Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Oregon State University/Wikipedia Student Scholar Intern (Winter and Spring 2019)

This project will focus on increasing the number and quality of articles about an under-represented topic of the student’s interest (for example: women of the west coast, African American Scientists, Latinx musicians, indigenous history, etc). The Wikipedia Student Scholar will focus on learning about Wikipedia, becoming a Wikipedia editor, and adding to free open knowledge.

Week 1
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.

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Exercise
Add a citation

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Week 5
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Art History

Biographies

Books

Chemistry

Cultural Anthropology

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Films

Genes and Proteins

History

LGBT+ Studies

Linguistics

Medicine

Political Science

Psychology

Science Communication

Sociology

Species

Women's Studies

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Exercise
Add links to your article

Now's the time to 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.

Week 10
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 11
When translating articles from another language Wikipedia into the English Wikipedia, consider the following:


 * Be sure to find a topic that is better covered in a different language than on the English Wikipedia. You do not want to duplicate information.
 * Adhere to the same policy standards that are required for any Wikipedia entry.
 * Be sure to check sources, especially if not in English. You can definitely use non-English sources on the English Wikipedia, but they must meet the same standards of verifiability that is expected of any source.

When translating from the English Wikipedia into another language Wikipedia:


 * Remember that each language Wikipedia has its own norms and policies. Do not assume that what you learned from the English Wikipedia is acceptable on another language Wikipedia.
 * Be sure to find a topic that is well covered on the English Wikipedia and under developed or entirely missing from the Wikipedia into which you'd like to transalate.

It's the final week to develop your article.


 * Read 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!

Guiding questions

Week 12
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.