Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of California, San Francisco/Expanding WikiProject Medicine (Fall Block 3)

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

 * Overview of the course
 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
 * Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.

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Handout: Editing Wikipedia


 * 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.

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Resources: Online Training for Students

By the end of class on Tues 10/27, we will select whose work you will provide a peer-review of. You may arrange swaps as you like but you must finalize the list by the end of the day on Tues 10/27.

On Thurs 10/29 @undefined noon Amin and/or Whit will be available for &quot;office hour&quot; to help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work. Bring your lunch and make it an &quot;edit-a-thon!&quot; This will be at Amin's office (LP-156).

By the end of the day on Fri 10/30, post your Workplan to our UCSF CLE course. So that you can engage with the Wikipedian community members who are interested &amp; actively following your article, consider also posting your Workplan on the talk page of your selected Wikipedia article. 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.
 * Evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
 * 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,

Week 2

 * 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.

On Thurs 11/5 @undefined noon Amin and/or Whit will be available for &quot;office hour&quot; to help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work. Bring your lunch and make it an &quot;edit-a-thon!&quot; This will be at Amin's office (LP-156).

Week 3
On Thurs 11/12 @undefined noon Amin and/or Whit will be available for &quot;office hour&quot; to help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work. Bring your lunch and make it an &quot;edit-a-thon!&quot; This will be at Amin's office (LP-156).

Please perform peer reviews beginning on November 6. * Post your Review to our UCSF CLE course AS WELL AS to the talk page of the article you are reviewing. * Aim for finishing your peer review BEFORE Friday November 13! * What should a peer-review look like? During our discussion in class on 10/27, we will define specific attributes we will itemize here.

How to conduct peer review? * Read their article * Look at their talk page &quot;consensus opinions&quot; * Read their goals document * Break up review into the sections/categories * from the student tutorial * pretend you are a non medical person * look at wikiproject:medicine for guidelines * Enlist non-MD friends, family, colleagues to read

Due by Nov 13, Friday on talk page

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

On Fri 11/20 we will convene for a 2 hour google hangout to share accomplishments and discuss lessons learned. Final presentations will be structured as follows: round robin &quot;reports&quot; (maximum of 5 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 google hanout 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