Wikipedia talk:India Education Program/Courses/Fall 2011/Corporate Social Responsibility

List of Prospective Articles[edit]

Each student should add an entry to the table below. Please edit row very carefully, and don't make syntax errors. You can just read below and copy the code for a row and edit it.

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| your_roll_number || [[ your_chosen_topic ]]||just type "~~~~" without quotes|| Yes or No || Instructor's signature just type "~~~~" without quotes ||  comments

Roll No.	Topic	Student's Signature ~~~~	Go Ahead	Instructor's Signature ~~~~	Comments/Remarks
CSR31	Corporate Sustainabilty	Mrigankachaturvedi (talk) 09:25, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Introductory Assignment[edit]

Create a user account, if you don't yet have one. Help regarding account creation is available on the following link,

   * Account creation screencast: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WP_tutorial_en_New_user_account.ogg 
   (After you create your user account, please make sure you're logged into it when you complete the tasks below.)

Create your user page, if you don't yet have one. Add a short paragraph about yourself. Add a link to the online chatroom where you can get live help: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=wikipedia-en-ambassadors. Also, add links to the userpages of your Campus Ambassadors. Your campus ambassadors are,

Create a sandbox and add some sample text in it to get a feel for the wiki code. Help regarding how to create a Sandbox is available on the following link,

   * Sandbox screencast: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tutorial_on_starting_a_sandbox_article_on_Wikipedia.ogv

Make a few edits to Wikipedia articles, it can be adding a reference, fixing a typo, cleaning up a convoluted sentence, adding a sentence, etc.

   * Wiki markup basics screencast: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boldness_and_links_tutorial.ogv 
   * References screencast: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Citing_sources_tutorial,_part_1.ogv 
   * References handout: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WikipediaReferencing.pdf 
   * Wiki markup basics sheet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Welcome2WP_English_Flap_081810.pdf

Leave a message on your campus ambassador's talk page to get a feel for on-wiki communication.

   * Wikipedia help page on talk pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_talk_pages

Review key Wikipedia policies/pages:

   * Neutral Point of View video: 
     http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Verifiability_and_Neutral_point_of_view_%28Common_Craft%29-600px-en.ogv 
   * Celilo Falls evolution of an article: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_an_article_%28Celilo_Falls%29 
   * The "five pillars," which represent Wikipedia's core principles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars 
   * Read and be able to explain the general guidelines about notability: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability

Copyvio[edit]

I thought I should mention here that I have nominated Corporate social responsibility at Coca-Cola India, created by Amanchawla (talk · contribs), for a WP:G12 speedy deletion. The text is a copyright violation and may be considered plagiarism by this course. OlYeller^Talktome 14:01, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]