Our classroom exercise today will be to clean up several articles using authoritative sources from the library's collection. Please consult the list of all articles with unsourced statements for the up-to-date list of articles needing improved citations and references.
Students will
Wikipedia is 15 years old. During that time it has developed many nuances and complexities. It is a massive multiplayer encyclopedia project. While it has no central editing group, there are many checks and balances in place to guide the development of content in the encyclopedia.
Wikipedia itself contains lots of support documentation to help you get started as an editor and contribute effectively to the encyclopedia. See the Wikipedia documentation list below for more information.
As with anything, start slow and gradually master the practice. Join a project - attend a edit-a-thon - ask questions (Ed Warga and Cliff Anderson are on campus and happy to help).
One starting point is reviewing articles and improving them incrementally. Try proofreading existing articles. Try researching statements flagged citation needed.
To edit a document, click the edit link on the article page. You can use one of two editors.
Let's review how to edit Wikipedia in your sandbox
Step by Step
Using a template, Wikipedia users can flag content that they think needs an inline citation to a resource. A template renders a note on the page using this syntax: {{TEMPLATE TEXT}}
Here are some inline cleanup template examples. Take a look at the Verifiability section.
A bibliography is a list of resources containing information about the topic. If you want more information about the topic, consult the resources listed in the bibliography.
Our classroom exercise today will be to clean up several articles using authoritative sources from the library's collection. Please consult the list of all articles with unsourced statements for the up-to-date list of articles needing improved citations and references.
Students will
Wikipedia is 15 years old. During that time it has developed many nuances and complexities. It is a massive multiplayer encyclopedia project. While it has no central editing group, there are many checks and balances in place to guide the development of content in the encyclopedia.
Wikipedia itself contains lots of support documentation to help you get started as an editor and contribute effectively to the encyclopedia. See the Wikipedia documentation list below for more information.
As with anything, start slow and gradually master the practice. Join a project - attend a edit-a-thon - ask questions (Ed Warga and Cliff Anderson are on campus and happy to help).
One starting point is reviewing articles and improving them incrementally. Try proofreading existing articles. Try researching statements flagged citation needed.
To edit a document, click the edit link on the article page. You can use one of two editors.
Let's review how to edit Wikipedia in your sandbox
Step by Step
Using a template, Wikipedia users can flag content that they think needs an inline citation to a resource. A template renders a note on the page using this syntax: {{TEMPLATE TEXT}}
Here are some inline cleanup template examples. Take a look at the Verifiability section.
A bibliography is a list of resources containing information about the topic. If you want more information about the topic, consult the resources listed in the bibliography.