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The purpose of this 6-week Wikipedia Extra Credit assignment for our Research Process and Methodology #SPSRPM course is for students to take what they learn through critical reading and analysis of the literature and share it in an open and accessible way with others interested in the same area of interest.
This comes from a belief that knowledge sharing, like karma, benefits both sharer and receiver. As the primary deliverable of the Research Process and Methodology course is the identification of a researchable problem, a research question, and a literature review, sharing our depth of knowledge with a wider community benefits our credibility as developing experts in our own areas of interest.
Complete the 3 parts to this week's assignment (in order); they will lay the foundation for your work within Wikipedia. Please read this assignment in its entirety before starting it. While this is extra credit, the final date this work will be accepted for this course will be 2/15.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR WEEK 1
By the end of Week 1, students will be able to:
- Identify Wikipedia fundamentals of editing and evaluating
- Create their own Wikipedia account
- Construct their own User page, Talk page, and Sandbox
- Post and sign a new section check-in message on the professor's Talk page
These first 4 steps in this extra credit course will establish your presence on Wikipedia and introduce you to the democratic processes used here that are open to all.
1. Introduction to the Wikipedia Extra Credit
Welcome to our Wikipedia Extra Credit course! While Wikipedia is free and open to everybody to use and edit, getting a handle on it takes some effort. However, the benefits likely far outweigh the efforts, so pace yourself and realize all this will take a little time to get the hang of.
Our course has been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page for anything related to how Wikipedia works or hurdles we confront. This person works on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, and it is this person's role to help us with things that we get stuck on. Likewise, email the professor through the university email / course system or via the professor's Talk page for any questions about this extra credit at any time during (or after!) our six weeks together.
While all things on Wikipedia are intended to be open and public, your name and contact information will not be available to anybody except the professor and the Wikipedia Content Expert. In the world of Wikipedia editing, you will be known and respected by your contributions and edits, and not by your name, title, or other personally-identifiable information. To this point, the professor uses the Wikipedia username FULBERT.
To get started, please read the following two documents:
HINT:
You may want to right-click on all the links listed on this page and open them in a new browser tab so you do not lose your place here. Likewise, you may want to bookmark this page in your web browser.
2. Create your Wikipedia account
Create a Wikipedia account using any user name you want and join this course page, using the enrollment link above. It is not easy to change your user name once created, so consider if you should use your real name or any other user name you wish to use (consider FERPA and any potential work requirements). Avoid using a username that makes you appear like a company to avoid administrators freezing your account (only people can have accounts on Wikipedia, not companies).
You MUST be logged into Wikipedia for all subsequent work related to this extra credit assignment AND should be logged on via this page's Wiki Education course dashboard (via the link in NYU Classes).
OPTIONAL:
The Wikipedia editing in under 25 mins video is an excellent introduction to the work we will be doing in this extra credit assignment. PLEASE VIEW IT.
You may want to create your Wikipedia account user name and earn badges through completing the online The Wikipedia Adventure. People have reported that using this free online training module is helpful in learning the system, and the badges you will acquire through the process may look pretty nifty on your User page as well!
3. Get started on Wikipedia
It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you need to take (don't worry, they are short, easy, and do not have to be done all in a single sitting).
When you finish the two Training modules, you should then be able to edit within Wikipedia. Create a new section and introduce yourself on the professor's FULBERT Talk page. Make sure each assignment starts with its own new section at the bottom of the Talk page and mentions which assignment / user it is. Be sure to sign all your Talk page comments with " LanceLam (talk) 03:12, 8 March 2018 (UTC) " (that will stamp your entries with your username and time/date).
OPTIONAL:
You may find some additional resources on Using talk pages and the Wiki markup cheatsheet helpful, along with the short video Navigating Wikipedia's front page.
HINT:
While this extra credit is intended to be done weekly, allowing for questions to be asked and answered, you can move faster or slower through it as you need. However, any sessions you complete must be done sequentially.
4. Wikipedia Preferences
Make sure in your Wikipedia account Preferences you enter an email address in Preferences > User profile > Email options (and turn all the options on so you will get notifications) AND in Preferences > Notifications you select all of them via Web and Email as they happen. Without making sure this happens, you will not be alerted to system or user (or my) notices through the system.
Please review that you completed all 3 parts of the assignment (meeting the 4 Learning Objectives) in order to receive the extra credit for Week 1.
Complete the 5 parts to this week's assignment (in order). This will lay the foundation for your work within Wikipedia. Please read this assignment in its entirety before starting it. While this is extra credit, the final date this work will be accepted for this course will be 2/15.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR WEEK 2
By the end of Week 2, students will be able to:
- Critically read and evaluate a Wikipedia article related to their area of interest
- Write a brief review of a Wikipedia article in their in their own sandbox
- Post and sign a new section message on the professor's Talk page with a link to their edit
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
HINT:
You may want to see the Preferences, such as for notifications and appearance, for your Wikipedia account. Set them as you want, and make sure you are logged in before doing any activity!
Please review that you completed all 5 parts of the assignment (meeting the 3 Learning Objectives) in order to receive the extra credit for Week 2.
Complete the 5 parts to this week's assignment. Make sure you are signed into Wikipedia before doing any of the work. Please read this assignment in its entirety before starting it. While this is extra credit, the final date this work will be accepted for this course will be 3/1.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR WEEK 3
By the end of Week 3, students will be able to:
- Complete at least one copyedit to an article on Wikipedia
- Summarize their edit in the Edit summary (and sign it if using the Source editor)
- Post and sign a new section message on the professor's Talk page with a link to their edit
Now it is time to actually edit (fix or improve) Wikipedia articles that can benefit from your reading and knowledge!
HINT:
While our university course uses the APA Manual of Style, that is not used on Wikipedia. You may find the Wikipedia Manual of Style helpful.
If you did not see the Using talk pages and the Wiki markup cheatsheet during the first week, now may be a good time to see them...
OPTIONAL:
You may want to put a This is a new user template, Newbie-biting template, and / or User student template on your own User page.
Please review that you completed all 5 parts of the assignment (meeting the 3 Learning Objectives) in order to receive the extra credit for Week 3.
Complete the 5 parts to this week's assignment. Make sure you are signed into Wikipedia before doing any of the work. Please read this assignment in its entirety before starting it. While this is extra credit, the final date this work will be accepted for this course will be 3/1.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR WEEK 4
By the end of Week 4, students will be able to:
- Edit at least one article on Wikipedia (and include an edit summary and sign it via LanceLam (talk) 03:12, 8 March 2018 (UTC))
- Insert a citation to provide evidence for the Wikipedia edit
- Identify elements of plagiarism and how to avoid it
- Post and sign a new section message on the professor's Talk page with a link to their edit
This week, you will familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding adding or editing a citation to an article.
HINT:
You may find the Wikipedia editing in under 25 mins video useful, especially related to the Visual editor. Likewise, the Wikipedia Manual of Style is helpful, as are the Editing Basics training (linked below) and the Editing Wikipedia documentation may help.
OPTIONAL:
Want to see how this can work in new areas outside your areas of expertise? Check out the Citation Hunt tool, which shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement.
Please review that you completed all 5 parts of the assignment (meeting the 4 Learning Objectives) in order to receive the extra credit for Week 4.
Complete the 4 parts to this week's assignment. Make sure you are signed into Wikipedia before doing any of the work. Please read this assignment in its entirety before starting it.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR WEEK 5
By the end of Week 5, students will be able to:
Based on the literature you are reading for your course project, add 1-2 sentences to any two course-related articles on Wikipedia, and cite the statement(s) to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training. This is the same task as last week, but you are doing it to two articles on Wikipedia based on any of the work you are doing for our course content.
HINT:
You may find the Wikipedia editing in under 25 mins video useful, especially related to the Visual editor. Likewise, the Wikipedia Manual of Style is helpful, as are the Editing Basics training (linked below) and the Editing Wikipedia documentation may help.
Please review that you completed all 4 parts of the assignment (meeting the 3 Learning Objectives) in order to receive the extra credit for Week 5.
Complete the 7+- parts to this week's assignment. Make sure you are signed into Wikipedia before doing any of the work. Please read this assignment in its entirety before starting it.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR WEEK 6
By the end of Week 6, students will be able to:
- Edit at least two articles on Wikipedia (and include edit summaries + signing them via LanceLam (talk) 03:12, 8 March 2018 (UTC))
OR
- Locate or create an appropriate photo, illustration, or piece of video/audio to add to an article.
- Insert citations to provide evidence for the Wikipedia edits
- Post and sign a new section message on the professor's Talk page with links to their edits
You will either repeat the same assignment as last week with two additional articles OR add visuals to an article on Wikipedia.
Post a new section to the end of the professor's Talk page stating:
Please review that you completed all parts of the assignment (meeting the 4 Learning Objectives) in order to receive the extra credit for Week 6.