User:Lboikov/OLES2129
Tutorial 2
Pick between Activities 1/2 and do Activity 3:For information on what constitutes a reliable source - check here: Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources
If you had created this article first - what would you have done differently? If you were the second reader, how would you have edited the article? Write up your thoughts on your user page (100-200 words is plenty).
Send a link to your user page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:username/OLES2129) from your University email to lawrence.boikov@sydney.edu.au. Email subject line should be OLES2129 - Activity 1 or OLES2129 - Activity 2 depending on which activity you chose.
Details are in the modules here.
Please move your OLES/draft page to your user sandbox.
Tutorial 3
Pick two of the four activities for this week's seminar.
When you're done, send me an email (lawrence.boikov@sydney.edu.au) with your user page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:username/OLES2129). On your user page should be the content for the activity (the talk page for the article that was edited or your description for Activity 1). Email subject line should be OLES2129 - Activities 1/2/3/4 depending on which activities you chose. If you decided to work in pairs - send me the link to both user pages.
When you edit a talk page on Wikipedia, make sure you add your signature to the end of your post. You can do this by typing ~~~~.
If it is already a high-quality or featured article, random again. If not, on your user page briefly describe what steps would be required to elevate the article's rating to an A-class article on that WikiProject's scale.
Add an appropriate tag to the page from the following list: Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup#Verifiability and sources. You can use an inline tag or an individual message box for the entire article depending on the severity of the lack of citations. Open up a discussion on the article's Talk page about why the citation is needed.
Take a look at the following link for good ways to address simple paraphrasing issues: Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing#Addressing.
Here is a good place to start for some tips on how to do it: Wikipedia:Tagging pages for problems.
Information on each section for tagging can be found here: Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
Tutorial 4
Be aware of this week's Module - there are discussion board posts that need to be done.
Do both activities - activity 1 with your the group on your table.
Post your group discussion on your OLES2129 user page.
Post the framework of your article on a branch of your user page: Special:MyPage
Don't worry too much about content, focus on layout and sections. Think about images, infoboxes (use placeholders if you don't have anything picked out). If you are keen to work on something content-wise try and start a lead section.
Send me a link to your draft page (Special:MyPage) when you are finished.
Finally - to exercise some of the Talk Page skills you've learned in the modules - post on someone else's talk page. Make sure you create a new section (unless you're replying) and sign off with your signature! Also go into my talk page and make an indented reply to my first comment giving me a link to your draft page!
Tutorial 5
https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/13219/assignments/99323
All the information is on the modules - I've replicated it here for your convenience. Email me your OLES2129 user page link so I can mark you off for completing activity 1.
Go to the main WikiProject that you are using for your article and find a similar article with a GA rating or higher. Write some notes on your tutorial work page of things that that page does well and that you can try and replicate in your article.
Tutorial 6
Activity today will be about how to do an annotated bibliography. Do a write up on your user page and email when done.
Pick a featured article as a group and pick one of the sources that the article references.
Discuss the reliability and usefulness of the source based on:
Scholarship
Author’s background
Where was the source published?
Is the information within the source independently verifiable?
Context
Age of source relative to topic
Intent of information, targeted audience
Content
Does the source omit important details and overrepresent others?
Is the information fact or opinion? (This doesn’t necessarily disqualify the source from use but does mark against objectivity)
Style and structure of content.
These are examples of things that you can choose to cover in your annotated bibiliography, its likely you won't have the word count in your assignment to deal with all of these for each source. Pick what you think is most important.
Tutorial 7
Creative Commons Activity today!
Do the Canvas module (with the associated Wikimedia module) first.
Find pictures that you can use for your chosen article - add them to your user page draft branch (e.g. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:yourusername/OLES2129/draft) and email me the link.
For more information on what is considered acceptable use of non-free media on Wikipedia, see this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content#Acceptable_use
Tutorial 8
Peer Review Activity
After a demonstration on how to perform a Peer review, get into groups of two and work on reviewing two random Wikipedia articles together.
It would be good to look at one that is considered good quality and one that is not. Beyond looking at the generic pages for quality articles, please also look at the article's WikiProject quality scale and comment on how well it adheres to those criteria.
Some helpful resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style
I'm looking for both positive feedback and constructive criticism for the Peer review so try and keep to those standards. Don't just say "this is bad" say "this could've been done better if you did x."
As always, email me the link to your team effort (on your individual OLES2129 user page).