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==== Wikipedia Task #3 ==== ;Task: Compile research and write draft ;Due Date: Friday October 16 ;Deliverables: Make contributions in Wikipedia and [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/Interpersonal_Media_(Fall_2020) the class WikiEdu dashboard] # Complete online trainings for week 3 # Compile a bibliography of relevant research. # Write a 2-3 paragraph summary version of your article—with citations—in your Wikipedia sandbox. # Add the URL For your sandboxed article to yourself on [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/Interpersonal_Media_(Fall_2020) the course WikiEdu page] by clicking the assign article button next to your name and assigning the URL for your sandbox to yourself. You will need to make sure you have assigned your article to yourself in the [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/Interpersonal_Media_(Fall_2020) dashboard]. You can do so by (a) going to the WikiEdu course homepage, (b) finding the section entitled ''My Articles'', (c) clicking on ''Assign myself an article'', and (d) entering the article title as shown in Wikipedia and click ''Assign''. Once you have selected an article to work on, the "My Articles" section will show you a number of steps and links. The two links to focus on right now are the bibliography and article sandbox which correspond to the two key tasks above. You will need to: # Add the sources that you've found to the bibliography page which will be created when you click on the "bibliography" link. As a reminder, while academic sources are the "gold standard", match your citations with the content. If your article is about a movie star, you will likely be citing interviews that were published in magazines or on the radio. Try to vary the types of sources and select the more notable ones. Additionally, if you are having difficulty finding sources, reach out to [https://www.lib.washington.edu/about/contact a reference librarian]. they are a great resource! # Create a copy of the current page in your sandbox through the following steps: ## open the article sandbox and the article itself in two separate tabs ## in the article tab click ''Edit'' ## change to ''Source editing'' mode by clicking the pencil icon in the top right ## select all of the "wikimarkup" (Article content code) and copy it ## click the ''Create'' tab on the article sandbox ## paste the cloned/copied content over ## click "Publish page" # Begin editing, drafting, and generally improving the article sandbox page! In general, you should refer to the [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Editing_Wikipedia_brochure_%28Wiki_Education_Foundation%29_%282017%29.pdf WikiEd Foundation's guide to editing] which I've found extremely useful. Because the nuts-and-bolts of completing this is complicated, I've made a short screencast that walks through through the process: * [https://uw.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=bcfae89e-9d0a-46ed-8b3d-ac550182156a Screencast of Wikipedia Task #3] (Requires Canvas access)
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