Editing Online Communities (UW COM481 Spring 2024)
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'''(1)''' First, complete the online training topics for week 2 in the [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/Online_Communities_(Spring) the class WikiEdu dashboard]. | '''(1)''' First, complete the online training topics for week 2 in the [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/Online_Communities_(Spring) the class WikiEdu dashboard]. | ||
'''(2)''' Second, to practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to me and at least one classmate on Wikipedia (it can be anybody) using their talk page (not your own talk page!). My username is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Khascall | '''(2)''' Second, to practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to me and at least one classmate on Wikipedia (it can be anybody) using their talk page (not your own talk page!). My username is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Khascall Kaylea Champion] and you can find a list of all of your classmates on the [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/Online_Communities_(Spring)/students WikiEdu class page]. | ||
'''(3)''' Third, choose 3-5 possible articles in Wikipedia that you would like to significantly expand and improve. The WikiEdu module will walk you through sketching some brief notes on changes you might make; the next step will have you dig more deeply into a single article. | '''(3)''' Third, choose 3-5 possible articles in Wikipedia that you would like to significantly expand and improve. The WikiEdu module will walk you through sketching some brief notes on changes you might make; the next step will have you dig more deeply into a single article. | ||
Please choose an article that is as short and simple as possible and I ''strongly'' recommend that you choose a "stub" article on Wikipedia. Because some people are going to start with articles that are better than others, we're going to assess you on the amount to which you can improve the article—not on the final state of the article. | |||
You can find a list of Stub articles arranged by topic here (there are literally ''millions''): | You can find a list of Stub articles arranged by topic here (there are literally ''millions''): | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles Requested Articles] — This is a list of articles that others have asked to be created. It is sorted into categories and sub-categories. When you're looking at the list, remember that it's possible that somebody else has "gotten" to them first and forgot to remove it. Remember that a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Red_link red link] indicates that there is no page with that name. | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles Requested Articles] — This is a list of articles that others have asked to be created. It is sorted into categories and sub-categories. When you're looking at the list, remember that it's possible that somebody else has "gotten" to them first and forgot to remove it. Remember that a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Red_link red link] indicates that there is no page with that name. | ||
When you're done | When you're done selecting an article, you'll see that there is a "'''Choose your article'''" exercise on the WikiEdu dashboard that will end with you being prompted to fill out a page on Wikipedia with a list of articles you want to work on. You only need to fill out the top option but it might be nice to list a few options in order of preferences. The page will ask for "Evaluation" and "Sources" but we're going to get to this in the next step so you can just leave this blank and just list the articles. | ||
<!-- You should fill out [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MyPage/Choose_an_Article?veaction=edit&preload=Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org_choose_article this form which will justify your selection in a new "private" page on Wikipedia].---> | <!-- You should fill out [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MyPage/Choose_an_Article?veaction=edit&preload=Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org_choose_article this form which will justify your selection in a new "private" page on Wikipedia].---> | ||