User:Davepape/UE141
This is the central, organizing page for the "UE 141 - Wikipedia & Free Culture" class.
Readings & Assignments
- For Tues, Sep 7:
- read New Yorker article Know It All and Wikipedia:Tutorial
- Create an account and add your name to the Students list below
- Edit your user page so that it has something on it
- Make at least one article edit - fix a spelling mistake, remove some vandalism, or some other small but useful contribution
- For Tues, Sep 14:
- Read Wikipedia:Five pillars
- Make 4 productive edits to articles - they can be grammar or spelling fixes, formatting, vandalism reverting, whatever.
- For Tues, Sep 21:
- Read "The Faith-Based Encyclopedia"
- Continue editing
- Look around at some of the behind-the-scenes pages, such as WP:Wikipedia Signpost and WP:Village Pump
- For Tues, Sep 28:
- Read Wikipedia:Verifiability
- Choose an article from Category:History of Buffalo, New York and research the topic - find some new, useful, verifiable information to add. See Wikipedia:Citing sources for detailed instructions on citing a reference.