Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)/Psychology 220A (Fall, 2013)/Timeline

Week 1

 * Sign up for this course. You will have to have a Wikipedia account first, and you can get one through the APS-Wikipedia page.

Week 2

 * By the start of this week, I should be able to see all enrolled students listed at the Wikipedia site for this course. Read the introductory materials (provided at the site) about: what makes a good Wikipedia article, how to compose and edit existing articles, etc.

Week 3

 * Choose a topic. There are two paths to follow here.
 * 1) Compose a new article on a topic that is not yet represented at Wikipedia.
 * 2) Revise an existing article on Wikipedia that does not adequately represent a topic in social psychology. To this end, the APS portal to Wikipedia contains a list of articles on psychology topics that have been judged as needing extensive revision and expansion.


 * You need to get my approval for your topic before proceeding. You can do this by sending me an email telling me your topic and why you chose it, and waiting for a reply from me that says “Fine.” Feel free to choose a topic in which you have a personal stake.

Week 4

 * Establish a Sandbox from which to edit or create your chosen article.

Week 5 through week 7

 * Be writing and editing in the Sandbox.

Week 8

 * All students MUST move their material live by the start of this week, but you may go live earlier than this. At this point, your entry will be eligible to receive feedback from other real people around the world – exciting!

Week 9

 * Submit your article to Wikipedia's "Did You Know?" feature. Try to get "Good Article" status. Not all will be accepted of course, and that's okay. Extra points if yours gets in, though.

Week 10

 * Finalize your work on the article.

Week 11

 * By 10:00 am, December 9, everyone should send me a link to their article on Wikipedia, along with a brief description of how the article has been received so far (i.e., did you get feedback already?). I will read and grade what I find there.

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