Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Our course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

These two links are optional, but recommended reading. Suggestion: print these out, they're booklets.

• Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
• Evaluating Wikipedia

Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page using the enrollment link found on our Canvas site in Week 1 Overview  (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Milestones

You should come to class on April 6th with a username (remember your password).

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Assignment - Begin thinking about an article topic

Identifying an article you want to create or work on is up to you, but here are some places to start your search. 

Assignment - Add to an article

Complete:

Add a citation

Assignment - Copyedit an article

Assignment - Claim your article topic

It's time to claim your article topic. If you are undecided, setup a meeting to talk with Diana and/or Laurie and we can discuss and brainstorm.

(Optional) Review the rules for health topics

(Optional) Translating articles

Optional guide(s) to help you write articles in your topic area

Biographies

Books

Chemistry

Cultural Anthropology

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Films

Genes and Proteins

History

LGBT+ Studies

Linguistics

Medicine

Political Science

Psychology

Science Communication

Sociology

Species

Women's Studies

Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone is gathering information and working on their articles.

Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Assignment - Peer reviews are complete

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:

• Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
• Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact our Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Assignment - Reflective Essay Due

Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

• Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
• Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Milestones

Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia.