Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/California Polytechnic State University/BIO 475 (Winter 2016)

Introduction to techniques used in molecular biology and biotechnology; DNA and RNA extraction, characterization, cloning, Southern blotting, reverse transcription, polymerase chain reaction, and sequencing analysis. 1 lecture, 2 laboratories. Prerequisite: BIO 161, and grade of C- or better in BIO 351 or CHEM 373 or consent of instructor. Crosslisted as BIO/CHEM 475.

Week 2

 * Overview of the course
 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
 * Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.

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Handout: Editing Wikipedia


 * Complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

Week 3

 * Review pages 4-7 of the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure. This will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.


 * Evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.


 * A few questions to consider (don't feel limited to these):


 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?


 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?


 * Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?


 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?


 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?


 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

Resources: Evaluating Wikipedia, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Using_talk_pages.pdf Using Talk Pages

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Week 4

 * Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.