Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Saint Joseph's College of Maine/Historical Methods (Fall)

Students will submit Wikipedia articles on missing topics from our research project regarding &quot;Typhoid Mary&quot; Mallon's visit to (and epidemic started in) Maine.

Week 13




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.

Be sure to have signed up for your own Wikipedia account.

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

Choose your topic / Find your sources

 

Choose your topic / Find your sources




It's time to choose an article and assign it to yourself.  Review page 6 of your Editing Wikipedia guidebook. Find an article from the list of &quot;Available Articles&quot; on the Articles tab on this course page. When you find the one you want to work on, click Select to assign it to yourself. In your sandbox, write a few sentences about what you plan to contribute to the selected article.  Think back to when you did an article critique. What can you add? Post some of your ideas to the article's talk page. <li>Compile a list of relevant, reliable books, journal articles, or other sources. Post that bibliography to the talk page of the article you'll be working on, and in your sandbox. Make sure to check in on the Talk page to see if anyone has advice on your bibliography.</li></ul> </li></ul>

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Biographies

History

Week 14
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You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing.

Creating a new article?


 * Write an outline of that topic in the form of a standard Wikipedia article's &quot;lead section.&quot; Write it in your sandbox.
 * A &quot;lead&quot; section is not a traditional introduction. It should summarize, very briefly, what the rest of the article will say in detail. The first paragraph should include important, broad facts about the subject. A good example is Ada Lovelace. See Editing Wikipedia page 9 for more ideas.

Improving an existing article?


 * Identify what's missing from the current form of the article. Think back to the skills you learned while critiquing an article. Make notes for improvement in your sandbox.

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Keep reading your sources, too, as you prepare to write the body of the article.

Resources: Editing Wikipedia

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<ul> <li>Keep working on transforming your article into a complete first draft. Get draft ready for peer-review.</li> <li>If you'd like a Content Expert to review your draft, now is the time! Click the &quot;Get Help&quot; button in your sandbox to request notes.</li> <li>Other editors may be reviewing your work, so look for their comments! Be sure to acknowledge feedback from other Wikipedians.</li> <li>As you review, make spelling, grammar, and other adjustments. Pay attention to the tone of the article. Is it encyclopedic? <div class="block__edit-container">

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Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Week 15
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.

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!

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