Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Idaho/Astronomy Lab (Fall 2016)

This project is a one-week lab session which every student is expected to complete.

Week 1
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your lab today. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the &quot;Get Help&quot; button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:


 * Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia


 * Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
 * It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
 * When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.

It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.

To start, select an article from the following link. Feel free to dive into any sub-categories and review the article lists there as well. When you select an article, go to the Articles tab above and assign yourself your article topic. If you are working in pairs, each of you should assign yourself the article.


 * Category:Astronomy stubs


 * Complete the &quot;Evaluating Articles and Sources&quot; training (linked below).
 * Create a section in your sandbox space called &quot;Article critique&quot; and leave your notes from this section of the assignment there.
 * After you've chosen an article, consider the following questions (but 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 * Is any information out of date?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?
 * Choose at least 2 questions relevant to the article you're evaluating. Leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — MarlanUI (talk) 18:04, 27 November 2016 (UTC).

Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation or two to your article.


 * Using the skills you learned in the critique project above, figure out what you would add to improve your article and draft you contribution in your sandbox space.
 * When you're ready to move your contribution live, take the sandboxes and mainspace training below.
 * You contribution should include 2-5 sentences with citations to 1-3 new sources.

Read through your article, thinking about ways to improve the language, such as fixing grammatical mistakes. Then, make the appropriate changes. You don’t need to contribute new information at this time.

You'll want to find or create an appropriate photo, illustration, or piece of video/audio to add to your article.


 * Before you start, review the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook, or see Editing Wikipedia pages 10–11.
 * When you've reviewed those pages, take the training linked below.
 * When you're ready to start finding images, remember: Never grab images you find through an image search, or those found on Instagram, Tumblr, Reddit, Imgur, or even so-called &quot;Free image&quot; or &quot;free stock photo&quot; websites. Instead, you'll want to find images with clear proof that the creator has given permission to use their work. Many of these images can be found on search.creativecommons.org.
 * Don't just upload an image to Wikipedia. Instead, upload it to Wikipedia's sister site for images, Wikimedia Commons. For instructions, read through the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook.

Week 2
Use the indoor lab report format for this lab.

In the main body of the report, mention what you did in parts 3-6. Name which article you critiqued and the motives for your critique. Name which article you contributed to and how you found good sources to cite. If you were able to make any copyediting contributions, mention which article you did these for. If you added an illustration to an article, name the article and describe the procedure you used to make this contribution.

Rather than turning in a hard copy of this lab report, email it instead: ahea2474@undefinedvandals.uidaho.edu.