Wikipedia:Writing Wikipedia Articles course/Round 4/Week 4

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WIKISOO Week 4

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Welcome to WIKISOO! Week of 18/19 March 2014 (Class #4)

Week 4: Wikipedian roundtable

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This class will focus on how a Wikipedia article can evolve and improve over time, and how a good Wikipedia article can impact the world. We will be joined by a special guest, Andrew Lih, author of the 2009 book The Wikipedia Revolution, who will discuss Wikipedia's coverage of emerging news events. We will also review presentations from experienced Wikipedians who have presented to past sessions of the WIKISOO course. Any students who have ideas about how to approach their final project are encouraged to bring them up for class discussion.

We will discuss topics like how to build up a Wikipedia article on a smaller topic, where authoritative sources are hard to come by, and how Wikipedians work together.

We will also discuss the two badges you can earn through this course in more depth. As always, after the first hour we will have time for in-depth questions and discussion. Please add any questions to the etherpad shared notes page during the class!

Class outline

• 0:00 Presentation of the WIKISOO Burba Badge and WIKISOO Signator Badge, and how to claim your article for your final project.
• 0:10 How do Wikipedia articles grow? General overview. Introduce our guest.
• 0:15 Watch a short presentation from a past WIKISOO guest speaker, Stephen LaPorte. Add any questions to the Etherpad.
• 0:20 ACTIVITY: Have you chosen your article for the Final Project? If so, add a sentence or so to the Etherpad explaining to the rest of the class. If not, write a couple sentences about what you are considering for your project. Be sure to include your Wikipedia username so your classmates can find you!
• 0:25 Watch another video from a past presenter, Billy Meincke. Start at 1:43 to skip Pete's boring introduction, Billy did a great job introducing himself :)
• 0:30 ACTIVITY: Take a few minutes to read through your classmates' notes on the Etherpad.
• 0:35 Presentation from Andrew Lih
• 0:45 Questions and answers. Our guest will be with us until the end of the hour, so questions for him are a priority before the break!

Week 3 Homework

• Continue to build the article you've chosen for your final project. Not getting anywhere? Bring up your questions in class or on our talk page!

Week 4 Extra Credit

Choose one or more of the following. Be sure to report back on how it goes on our course discussion page!

• Discuss one or more of Wikipedia's policies with a colleague, student, or friend.
• If you have not yet done so, read about WikiProjects on Wikipedia. Find one that interests you, and join it. Begin to monitor your WikiProject's talk page on at least a weekly basis; start or participate in at least one discussion there. (We especially encourage you to join WikiProject Open -- you are already following its talk page as part of this course!)
• Participate in a decision on Wikipedia (e.g. a peer review discussion, an article deletion or merge debate, etc.)
• Help a newbie figure something out (yes, you are ready!)