Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Michigan, Ann Arbor/Organ Lit 785 (Fall 2016)

Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:

Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
Evaluating Wikipedia

In class - Practicing the basics

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.

Assignment - Add to an article

Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article.

First, familiarize yourself with the need for citations with the Citation Hunt tool. It shows unreferenced statements from articles. Evaluate whether the statement in question is even true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Brainstorm reliable sources on the subject that would help you decide whether you would add a citation or correct the statement.
Next, add 1-2 sentences to a course-related article, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training. Alternatively, find a statement in a course-related article that has been flagged for citation, and execute the process outlined in step 1.

Week 2

Course meetings

Monday, 28 November 2016

Assignment - Illustrate an article

You'll want to find or create an appropriate photo, illustration, or piece of video/audio to add to an article. You can complete this task as part of the "Make improvements to an article" assignment below. If you do not have media such as photos or recordings that you have made yourself that would make a significant contribution to a Wikipedia article, then skip this task.

Before you start, review the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook, or see Editing Wikipedia pages 10–11.
When you've reviewed those pages, take the training linked below.
When you're ready to start finding images, remember: Never grab images you find through an image search, or those found on Instagram, Tumblr, Reddit, Imgur, or even so-called "Free image" or "free stock photo" websites. Instead, you'll want to find images with clear proof that the creator has given permission to use their work. Many of these images can be found on search.creativecommons.org.
Don't just upload an image to Wikipedia. Instead, upload it to Wikipedia's sister site for images, Wikimedia Commons. For instructions, read through the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook.

Assignment - Make improvements to an article

Select an article from the WikiProject PipeOrgan to improve. You'll find the best articles for beginning editors to improve in the Assessment table at the intersection of Stub-Mid and Start-Low. Alternatively, you can select a category from the bottom of an organ-related page and browse other articles in that category to find stubs. Once you select an article, please assign it to yourself on the Students tab above.

Gather at least three reliable sources. At least one should be print material checked out from the Music Library. Have these three sources at hand when you make your edits. Ensure that you are logged in and that you explain your edits on the Talk page. Be sure to disclose any potential conflicts of interest, such as topics relating to the UM Organ Department. If your edits are reversed or flagged, engage productively with that editor on the Talk page.

Your work will not be evaluated based on the number of words you've added or edited, but rather on the quality of your improvements to the article. Improvements that add notable information, are thoroughly cited, correctly formatted, and that adhere to Wikipedia's standards (no original research, etc.) will receive an A.

Resources: Utilize printed materials in the Music Library and the following online resources:

Open Music Library: http://openmusiclibrary.org/ (Links to an external site.)
RILM: http://www.lib.umich.edu/database/link/9619 (Links to an external site.)
JSTOR: http://www.lib.umich.edu/database/link/8235 (Links to an external site.)
Music Periodicals Database: http://www.lib.umich.edu/database/link/8323 (Links to an external site.)
Oxford Music Online: http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/ (Links to an external site.) (Use this encyclopedia for its bibliographies, but do not cite it as a source.)