In class - Wikipedia bolus

Mon 3/2 & Tues 3/3

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

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

• Overview of the course
• Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.
• Additional content will include:
  • presentation by Amin: "Becoming a Wikipedian in medical school"
  • presentation by Josephine: "Information resources at UCSF"
  • lunch on your own and complete all Wiki Ed assigned trainings
  • discuss workplan, Wikiproject Medicine style guidelines, begin selecting articles, begin designing your teams and workplans

• update on selected articles, collective editing, Hemingway
• optional free lunchtime therapy about the stress of residency applications (12-1pm)
• discuss expectations of peer-review & WP-WIP's
• go over proliferation of platforms document, tour Wiki literature folder, platforms PRN
• draw names for peer review assignments, residual Q&A 
• presentation by Amin: "An emerging global movement: Embracing Wikipedia-editing in health professional schools"

Resources:

Digital Handout:  Attendance Expectations

Presentation: Amin's day 1 slides

Wiki Editing Resources: folder

Josephine's handout: link

Whit's "historical handout: link

Digital Handout: Workplan worksheet

====== Wiki literature: Folder
Presentation: Amin's day 2 slides ======

Digital Handout: Proliferation of platforms explanations

Assignment - Basic Wikipedia training modules

These are the Wiki Ed produced training modules that I believe are important and relevant to our work in this rotation.  You are expected to complete all of them by the end of your lunch break on Day 1 of the course.

Assignment - Editing Wikipedia as a health-professional student

These are additional training modules that are especially relevant to you as medical students.  You are expected to complete these before you go to sleep at the end of Day 1 of the course.

Assignment - How to assign yourself an article for this course

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Medicine

Assignment - Workplan

• Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
• Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
• Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
• Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
• Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
• Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
• Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
• Which sections will you prioritize?
• What resources do you intend to look up, and when?
• How will you decide what things (signs, symptoms, side-effects, etc.) to explicitly include? To explicitly exclude?
• Will you also embed additional links to other Wiki pages?
• How will you ensure you avoid "doctor-speak" and not use jargon? 

In class - Slack stuff

We're going to use slack as our asynchronous communication platform.  Here are details:

1. Create your slack username and account.
2. Join the slack workspace: uctech.slack.com
3. Tell Amin your slack username and he will add you to the private wikimed_mar_2020 channel
4. You can create any needed additional channels for work teams.  Be sure to add Amin to those channels so he can contribute PRN

In class - WP-WIP #1

Fri 3/6 @ 10 - 11:30am

====== On Fri 3/6 from 10 - 11:30am you will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin and classmates.  We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work. 

Here's a link to the  google doc for this WP-WIP.

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Milestones

A month-long rotation may feel like a long time, but it's remarkably short for this kind of work!  I expect each of you will have begun making edits live on Wikipedia (e.g. not merely in your sandboxes) before the end of this week.

In class - WP-WIP #2

Wed 3/11 @ 10 - 11:30am

On Wed 3/11 from 10-11:30am you will informally present your work-in-progress to Aminanclassmates.  We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work. 

Here's a link to the  google doc for this WP-WIP.

In class - WP-WIP #3

Wed 3/18 @ 10 - 11:30am

On Wed 3/18 from 10 - 11:30 you will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin, Josephine and classmates.  We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work. 

Here's a link to the  google doc for this WP-WIP.

Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

• What should a peer-review look like? Here's our suggested plan:
• Peer review of Mar 2020:
  • Look for accuracy in the page you're reviewing
  • Look for simplicity of language, limited use of medical jargon
  • Flow within sections, section headers, order of sections
  • Look for adherence to the Wikiproject Medicine style guidelines
  • Be respectful to your peer
  • Identify specific areas of improved quality as well as specific areas for improvement
  • Preview workplan before you conduct your peer-review
  • Share any sources that might be helpful to the writer
  • Be mindful of intended audience

• Logistical Details:

  • Peer reviews are DUE by end of week 3 = Before you go to sleep on Sun 3/22. 
  • Post the peer-review on the TALK page of the article you are reviewing.
• Here's a link to a wikipedia peer-review rubric offered by Wiki Ed for evaluating student contributions to Wikipedia articles.  While we will NOT formally use the point system, it does provide a nice complement to our "home-grown" peer-review process. 

Resources:

• Editing Wikipedia
• Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

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.

Milestones

BEFORE we start our WP-WIP #4 on Mon 3/23 10am, ALL peer-reviews should have been completed and posted to the talk page of the page being reviewed.

In class - WP-WIP #4

Mon 3/23 @ 10 - 11:30am

On Mon 3/23 from 10 - 11:30am you will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin, Josephine and classmates.  We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work. 

Here's a link to the  google doc for this WP-WIP.

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.

• Assuming good good intent from the peer-reviewer (e.g. this is not personal)
• Thank the reviewer for their excellent review
• Take all suggestions seriously but OK to use your own judgement
• Describe why you disagree with suggested recommendations
• Be non-defensive!
• Try to address each and every suggestion.

• Post your responses to peer-review on the TALK page near the peer review.
• This will allow other Wikipedians to engage with the recommendations long after you finish this course

Resources:

• Evaluating Wikipedia
• Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Assignment - Polish your work

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

In class - WP-Wrap-up Session

Fri 3/27 @ 10 - 12 (note longer duration)

• What did I accomplish this month (broad overview)?
• What did I learn?
• What will I take forward with me into the future?
• Now in hindsight, is there anything I would have done differently?