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Take a look at Alexa's web traffic statistics on Wikipedia - it's the 5th most visited site in the world. Local and global evidence confirms that patients, students, and health professionals use Wikipedia to access health information. So as you improve your own skills, we ask you to improve the information available to everyone, In this assignment, you will learn locally while contributing globally.
this will officially "assign" it you within the system
Review the following 2 handouts that step the student editor through the Wikipedia editing process in general and specific to medicine topics. These are excellent references to use (and to return to) throughout the project.
Review tutorials created in 2015 by UCSF alumnus, Mike DeGuia, PharmD and designed specifically for UCSF pharmacy students, and additional resources
Note that any dates mentioned in Mike's videos do not apply to the current assignment.
Add questions to the in-class Google doc using this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wNefax_Eyhoj9xvKiK0jtoaCOsJgcL01sg5m7ZsYvOQ/edit?usp=sharing
Or this one:
http://bit(.)ly/2yaz4Es (same document, shorter link)
(Selfies uploaded to CLE)
Students are referred to the additional training modules linked here.
By 18 October 2017, at 9:00am, post your proposed edits to your chosen article's Talk page. Your post should indicate what parts of the page your group members will be working to improve.
This will confirm your focus and provide guidance to the peer reviewer group on the goals of your edits.
This video provides a screenshot example of editing in a sandbox and then moving the edits from your sandbox to an article.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNtaefBjZlI&feature=youtu.be
UPCOMING DEADLINE ALERT: By 30 October 2017 at 9:00am, your group's edits should be available in the main Wikipedia page space and ready for peer review by other students and the wider Wikipedia community.
By 30 October 2017, at 9:00am, you should post the first draft of the edits to your chosen Wikipedia article. They should be visible on the article itself (not in a sandbox) so that they can be peer reviewed by other students and the wider Wikipedia community.
As a group, perform peer review of the group you have been assigned, commenting on the quality of the edits themselves, and then individually paste/respond to the following prompts on the Talk page of that group's chosen Wikipedia article:
If not, specify…
This is your opportunity to revise your submissions based on the feedback from your CP 133 colleagues and the wider Wikipedia community.
After responding to the peer reviews your group has received on your article's talk page, and incorporating the suggestions your received (or explaining why you did not do so), upload the final edits to your group's chosen Wikipedia article.
Grading rubric:
The authorship survey is available on CLE (not on this Wiki Ed page or in Wikipedia.)
The
authorship criteria are based on those used (either exactly or adapted slightly) by most journals. They key points are that authorship is based on the following 4 criteria:
Extra credit if your changes have not been removed by another Wikipedia member since posting.