Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Development Economics (Ahn Tran)/Timeline

Timeline

Note: Wikipedia Assignment is an optional assignment for students in this class.

Discuss Five pillars, an explanation of Wikipedia's basic rules and principles

If necessary, Campus Ambassadors introduces:
- Basics of editing
- Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good & bad articles
- Instructor and/or Campus Ambassadors talk about Wikipedia culture & etiquette, and [optionally] introduce the concept of sandboxes and how to use them.
- Q&A session with instructor and/or Campus Ambassadors about interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing

Milestone:

If you are starting a new article, write a 3–4 paragraph summary version of your article (with citations) in your Wikipedia sandbox. If you are improving an existing article, write a summary version reflecting the content the article will have after it's been improved, and post this along with a brief description of your plans on the article's talk page.
Work with classmates to polish your short starter article and fix any major transgressions of Wikipedia norms.
Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.
If you started article in sandbox, move sandbox articles into main space. * Handout: Moving into main space,
Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.

For new articles or qualifying expansions of stubs, students have the option to nominate the article for "Did you Know"

Contine to expand your article; Expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic.

You made it!

Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.