Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Wake Forest University/LIB100 Accessing Information in the 21st Century (Summer 2016)

This seven and a half week course provides a basic understanding of concepts in the research process, enabling students to identify appropriate strategies for filling the information need. The course explores the broad array of information sources in various formats and disciplines, and emphasizes the organization, efficient retrieval, and critical evaluation of electronic and print information.

Week 1

 * In LIB100, we will be creating a Wikipedia entry for Katharine Smith Reynolds, whose vision led to the construction of the Reynolda House, which sits south of campus.


 * Complete the introductory training modules linked below. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

Handouts:  Editing Wikipedia, Evaluating Wikipedia

Week 2

 * Just like in academic writing, we'll want to be careful about direct quoting and close paraphrasing on Wikipedia.

Handouts: and

Add to Katharine's Draft Page 


 * Add 1 source to the bibliography. Add this relevant, reliable source on the talk page of the Katharine Smith Reynolds page. Make sure to check in on the talk page (or watchlist) to see if anyone has advice on your bibliography.
 * Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to Katharine's Draft Wikipedia page.

Website: Katharine's Draft Page

Week 3
Add More to Katharine's Draft Page


 * Contribute one paragraph to your assigned section of Katharine's draft page
 * Reminders:
 * Be sure to write in encyclopedia style
 * Cite your sources by following Wikipedia's guidelines for footnoting and adding sources to the References section


 * Together, we'll move Katharine's page out of draft mode and into Wikipedia's main space.
 * A general reminder: Don't panic if your contribution disappears, and don't try to force it back in.
 * Check to see if there is an explanation of the edit on the article's talk page. If not, (politely) ask why it was removed.
 * Contact your instructor or Wikipedia Content Expert and let them know.

Webpage: Wikipedia Drafts[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moving_out_of_your_sandbox.pdf ]

Week 4

 * Together in class, we will find images for Katharine's page and add those images to our Wikipedia article.

Resources: Illustrating Wikipedia and [http://wikiedu.org/evaluatingwikipedia Evaluating Wikipedia ]

Complete first draft


 * Expand your sections of Katharine's Wikipedia page into a complete first draft.

Week 5

 * Open discussion of the concepts of neutrality, media literacy, and the impact and limits of Wikipedia.


 * Continue discussing how the articles can be further improved. Come up with improvement goals the Katharine article for next week.

Week 6
Final Article


 * Add final touches to Katharine's Wikipedia article.

Handout: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polishing_your_articles.pdf Polishing your article ]