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#Group 1 [[User:sh10ud |Sarah Hardman]] Will be Editing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurier_Brantford Sandbox Wiki page [[Laurier_Brantford]] | #Group 1 [[User:sh10ud |Sarah Hardman]] Will be Editing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurier_Brantford Sandbox Wiki page [[Laurier_Brantford]] | ||
- | #Group 2 [[User:mg10on |Marnie Gontovnick]] Will be Editing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTV_Sports | + | #Group 2 [[User:mg10on |Marnie Gontovnick]] Will be Editing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTV_Sports Sandbox Wiki page [[CTV Sports]] |
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Welcome to our Class Wiki.
The goal of using this Media Wiki to use it as a sandbox to learn the mark up and skills required for collaborative ediiting.
Our ultimate goal is to improve [Stub] articles related to Culture.
- Log in here with your campus ID
- Add your Full Name, Campus ID to the Group Section of this page at bottom
- You can work individually or in groups of 2-5
Your mark will improve as you move up the [Quality Scale] you can move up the scale by adding [reliable sources]
- Go to [Wikipedia] and create an account (if you don't already have one)
- Create a user page for yourself both here and a Wikipedia UserPage
- Share a little (if anonymous) information about yourselves, your expectations of the course, this assignment, and such.
- Go to Wikipedia and surf the list of [[1]] articles
- Decide which [Stub] article you will improve.
- Choose one that is interesting to your group
- Choose an article that you can find reliable resources (journal articles, books, etc)
- Before editing, visit the talk pages. Add a comment, tell them you are editing this stub for an assignment
- Speaking of which, have you visited the discussion page here? Do that now. Add a question or comment there.
- Add the URL to your Wikipedia article next to your group in the section below.
Before we add anything to Wikipedia, we will work in this wiki to practice markup. A new page in this wiki, after you have chosen the Wikipedia article you would like to edit.
A good article has:
- summary of the important aspects of the subject,
- links to other articles,
- list of publications that were used as sources in writing the article
Additional Help
- Wikipedia:Tutorial (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial) which introduces students to the basics of Wikipedia editing.
- Quick Reference Help on editing this Wiki and Wikipedia
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Canada_Education_Program/Helpful_Hints
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet
- Images must have zero copyright
Groups
- Group 1 Sarah Hardman Will be Editing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurier_Brantford Sandbox Wiki page Laurier_Brantford
- Group 2 Marnie Gontovnick Will be Editing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTV_Sports Sandbox Wiki page CTV Sports