Wikipedia:Writing Wikipedia Articles course/Week 6

Week of 10 September 2013 (Class #6 -- final class)


 * Click here to join us for class (Tuesday) and lab (Thursday)
 * Live notes on Etherpad: etherpad.wikimedia.org/WIKISOO3

Week 6: Final class session
Our students have been making great strides with their final projects! We hope you are all following the course discussion page, where many interesting ideas, questions, and developments keep coming up. Of particular note is an idea Litjade has been discussing: how to best outline and connect the various related concepts and articles relating to open education and open educational resources.

In addition, we're pleased to announce an additional guest, who we were unable to coordinate with for our "roundtable" sessions. Join us to learn who the mystery guest will be! (Or check back here soon :)

Our focus for Week 6 will be twofold:
 * Helping you cross the finish line with your final project; we will be devoting more time to questions and discussion than we typically do in class sessions
 * Helping you find ways to remain engaged with Wikipedia: how to find, join, and get engaged with a WikiProject; how to find local Wikipedians to work with; how to help your peers get involved with Wikipedia (or at least appreciate the value of your contributions!)

Since so many of you have taken on significant projects, we would also like to discuss a possible future date for an informal "reunion" session. Would you like to watch for further feedback on your article, and discuss it with your fellow classmates? Perhaps a month from now? Let's discuss!

Lab session
Are you still wrapping up your final project, or looking for ways to stay engaged with Wikipedia going forward? Please join us for our final lab session Thursday (same time as class time, 15:00 UTC). And as always, post any comments or questions on our class discussion page: WT:WIKISOO.

Week 5 Homework
Do:

You should be finishing your final project this week. Do you feel that your article has advanced at least one level on the article quality scale? Have you accumulated at least 200 edits on Wikipedia? If so, submit your project for the WIKISOO Burba Badge!
 * How many edits (changes) have you accumulated on Wikipedia? Check out your user contributions page. At the very bottom of the page, you will find a link that says "Edit count." (Here is a direct link to the tool.) This will give you an exact number.
 * To apply for the badge, visit this page and click the green button that says "Submit a project for this badge". When you submit, you will need to describe your project. Please be sure to make reference to theWikipedia quality assessment scale. What state was the article in when you found it? What status do you think the article has achieved now, and why? Please be specific and if you like, use diffs to help describe your work. Did you add 10 independent citations? Remove unsubstantiated claims? Add images? Create new sections? Engage with other users on the talk page? Please give us an overview of what you contributed to the article, and what you learned from the process. We look forward to seeing your submissions!
 * When is it due? We expect students to submit their final projects for the badge by the end of the day (whenever that is in your time zone) Friday. But if for some reason you do not feel it is complete, feel free to submit your project at a later date. We look forward to seeing your work whenever it is complete!