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Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
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.
Bring to class on Monday a list of five topics that interest you.
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.
Article evaluation due Sunday night.
By Monday of week 4 you should know which article you will edit. You can edit the same article you used for your evaluation, or you can choose a new article.
It's time to choose an article and assign it to yourself.
Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation or making a small change to your article. There are a few ways you can do this:
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
As you've all chosen your topic and found your sources, this week's main assignment is to turn in your annotated bibliography.
You've picked a topic, found your sources and compiled your annotated bibliography. Now it's time to start writing the content you'll use to improve your article on Wikipedia.
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
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
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."
Editing an existing article?
Creating a new article?
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.