Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/U of Washington/Astro482 Spring 2019 (Spring quarter)

The course covers various aspects of scientific writing and editing, including journal articles and an article for the public in our Observatory Newsletter. To compare different editing styles, I have them find and edit a scientific wikipedia article that needs more work.

Student	Assigned	Reviewing
KeyanGootkin	P Cygni
Aleezah6r	KH 15D
NannaBM	Kepler-80
Pdohrwardt	X-ray binary
Aeawall	Polarimetry
RyJackim	V1315
Sophiaerintaylor
GeorgeSchafer

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings

Monday, 1 April 2019 | Wednesday, 3 April 2019

In class - Getting Started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Assignment - Learn about Wikipedia

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:

Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
Evaluating Wikipedia

Week 2

Course meetings

Monday, 8 April 2019 | Wednesday, 10 April 2019

Assignment - Find an article to edit

Exercise

Edit an article

Week 3

Course meetings

Monday, 15 April 2019 | Wednesday, 17 April 2019

Assignment - Complete changes to your article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 4

Course meetings

Monday, 22 April 2019 | Wednesday, 24 April 2019

Assignment - Submit your final edited article