Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of California, San Francisco/Expanding WikiProject Medicine

Admit it! You use Wikipedia extensively. Who doesn't? But do you use it for medical information? Your patients do! So if Wikipedia is the most widely used medical reference in the world, and the third most visited medical reference in the US, why not be a part of increasing the quality of reliable information there by becoming a WikiProject Medicine editor? This course will teach you how.

Week 1
Monday 2/27: Mission Hall, room 1407


 * Overview of the course
 * Understanding Wikipedia as a community
 * Overview of existing partnerships we're joining
 * Guest presentation by Helaine Blumenthal about Wiki Ed
 * Guest presentation by Marcus Banks about critical evaluation of sources
 * Guest presentation by Rishi Desai about Osmosis
 * Review of Evans &quot;Whit&quot; Whitaker's handout about information retrieval strategies and resources available to you at UCSF

Tues 2/28: Mission Hall, room 1405


 * Guest presentation by Val Swisher about Translators Without Borders, Acrolinx reports
 * Practice editing session together
 * Peer-review, expectations of productivity, WP-WIP's, etc.
 * Fieldtrip for tour of the Wikimedia Foundation headquarters (off-site: 149 New Montgomery St near Montgomery BART/Muni station)

Handout: Editing Wikipedia

Link to Evans Whitaker's library handouts:

2016 version:

https://ucsf.app.box.com/s/gp30spz58fhdp8xkbvv4h26kpnuv8xt5

2017 version:

https://ucsf.box.com/s/vzf1v20neoj8jxtbfnamnyyu1nzke8gq


 * Create an account and then complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

This is where we think specifically about how editing Wikipedia as a medical student might differ from editing as a &quot;lay person.&quot;

By 11am on Fri 3/3, post your final Workplan. So that you can engage with the Wikipedian community members who are interested &amp; actively following your article, post your Workplan on the talk page of your selected Wikipedia article. If you are working on a team, I want you to be explicit about what section(s) you will individually be responsible for. Consider explicitly declaring any/all of the following:


 * 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.
 * 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?
 * Which sections will I prioritize?
 * What resources do I intend to look up, and when?
 * How will I utilize the Acrolinx report that I will get for my article?
 * How will I decide what things (signs, symptoms, side-effects, etc.) to explicitly include? To explicitly exclude?
 * Will I also embed additional links to other Wiki pages?
 * How will I ensure I avoid &quot;doctor-speak&quot; and not use jargon?

Resources: Evaluating Wikipedia,

These activities will occur in Mission Hall 1405 with remote participation capacity

On Fri 3/3 from 11 - 12pm you will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin and/or Whit. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.

Also we will have a guest-faculty presentation as follows:

Zachary J. McDowell, PhD

Research Fellow

Wiki Education Foundation

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Week 2
This is to remind you that adding images to WP articles can be just as important as adding text. Here's the general information about doing that scope of work as part of your efforts:


 * Identify an article that would benefit from illustration, create or find an appropriate photo, illustration, or audio/video, and add it to the article.
 * All media uploaded to Wikipedia must fall under a &quot;free license,&quot; which means they can be used or shared by anyone. Examples of media you can use are photos that you take yourself, images and text in the public domain, and works created by someone else who has given permission for their work to be used by others. For more information about which types of media can be uploaded to Wikipedia, see Commons:Help desk.
 * To add a media file to an article, you must first upload it to Wikimedia Commons. For instructions on how to upload files to Commons, refer to Illustrating Wikipedia. This brochure will also provide you with detailed information about which files are acceptable to upload to Wikipedia and the value of contributing media to Wikipedia articles.

Based on our discussions on the first two days of class, it is my expectation that by Week 2 you will be editing your selected article(s) &quot;live&quot; on Wiki and not merely in your sandboxes!

These activities will occur in Mission Hall 1405 with remote participation capacity

On Fri 3/10 from 11 - 12pm you will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin and/or Whit. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.

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Week 3
These activities will occur in Mission Hall 1405 with remote participation capacity

On Thurs 3/16 @undefined 10 -11am (note earlier start time than prior WP-WIPs) you will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin and/or Whit. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.

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Please perform peer reviews beginning on Thurs 3/16


 * Post your Review to the talk page of the article you are reviewing.
 * Aim for finishing your peer review BEFORE Wed 3/22!
 * What should a peer-review look like? During our discussion in class on 2/28, we will define specific attributes we will itemize here.

'''How to conduct peer review? Themes/questions that emerged:'''


 * Make sure it's understandable to the indended WP audience
 * Make sure we include appropriate sources, mostly NOT primary literature.  But OK to use primary literature when there is no secondary literature
 * Also OK to use closed-access resources
 * Look at the workplan and compare/contrast to actual work done
 * Don't be harsh on your classmate
 * Spot check a few links to ensure links are not broken
 * Ensure structure of article flows understandably
 * Follow readability guidelines (no sentences longer than 26 words)
 * Lots of periods, few commas or semicolons
 * Consider reviewing prior students’ declaration of intended work, as well as prior students’ peer reviews.  All can be found on the talk pages of the articles they edited and peer-reviewed. Wide range in quality, but you can find all prior cycles of the elective here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/UCSF

How to respond to the peer-reviewer's comments?


 * Read the comments
 * Don't be salty-- follow WP etiquette
 * OK to ask for clarification
 * Prioritize things you think you have time to get to and that you think are most important to respond to
 * Do respond to some of the suggestions for improvement

Week 4
Use the final week of the course to respond to your peer-reviewer's suggestions. Additionally:


 * Leverage the Wikipedian community members who are interested in your article
 * Consider replying to the peer review directly on the talk page of your article
 * If you disagree with your peer reviewer, explain your rationale

These activities will occur in Mission Hall 1405 with remote participation capacity

On Thurs 3/22 from 10 - 11am you will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin and/or Whit. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.

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These activities will occur in Mission Hall 1405

On Thurs 3/23 @undefined 10 - 12pm we will convene for a 2 hour meeting to share accomplishments and discuss lessons learned. Final presentations will be structured as follows: round robin &quot;reports&quot; (maximum of 10 minutes each) from each of you as follows:


 * What did I accomplish this month (broad overview)?
 * What did I learn?
 * What will I take forward with me into the future?
 * Now in hindsight, is there anything I would have done differently?

We will conclude our meeting with a focus group about the elective overall. This will include:


 * Feedback about the guest consultants
 * Strategies for improvement for future cycles of the elective