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In this course dedicated to writing with the community which created the world's largest source of knowledge, students will learn the rules of a discourse community, how to write collaboratively in an electronic network, how to make choices within licensing frameworks, and how to produce public knowledge for an academic discipline.
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:
Building community, commonplace book overview
Understanding Open, Understanding Wikipedia history
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Complete the Editing Basics training below.
During Class:
Before Next Class:
During Class:
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
During Class:
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?
During Class:
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
During Class:
During Class:
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
It's the final week to develop your article.
During Class:
Before Next Class:
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
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?
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
It's the final week to develop your article.