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;What kind of an article are we writing?

[[WP:NOR|We are not doing any original research]]. You will not be collecting data, analyzing it, or writing about your experiences. We will not be witting an [[essay]] with personal opinions or judgments. Instead, we will be writing an encyclopedic article, summarizing an existing, verifiable state of knowledge from a sociology <'''you will want to replace this with a keyword related to your course'''> related area. See [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia in brief|Wikipedia in brief]] for a short list of what an encyclopedic article we will be writing here is.

;Style

The simplest way to understand the various style guidesyou are supposed to follow is to examine articles that have passed GA or FA. You can see Wikipedia Good Articles from the section "Social science and society" [[Wikipedia:GA#Social_sciences_and_society|here]] <'''you will want to replace this with a section related to your course'''>. Good sociology <'''you will want to replace this and the list that follows with a keyword related to your course'''> related ones include [[Social class in the United States]], [[Anti-nuclear movement in Australia]], [[African American culture]], [[On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog]]. Other good examples include [[Wikipedia:FA#Culture_and_society|Featured articles from the section "Culture and society"]], for example: [[Society of the Song Dynasty]], [[Max Weber]], [[Fairy tale]].

The technical details are explained in the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]], but I find just looking at already-written articles much more helpful then studying the collection of the rules.

If you want to learn how to write nicely, check this guide:

* [[User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a|How to satisfy Criterion 1a]] - despite the weird name, it is a very useful set of suggestions

;Getting the article assessed as a GA

At the top of [[WP:GAC|this page]] you will find a "how to" for nomination. There is also a [[Wikipedia:Guide for nominating good articles|dedicated guide for nominating good articles]]. If you can nominate it sooner than the deadline, the better for you - every day gives you more time to read comments by the reviewers and address them. Remember: you may get max score (25%) even if you don't address all the comments of the reviewer in time (particularly if he posts them very late); but addressing them and passing through the GA process ''guarantees'' you the max score (25%) for this assignment. The assignment does not with the nomination, you will likely have to fix various issues pointed out by the reviewer. If the reviewer posts useful comments, you should do your best to address them; of course this mean you may disagree with him if you think you know better (reviewers are not perfect).

Useful links:

* [[Wikipedia:Good_article_criteria|Good article criteria]]

* [[Wikipedia:Guide_for_nominating_good_articles|Guide for nominating good articles]]

* [[User:Ealdgyth/GA_review_cheatsheet|Good article review cheatsheet]]

* [[Wikipedia:GAN|Good article nominations]]

* [[Wikipedia:Compare_Criteria_Good_v._Featured|The differences between good and featured articles]]

;We don't own the articles

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* logging in an editing only at the very end of the course, where you discover you are not sure how to edit Wikipedia, and that your contribution does not really fit th earticles your other members were working on

* not participating in the talk page discussions

==Style guides==

To get past the stumbling blocks of GA, articles will have to conform to the Wikipedia style guides. The three largest barriers are:

*[[Wikipedia:Layout]] – this guide describes heading and sub-headings.

*[[Wikipedia:Lead section]] – the all important abstract at the head of an article.

*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]] – the collection of rules

* See what Wikipedia has to say about [[Wikipedia:Article_development|article development]].

Secondary style guide are specific to different projects. Articles must conform to these also. Conflict between any of these is inevitable and troublesome; editors simply have to work out conflicts through consensus.

*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)]] - collection of rules for fiction.

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Style guidelines]] – mostly lay out issues for articles on novels.

The simplest way to understand the various style guides is to examine articles that have passed GA or FA. You can see Wikipedia Good Articles from the section "Social science and society" [[Wikipedia:GA#Social_sciences_and_society|here]] <'''you will want to replace this with a section related to your course'''>. Good sociology <'''you will want to replace this and the list that follows with a keyword related to your course'''> related ones include [[Social class in the United States]], [[Anti-nuclear movement in Australia]], [[African American culture]], [[On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog]]. Other good examples include [[Wikipedia:FA#Culture_and_society|Featured articles from the section "Culture and society"]], for example: [[Society of the Song Dynasty]], [[Max Weber]], [[Fairy tale]].

== Resources ==

* [[Help:Contents/Getting_started|Getting started]]

* [[Wikipedia:The_perfect_article|The perfect article]]

* [[Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment|Assessment]]

* [[Wikipedia:How_to_write_a_great_article|Article development]]

* [[Wikipedia:Good_article_criteria|Good article criteria]]

* [[Wikipedia:Guide_for_nominating_good_articles|Guide for nominating good articles]]

* [[User:Ealdgyth/GA_review_cheatsheet|Good article review cheatsheet]]

* [[Wikipedia:GAN|Good article nominations]]

* [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_criteria|Feature article criteria]]

* [[Wikipedia:Compare_Criteria_Good_v._Featured|The differences between good and featured articles]]

* [[User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a|How to satisfy Criterion 1a]]

* [[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial|Picture tutorial]]

== Editors in <course> ==