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We all rely on Wikipedia to help us quickly get answers to our information needs. Some people generally distrust the accuracy of content on Wikipedia because it is generated by a community of anonymous contributors; however, a lot of research suggests popular Wikipedia pages are very reliable.
How does content get onto Wikipedia’s pages? What is the process for evaluating proposed changes? How does Wikipedia ensure information is correct and non-biased?
Understanding how Wikipedia works ties directly into our course discussions on information needs and information literacy. Over several weeks this semester, you’ll complete training on how to edit and evaluate Wikipedia and submit your own edits to an article.
(Adapted from Wikipedia courses created by Drs. Jessica Vitak and Elizabeth Bonsignore, for INST201, Spring/Summer 2017.)
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.
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:
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll select a Wikipedia article to critique, engage with Wikipedia's policies for content, and evaluate the article's strengths and weaknesses. Consider how you would like to improve upon the article. You'll be uploading your critique to ELMS (as a Word or text doc). Use the Assignment Rubric as your guide.
I. Complete the (4) training modules listed below:
I. Select an article that you're interested in or find a "stub" article that needs work.
III. Complete your review (400-600 words) and upload it to ELMS. Be sure to include the following elements:
IV. Finally, consider what changes you would make to improve the article, based on your evaluation. Make at two suggested contributions that you think would improve the article. Make sure each contribution references an appropriate, reliable source.
*NOTE: Grammar-only changes are not significant enough to receive credit. Likewise, plagiarized content or content that violates one of Wikipedia's policies will not receive credit. Therefore, it is very important you familiarize yourself with the site's editing policies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy
V. OPTIONAL: For EXTRA CREDIT, make the actual edits that you suggested in the actual Wikipedia article that you critiqued (or suggest them on the Talk page if the main page is locked). Upload them in ELMS, under the Wikipedia (Extra Credit) Assignment.