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Welcome to the Wikipedia project timeline for Ocean/ESS 410. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for this course and will be complementary to the
UW Canvas site for Ocean/ESS 410.
All upcoming assignments on this page should be cross-referenced by an assignment on Canvas web site. If you see an upcoming assignment that is not, please e-mail the instructor for clarification. Please also note that this is the first time the instructor has used Wikipedia in a class, and so the content of this page will evolve during the class. However, all assignments will be finalized at least a week in advance of the due date.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also 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.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
GRADED AS PART OF "In class activities"
Now that you have thought about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
The goal of this exercise is to familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding or modifying a sentence or two of content and adding a citation.
On Wikipedia you will find numerous articles that are reasonably in depth but include insufficient citations to support the content. These articles are often flagged with
"This article needs additional citations for
verification. Please help
improve this article by
adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed."
Two flagged examples that are very relevant to our class are
Two un-flagged examples articles with insufficient citations
On Wikipedia you will also find many articles that designated as stubs and flagged with
"This article is a
stub. You can help Wikipedia by
expanding it.".
A couple of examples of features in the Juan de Fuca Plate Region are:
There are also examples of articles that appear to be stubs but are not flagged as such
You can find lists of stubs
For this assignment
GRADED AS PART OF "In class activities"
It is important to consider the quality of your sources when writing any article.
Plagiarism is discussed quite well in the UW's statement on Student Academic Responsibility. You should read this because in the instructors experience most instances of plagiarism are related to students not understanding the rules rather than setting out to cheat.
It's time to choose an article and assign it to yourself and work hard to find a good set of sources for the article.
In this class we are going to focus on expanding short or stub articles on geological features in the oceans or on geological/geophysical processes that impact the ocean basins. In the Articles Tab I have focused on features in the vicinity of the Juan de Fuca plate but I could not find 15 so I added some others and you can find lots of additional choices under
Tectonic stubs
OR
GRADED TOGETHER WITH NEXT WEEK'S "EXPAND YOUR DRAFT" ASSIGNMENT. You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing.
Creating a new article?
Improving an existing article?
Keep reading your sources, too, as you prepare to write the body of the article.
Resources:
Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
GRADED AS PART OF "In class activities"
This is a big writing week, especially for students who went on class cruise and it is really important not to get behind because next week we are going to be conducting peer reviews.
EXTRA CREDIT (now or later): Take the Contributing Images and Media Files training and add one or more images to your article
GRADED AS PART OF "In class activities"
Which is more helpful to a writer - a critical or an uncritical review?
Which is more helpful to a writer - a constructive or an unconstructive review?
What are the essential elements of a thorough peer review?
What is copy editing? Why is it important?
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
You will have 5 minutes + 1 minute for transitions
GRADED TOGETHER WITH NEXT WEEK'S "FINAL ARTICLE" ASSIGNMENT.
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
It's the final week to develop your article.
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
This Course
|
Wikipedia Resources
|
Connect
Questions? Ask us:
contact |
![]() | This course page is an automatically-updated version of the main course page at dashboard.wikiedu.org. Please do not edit this page directly; any changes will be overwritten the next time the main course page gets updated. |
Welcome to the Wikipedia project timeline for Ocean/ESS 410. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for this course and will be complementary to the
UW Canvas site for Ocean/ESS 410.
All upcoming assignments on this page should be cross-referenced by an assignment on Canvas web site. If you see an upcoming assignment that is not, please e-mail the instructor for clarification. Please also note that this is the first time the instructor has used Wikipedia in a class, and so the content of this page will evolve during the class. However, all assignments will be finalized at least a week in advance of the due date.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also 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.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
GRADED AS PART OF "In class activities"
Now that you have thought about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
The goal of this exercise is to familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding or modifying a sentence or two of content and adding a citation.
On Wikipedia you will find numerous articles that are reasonably in depth but include insufficient citations to support the content. These articles are often flagged with
"This article needs additional citations for
verification. Please help
improve this article by
adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed."
Two flagged examples that are very relevant to our class are
Two un-flagged examples articles with insufficient citations
On Wikipedia you will also find many articles that designated as stubs and flagged with
"This article is a
stub. You can help Wikipedia by
expanding it.".
A couple of examples of features in the Juan de Fuca Plate Region are:
There are also examples of articles that appear to be stubs but are not flagged as such
You can find lists of stubs
For this assignment
GRADED AS PART OF "In class activities"
It is important to consider the quality of your sources when writing any article.
Plagiarism is discussed quite well in the UW's statement on Student Academic Responsibility. You should read this because in the instructors experience most instances of plagiarism are related to students not understanding the rules rather than setting out to cheat.
It's time to choose an article and assign it to yourself and work hard to find a good set of sources for the article.
In this class we are going to focus on expanding short or stub articles on geological features in the oceans or on geological/geophysical processes that impact the ocean basins. In the Articles Tab I have focused on features in the vicinity of the Juan de Fuca plate but I could not find 15 so I added some others and you can find lots of additional choices under
Tectonic stubs
OR
GRADED TOGETHER WITH NEXT WEEK'S "EXPAND YOUR DRAFT" ASSIGNMENT. You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing.
Creating a new article?
Improving an existing article?
Keep reading your sources, too, as you prepare to write the body of the article.
Resources:
Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
GRADED AS PART OF "In class activities"
This is a big writing week, especially for students who went on class cruise and it is really important not to get behind because next week we are going to be conducting peer reviews.
EXTRA CREDIT (now or later): Take the Contributing Images and Media Files training and add one or more images to your article
GRADED AS PART OF "In class activities"
Which is more helpful to a writer - a critical or an uncritical review?
Which is more helpful to a writer - a constructive or an unconstructive review?
What are the essential elements of a thorough peer review?
What is copy editing? Why is it important?
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
You will have 5 minutes + 1 minute for transitions
GRADED TOGETHER WITH NEXT WEEK'S "FINAL ARTICLE" ASSIGNMENT.
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
It's the final week to develop your article.
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.