Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Wisconsin-La Crosse/CST 350 Organizational Communication 924 (Spring 2018)

Analysis of traditional and contemporary theories of communication in the context of modern complex organizations. Emphasis is placed on how communication serves to create and recreate formal and informal organizational structures. Particular attention is paid to the theoretical approaches to organizational communication that can be used to describe, analyze, and offer solutions to organizational problems.

Week 1

 * Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Please note that this timeline is for the Wikipedia assignment only; please consult your instructor and/or syllabus for other course assignments and due dates.

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


 * At the completion of this project you will have:
 * Increased your digital literacy
 * Developed your critical research skills
 * Practices group collaboration with your peers and other Wikipedia scholars
 * Learned to convey academic research and facts to a non-expert audience
 * Practice writing from a neutral point of view
 * Helped combat fake news on the internet.

Week 2
Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (To avoid hitting Wikipedia's account creation limits, this is best done outside of class. Only 6 new accounts may be created per day from the same IP address.)


 * The username that you use to create your account will be your public name--choose wisely!

Complete Wikipedia Essentials training.

Week 3
Complete the following trainings


 * Editing Basics
 * Evaluating Articles and Sources
 * Plagiarism

When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to your instructor on the instructor's talk page

Week 4
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You will evaluate the Wikipedia article that your group has been assigned and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.


 * As you read, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these):
 * 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?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * Leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Weaver.christina (talk) 18:51, 10 April 2018 (UTC).

Week 6
Complete the following trainings


 * Sandboxes and Mainspace
 * Sources and Citations


 * Make sure everyone in the group is assigned to the same Wikipedia article on the Students' tab of this course page
 * Select one group member whose Sandbox space you will all share to draft your article.  Each person should link to that shared Sandbox from their own Sandbox page.  A sandbox is like any other page on Wikipedia, and anyone can edit it.
 * Wikipedia doesn't allow multiple people to edit from different devices at the same time. If you are working together in person, one person should add the work to the Sandbox. If you are all working independently, make small edits and save often to avoid &quot;editing conflicts&quot; with classmates.
 * Make sure that you are logged in under your own Wikipedia account while editing in your classmate's sandbox to ensure your edits are recorded.
 * Don't create a group account for your project.  Group accounts are prohibited.

When you finish the trainings, decide on a sandbox to use for this project. Then each group member should take their article summary from Week 4 and add it to the group's sandbox.

Week 7
This week your group should:


 * Make basic edits to your article (clean up the document--punctuation, spelling, grammar, sentence fragments, etc.)
 * The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement.
 * Find 10 current sources that you will be able to use for your article; list these sources in your group's sandbox.

Week 8

 * As a group, make moderate edits to your article such as fixing existing sources, making sure all links are live, and revising existing material
 * Draft new content in group's sandbox
 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 12 to see how to create links from your article to others, and from other articles to your own. Try to link to 3–5 articles, and link to your article from 2–3 other articles.

Week 9
Continue editing your article and working on your sandbox draft. Do additional research as necessary.

If you would like a Content Expert to review your draft, now is the time. Click the &quot;Get Help&quot; button in your group sandbox to request notes.

Week 10
Complete the following training


 * Peer Review

Complete your assigned peer evaluation and provide constructive criticism.

Week 11
You have feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article.


 * Return to your article draft in your group's sandbox and think about the suggestions provided. Reach out to your instructor or your Content Expert if you have any questions.
 * Continue improving article draft.
 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your article.

Week 12
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the &quot;mainspace.&quot;


 * '''Remember:

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 * NEVER copy and paste your draft of an article over the entire article. Instead, edit small sections at a time.
 * Copy your edits into the article. Make many small edits, saving each time, and leaving an edit summary. Never replace more than one to two sentences without saving!
 * Be sure to copy text from your sandbox while the sandbox page is in 'Edit' mode. This ensures that the formatting is transferred correctly.


 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 13, and follow those steps to move your article from your Sandbox to Mainspace.
 * You can also review the Sandboxes and Mainspace online training.