Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/BYU/Hist 434 Computers in Family Historical Research and Publication (Fall 2018)

Students will update an article or stub on Wikipedia that is relevant to the subject of their semester project.

Week 6
Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 7
==== As part of your Wikipedia assignment, you're being asked to contribute to an article related to a place where your ancestors lived. Using the research you've already done about this topic in previous semesters, please complete the following:  ====

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Exercise ====

Take the &quot;Finding your Article&quot; training and then use this exercise to research topics related to your ancestors on Wikipedia. Try to find TWO possible articles to evaluate.

Choose a topic

Exercise
Once you have two ideas in mind, take the &quot;Evaluating articles and sources training&quot; and then use this exercise to evaluate both the articles you chose, looking for ways you could improve them with one or two new paragraphs. Use this evaluation to narrow your choice down to ONE topic.

Evaluate two possible articles

Exercise
After you've thought about what topic you want to improve, use this exercise to finalize your topic. Start considering what sources you already have, or what sources you need to find, in order to make improvements to your topic.

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Exercise
Finally, practice your editing by making a small copyedit to your article.

Copyedit your article

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Your goal this term is to draft one or two new paragraphs for your topic. Use the trainings and exercises here to help you through this process. Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Exercise
Add a citation

Guides for writing in your topic area
Biographies

History

Resources
Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8
Now that you've got a complete draft, it's time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

It's the final week to develop your article. Revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media. At a minimum, complete the exerise below, and then r ead  Editing Wikipedia   page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.

Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Exercise
Add links to your article

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.