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==== Wikipedia Task #2 ==== ;Tasks: Choose and evaluate an article ;Due Date: Friday October 4 ;Deliverables: Make contributions in Wikipedia and [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/Online_Communities_(Fall_2024) 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_(Fall_2024) the class WikiEdu dashboard]. '''(2)''' Second, 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. Choose articles that are as short and simple as possible and I ''strongly'' recommend that you choose a <code>stub</code> 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 <code>stub</code> articles arranged by topic here (there are literally ''millions''): * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Stub_sorting/List_of_stubs List of Stubs] — This is an extremely long list of articles that are currently stubs and which is also sorted into categories and then subcategories. It might be a little bit out of date so be sure to click through before you decide on an article. <!-- If there is a topic you know you are interested in writing about that doesn't have an article, that is also possible but will be more difficult so we're recommending ''against'' that relatively strongly. If you're committed to doing that in any case, there are a few resources you might find helpful: * [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 looking at possible articles, 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. The page will ask for "Evaluation" and "Sources" -- jot down a few thoughts here. You'll do a comprehensive evaluation of one article in the next part of this task. '''(3)''' Third, you should evaluate an article. I recommend that you evaluate an article you plan to improve! After following the tutorial material on WikiEd about how to do an evaluation, you'll see that there is a corresponding exercise called "'''Evaluate Wikipedia'''" in the WikiEdu dashboard that you should complete. If you run into any trouble, find the teaching team in the Discord ''well in advance of the deadline''! '''Note:''' When you do the WikiEd tasks, you will be asked to fill out two pages/forms in Wikipedia: (i) choose an article, and (ii) evaluate an article. When you do the first one on choosing an article, you can skip the part of the "choose an article" form that asks for an "article evaluation" of each potential article since you will come back do a more thorough version of the same task in the next part of this assignment.
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