Wikipedia:Benelux Education Program/Maastricht University/MSP January 2023

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At the Maastricht University a course was organised in January 2023, in the scope of the Wikipedia Education Program, as part of the project Opening up old books: investigating the botanical archives of Maastricht.

Programme[edit]

  • Monday 9 January 2023 9:00 - Meeting: start course
  • Tuesday 10 January 2023 14:00 - Introduction search strategies
  • Wednesday 5 January 2023 10:30-12:00 - Introduction in Wikipedia
  • Wednesday 5 January 2023 14:00 - Guided tour though University Library catacombs
  • Wednesday 18 January 2023 12:00 - First deadline: have draft ready
  • Thursday 19 January 2023 9:00-10:00 - Feedback session
  • Thursday 26 January 2023 12:00 - Final deadline for Wikipedia article draft
  • Friday 3 February 2023 14:00-15:00 - Final meeting including publication

If you want additional feedback on your article, send Romaine an e-mail to ask for reviewing your article. Feedback can be given by e-mail or in a meeting/Zoom call.

Handy links[edit]

Guidelines[edit]

The (simplified) guidelines on Wikipedia, resting on the five pillars, include:

  • Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, the content that you add must fit in an encyclopedia.
  • Write in a neutral point of view.
  • All content added must be free content that anyone can use, edit, and distribute. (copyrights)
  • Use references to source facts in your article. Every paragraph and every two/three sentences should have a reference. You can use a reference more than once. Without references an article can't be published.

Further:

  • Sign your messages in talk pages with ~~~~.

12 points to keep in mind:

  • add only knowledge that belongs in an encyclopedia
  • add only material that is available under a free license or express it in your own words
  • describe this knowledge from a neutral position
  • add references and sources for the added information
  • do not write about your organisation, yourself, a family member, or your boss
  • do not describe new theories, new insights or thoughts and no opinions
  • see articles about similar topics as an example
  • use headings to structurise an article
  • use internal links (links to other articles on Wikipedia)
  • do not add links to other sites in the body text, add those only at the bottom of the article
  • use no qualifications (best, most, etc)
  • write timeless (not: "the last century", "next month", "recent", yes: "on 27 September 2016")

Contact info[edit]

Participants[edit]

Published articles[edit]

Images[edit]

  • 295 scanned images of the book History of Botany (1530–1860) can be found here
  • 294 scanned images of the book Théorie Élémentaire de la Botanique can be found here