Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/SUNY Plattsburgh/Cell Biology with Lab, Bio 401 (Fall 2017)

Cell Biology with Lab, Bio 401, Fall 2017, SUNY Plattsburgh

Week 1
Orientation to what Wikipedia is and the basics of how it is used.

You need to sign up on Wikipedia, (decide on whether you want to be anonymous or not) and to have finished the first three training modules.

1 point for setting up your account, 3 points for each training module finished.

Set up your Wikipedia account.

Week 2
Evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to cell biology in your sandbox and include a section that you think would be helpful to put on the article's talk page. This could be the article that you chose to edit in the final assignment.


 * 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 * Is any information out of date?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?

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Find and critique an article.

Week 3
Work on your critique IN YOUR SANDBOX and tell me when it is done so that I can take a look. I will email you my comments and suggestions.

Week 4
Is it useful enough to go onto the article's Talk page? If yes, AND you have incorporated feedback from your fact checker and proof reader then be bold and post your critique on your articles talk page!

The next step is to start on your article edit.


 * Add at least one paragraph of new information to a Wikipedia article related to the class (try &quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cell_biology_stubs&quot; for ideas). They must be backed up with 3 citations minimum to the best appropriate scientific sources.
 * You will work with a team of three. The other two must fact check and proofread for you and you must fact check or proof read for the others as needed.
 * Each of you must do your own article for your own separate grade.
 * You must fulfill your group role or points will be deducted (your group will be surveyed).
 * Post your first contribution on the article page by Oct. 20th (after fact checker and proof reader input).
 * Do the training modules below if you are thinking about a medical topic and/or about adding an image. Medical topics are frowned upon, but images are smiled on!

Critique due

Find article and begin editing

Week 5

 * Add at least one paragraph of new information to a Wikipedia article related to the class (try &quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cell_biology_stubs&quot; for ideas). They must be backed up with 3 citations minimum to the best  appropraite scientific sources.
 * You will work with a team of three. The other two must fact check and proofread for you and you must fact check or proof read for the others as needed.
 * Each of you must do your own article for your own separate grade.
 * You must fulfill your group role or points will be deducted (your group will be surveyed).
 * Post your first contribution on the article page by Nov. 4th.

Week 6
Work on your article. Do not be afraid to seek help from any and all sources!

Post your initial edit to the article

Week 7

 * Respond to comments and edits by other editors and bots.
 * Rewrite/expand and improve your contribution
 * Comment on your classmates' contributions (you will be assigned two).
 * You will graded on how well you interact with the community.
 * politeness and civility
 * using reason and sources to back your position
 * standing up for making it right, not caving in and giving up
 * avoiding edit wars
 * handling trolls/abuse

Week 11
Final points awarded for:


 * Quality of the final contribution (40 points)
 * grammar/writing style and quality (10)
 * factually correct/proper citations (10)
 * significance of contribution, how much did you improve the article? (20)
 * Feedback on your team contribution, your role as fact checker and/or proof reader  (10 points)

Final posted version to be graded