Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Virginia/2023 Wiki99 for open source software

Wiki99 for open source software is a University of Virginia Wikipedia editing program in which students develop content with the theme "open source software. Students also contribute to the development of the overall program, including the selection of 99 target articles.

Articles
All articles are in the theme "open-source software". There are two ways to see articles developed in this project.

One list is at meta:Wiki99/open-source software. This is a list of 99 articles of general interest selected to be important to readers. Editors in this project develop articles from this list, but not all articles from this list will be selected at this time.

Another list is at the Program dashboard. This dashboard lists all the articles which students actually edit, and also lists the student editors and other options for data visualization.

Paid editing disclosure
Lane Rasberry, user:bluerasberry, hires and manages the student Wikipedia editors in this project. These student editors are employees of the University of Virginia, and they engage with Wikipedia as student research assistants. Funding for this project comes from grants from Hewlett Foundation and Omidyar Network. This project is centered in the School of Data Science at the University of Virginia, and contributes informally as an independent research project to the University of Virginia's Democracy Initiative described at https://democracyinitiative.virginia.edu/.

Please direct questions to either user:bluerasberry or Wikipedia talk:WikiProject University of Virginia.

Student editors add this to their user page:

Management description
Editors in this project must uphold "neutrality". Neutrality can have many meanings and editors can practice it in various ways. In this project, the strategy for achieving neutrality is as follows:
 * 1) The project is open to public discussion on the talk page at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject University of Virginia.
 * 2) Students complete Wikipedia editing training at https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/training
 * 3) Editing in the project happens in the model of the en:Wikipedia:Education program. In this model, each student does their own research to identify the best sources of information for that topic. They draft the best information they can while citing those sources. The program coordinator reviews and approves their edits before they post the content to Wikipedia.

Disclosure of other conflicts

 * Coordinator Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry is Wikimedian in Residence at the School of Data Science at the University of Virginia, and gets salary. These roles get peer-to-peer review through meta:Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network and other Wikimedia community checks.
 * Class editing projects can introduce problems as logged at Education noticeboard. These projects get community review and usually produce good outcomes, as described for example in a Wiki Education Program coordinator's 2022 opinion piece in Wikipedia's newsletter, The Signpost.
 * This project pays student editors as research assistants. Wikipedia regulates paid editing in Paid-contribution disclosure.

Some reasons why this project is different from other paid editing projects include the following: these articles are general knowledge and not promoting any project or brand; this is a university student editing project; and University of Virginia students uphold University of Virginia Honor which gives them options for getting independent support should they identify any ethical issues with this project.

Registration
Participating editors create a Wikipedia account and register in the program dashboard.


 * 1) Create a Wikimedia account if you do not have one.
 * 2) Please sign in to the program dashboard
 * 3) Note that this registration publicly reports your Wikipedia edits associated with your Wikipedia user name
 * 4) Complete online Wikipedia Training, which will be reported in the dashboard

Editing

 * 1) Expect to spend most of your time doing research in the library or otherwise
 * 2) Uphold WP:Neutrality and seek to represent multiple points of view from WP:Reliable sources
 * 3) Do not edit Wikipedia without explicit permission and review from user:bluerasberry

Support
These are options for support.


 * Email rasberry@undefinedvirginia.edu, Lane Rasberry, who is supporting this program as Wikimedian at UVA
 * Ask any questions at the TEAHOUSE. Knowledgeable human volunteers will answer you quickly!
 * Browse other support services at Help:Contents
 * For Wikimedia community review, consider seeking comment at Noticeboards
 * If all else fails post Template:Help_me anywhere in Wikipedia, preferably on your user page, and someone will come to you

Contact

 * Lane Rasberry (user:bluerasberry)