to an Article Talk Page'

The assignment is to contribute to the Article Discussion Page (talk page) of any entries you plan to revise. For anyone creating a new page, you should contribute not to your new page talk page, but instead, to the talk page of a closely related topic, to which you can provide a link to your new page once it is created.

Carefully read the information on using talk pages at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Using_talk_pages and follow the instructions provided. Prior to contributing, be sure to read previous comments on the talk page and note any concerns about the page or recent edits. Talk pages are for discussing changes to the Wikipedia articles.

Your contribution should contain a substantial amount of information taken from your submitted proposal so that other Wikipedia editors will understand your aim for the page. Be sure to note that your proposed contribution is a part of a class assignment and add the course banner (instructions below) to the Talk page. You may also wish to note your proposed contribution on your Wikipedia user page. Keep in mind that other Wikipedia editors may access your user page to better understand your contributions. Other Wikipedia editors may also offer you suggestions.




 * 1.    Go to the Wikipedia article you plan to change. If you are revising an existing page, you should contribute to the talk page. If, however, you are creating a new page, select a page that is closely related to your topic and then contribute to the discussion. Here you can justify the creation of your new page or seek advice from editors interested in similar topics.


 * 2.    Click on the "Talk" tab in the upper-left hand corner of the Wiki interface


 * 3.    Once in the discussion page, take the time to read what other users have already said concerning content on that page


 * 4.    Next, click "Edit" to add your discussion contribution, following discussion guidelines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines). You can discuss your plan for your page, respond to other editor’s existing comments on the talk page (if available), or ask for advice regarding a specific aspect of your topic.


 * 5.    To add a new discussion post you will need to create a heading of the form ==Your Heading Here==


 * 6.    The most recent posts should be placed at the bottom of the discussion page


 * 7.    To add the course banner and mark the article as the subject of a student project, add the following code at the top of the talk page:

This will result in a banner that will link the page to the course’s Wikipedia page. The banner will look like this:


 * 8.    After typing a concise discussion contribution, sign your post at the bottom of the page by typing 4 tildes, ~ resulting in a signature like this, Virginiawhite09 (talk) 14:56, 2 April 2013 (UTC), and click "Save page"


 * 9.    Submit to OWL-Space: Deadline Wednesday, March 6th, 5:00 PM

Once you submit your Article Talk contribution to Wikipedia, take a screenshot or screenshots that show your contributions. Be sure the screenshots contain a font size that is large and easy to read. The zoom feature on your computer and/or browser can solve this problem if the font is too small. Check your work by printing your contribution to make sure that the printed version is the equivalent size as the print in this handout. Screenshots with too small print will lose points.

Do not save the entire page as a pdf, especially if the Talk page is exceptionally long. The screenshots must include your contribution and your username. Submit these files to the relevant assignment tab on OWL-Space and for full credit save the file as follows: ArticleDiscussion.pdf (or .jpg)

Article discussion by Diana Strassmann is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.