Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/UW Bothell/BWRIT135 Research Writing (Fall 2018)

This course introduces key concepts and strategies for research and argumentative writing using the theme of sustainability.

Assignment Description
For WikiProj Assign 1, you need to complete the following tasks:

Set up your Wikipedia account

 * 1) Go here to set up your Wikipedia account
 * 2) Click the button &quot;Sign Up with Wikipedia&quot;
 * 3) Create an account. Note: you do not need to use your real name. However, make sure you add an email address to your account, so that you can recover a forgotten password.
 * 4) Make sure you are enrolled in the course by clicking on the link in Step 1 above again. If you see a message that says &quot;you are already enrolled,&quot; then you have completed this part.

Complete WikiProj Assign 1 training module

 * 1) Complete WikiProj Assign 1 training modules on the course page linked above: Wikipedia Policies and How to Edit: Wikicode vs Visual Editor

Assignment Submission
Submit your Wikipedian user page URL to this assignment in the URL field. It looks like this:

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ianjporter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ianjporter (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. ]

Assignment Description
For this assignment, complete the WikiProj Assignment 2 training modules on our WikiEdu page:


 * 1) How to edit: Wikicode vs. Visual Editor
 * 2) Plagiarism

Assignment Submission
There is no submission for this assignment. I can see if you've completed the trainings through the Wikiedu.org dashboard.

Assignment Description
In preparation for this assignment, please read these two documents:


 * 1) Evaluating Wikipedia: The first document gives you information and criteria for evaluating a Wikipedia article.
 * 2) Using Talk Pages: The second document gives you information on using Talk pages to give feedback on an article to other contributors and editors.
 * 3) Editing Wikipedia:This handout will walk you through every aspect of contributing to Wikipedia.

For this assignment, complete the WikiProj Assignment 2 training modules on our WikiEdu page:


 * 1) Evaluate articles and sources
 * 2) Exercise: Evaluate Wikipedia -- NOTE: complete this exercise as prompted, including creating a section in your Sandbox called &quot;Article Evaluation&quot; and making notes based on your responses to the questions.

Please make sure you make at least five observations based on the question prompts in the slides &quot;Evaluating Content,&quot; &quot;Evaluating Tone,&quot; &quot;Evaluating Sources,&quot; &quot;Checking the Talk Page.&quot; You do not need to complete the Optional activity, but you are welcome to do it, if you want.

Assignment Submission
Submit the URL to your Sandbox page to the Canvas assignment.

Assignment Description
For this assignment, you have two main tasks:


 * 1) Complete the &quot;Finding Your Article&quot; training module in the Wikiedu.org website. Don't forget to use your evaluation skills that you learned in WikiProj Assign 3 to determine how an article can be improved.
 * 2) Identify three articles related to your topic that you can contribute to and help improve and explain how you can do so.

First, go to the Wikiedu page and complete the training module  &quot;Finding Your Article&quot; training module.

After you complete the training module, use what you learned about finding an article and search Wikipedia to find articles related to your research topic that you could improve.

In a document that you will submit to this assignment, complete the following tasks:


 * 1) Identify three articles you might want to contribute to and help improve. Write the article titles and provide links to the articles.
 * 2) For each article, briefly identify areas of improvement and what you would need to learn in your research process to help improve the article.

Assignment Submission
Submit the document to the Canvas assignment

Assignment Description
For this final assignment in the Wikipedia project, you should use the knowledge and skills you've gained about Wikipedia (everything from its principles, to how to edit an article and add citations), as well as the knowledge you've gained about your research topic, to contribute to at least one Wikipedia article.

To receive credit for this assignment, your contribution should be substantive, meaning you should add new, well-sourced information to an existing article. Your contribution to Wikipedia should amount to at least one paragraph. There are two options to accomplish this goal (choose one):


 * 1) Identify one Wikipedia article and contribute one small paragraph (3-5 sentences) with at least one citation for the information provided, OR
 * 2) Identify two to three Wikipedia articles and contribute at least one complete sentence to each article and with at least one citation for each article.

Assignment Process
Follow these steps to complete the assignment


 * 1) Complete the training modules in the Wikiedu.org website under WikiProj Assignment 5.
 * 2) Review the training modules related to editing wiki articles, in case you forgot some of the basics.
 * 3) Return to the articles you identified in WikiProj Assign 4. Note: you can identify one or a few new articles, if you are no longer interested in contributing to the articles identified in the last assignment.
 * 4) Follow the processes outlined in the training modules on Drafting in the sandbox and Moving work out of the sandbox.
 * 5) Edit one or a few Wikipedia articles following those guidelines. Note: you must provide at least two source citations in your contribution(s) to Wikipedia.
 * 6) Next, to show the changes you've made, you need to:
 * 7) Go to the View History tab for the article(s) (next to the View and Edit tabs near the top of the page)
 * 8) Then, click Compare Selected Revisions button (which should compare the edit you just made to the previous version of the page without your contribution). The page should look like this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3AIanjporter&type=revision&diff=802527078&oldid=802527034
 * 9) Cut and paste the URL to that Difference Between Revisions page (it should look like that URL pasted above) to this assignment's URL submission field.
 * 10) NOTE: if you have multiple edits, then use the Text Entry field to add multiple URLs.