Wikipedia:Writing Wikipedia Articles course/Round 1/Week 1
This page details homework assignments for Writing Wikipedia Articles: The Basics and Beyond,
a free course offered through Peer to Peer University's School of Open.
a free course offered through Peer to Peer University's School of Open.
Week 1 Homework
Are you ready? Of course you are!
- Create a Wikipedia user account
- Create a basic user page
- Complete a brief survey [link] providing course organizers basic info about yourself and your goals in taking this course
- Edit one or two articles: make a sentence more clear, fix a typo, etc.
- Read the first two chapters of How Wikipedia Works (PDF) (2008)
- What’s in Wikipedia?
- The World Gets a Free Encyclopedia
- Read Mahzarin Banaji (December 2010), Wikipedia is the Encyclopedia that Anybody Can Edit. But Have You? Observer Vol.23, No.10.
- Read about the Five Pillars (core policies) of Wikipedia
- Read about Wikipedia editing policy
- Read about Wikipedia conflict of interest
Week 1 Extra Credit
Ready to dig a little deeper? Do one or more of the following:
- Read the Communicate OER Content page and/or Open Educational Resources article
- Comment on an OER-related talk page (see the Communicate OER Content page for ideas)
- Review your chosen article on the relevant talk page - i.e. is it relevant/thorough? What would you like to change, add or delete? (Hint: the "talk" tab is located just to the right of the "article" page at top left for every article.
All done?
- Return to the course overview here on Wikipedia.
- Return to the main P2PU School of Open course home page
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