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<'''replace all dates with dates for your course, I am leaving the dates below to give you an idea of a time ranges I used for a course in which students had slightly over a month to work on this assignment. Also, keep in mind that this list of deadlines is very specific with regards to particular sub-assignments, and contains some grading elements'''>
* On Monday, May 10, we will have a segment introducing this assignment. Students who by that time have created a Wikipedia account and made at least one constructive edit to Wikipedia will receive an {{fontcolor|green|extra credit}} point (1P)
* '''Start'''. Get familiar with Wikipedia. Make some trial edits, however minor. Demystify the process. Leave behind any sense of intimidation. As Wikipedia puts it, learn to '''[[Wikipedia:Be_bold|be bold]]'''. Learn [[Wikipedia:Cheatsheet|basic editing skllls]]. The three students who have made the highest amount of constructive edits to Wikipedia by next Monday (the 17th) (mainspace edits or constructive talk page comments count) will receive an extra two credit points (2P).
* By Monday, May 17, everyone should have [[Wikipedia:Why create an account?|created a Wikipedia account]], finished the [[WP:TUTORIAL|Wikipedia Tutorial]] (including making an edit in the Wikipeida Tutorial Sandbox) (1P), made at least one constructive edit to a Wikipedia article (outside the sandbox - subject doesn't matter) (1P), make a constructive comment to a Wikipedia's article discussion page (1P), [[#Editors in course|joined a group (that includes adding yourself to the linked section below)]] <'''you will want to replace the word course in the preceding link with your course name if you change the "Editors in course" section name below'''> (1P) and informed the course instructor <(Piotr Konieczny - [[User:Piotrus]] ([[User_talk:Piotrus]]) '''replace Piotrus with instructor username here'''> about your account name, which group you've joined and the edit(s) you made (1P). You should do so by leaving a message on the course instructor [[WP:TALKPAGE|talk page]]. '''Finishing this assignment on time is worth 5% of the course grade.''' If you successfully post a [[Help:Diff|diff of your edit]] to <[[User talk:Piotrus|the instructor's Wikipedia talk page]] '''replace Piotrus with instructor username here'''>you will earn one {{fontcolor|green|extra credit}} point (1P).
* '''Plan'''. But minor edits alone won't get us much closer towards [[WP:GA|Good Article status]]. We need to have a sense of what more needs to be done, and an overall plan for the article. Look at [[Wikipedia:GA#Social_sciences_and_society|models]] and guidelines (e.g. [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] or the [[Wikipedia:Guide for nominating good articles|Guide for nominating good articles]]). What sections are required? What will be the article structure? What information is needed? Who in your group will write what?
*By Monday, May 24, each group should have an article selected. You should inform the instructor of your article selection (you can email the instructor or post a message to his talk page, or talk to him before or after the class). Make sure it is listed next to your group in the [[#Articles edited|Articles edited]] section of our wiki page. (2P) Also, find a Wikipedia article that is missing an inline reference (different from the article your group is working on); find and add a reliable inline reference to it (2P) and post some constructive suggestions on how to improve the article further on the article talk page (1P). '''Finishing this assignment on time is worth 5% of the course grade.'''
*By Wednesday, May 26, you should have a plan (who will read what, who will work on what aspects of the article) in place. You should post a preliminary "to-do" list on article's discussion page and inform the instructor that you have done so. The "to do" list should consist of a list of what points you will cover in your article, how it will be structured, who will work on what sections, and a short list of resources. This list should be about one page in length if you need a yardstick. ''Each'' group member should participate in creation of that list, describing their own tasks. If the article does not exist, you should [[WP:STUB|stub (start)]] it (see [[Wikipedia:SUBSTUB#Differences_between_a_stub_and_a_substub|what makes a good stub]]). '''Finishing this assignment on time is worth 5% of the course grade.'''. Groups which create very good to do lists and stubs may receive up to 2 {{fontcolor|green|extra credit}} points (2P).
* As another {{fontcolor|green|extra credit}} 2P activity, post a constructive question, related to your project, to [[Wikipedia:Reference desk]]. Report what answer you got on your article talk page and notify the instructor about your report with a diff. (Note: it may take a day or so for a reply to be posted to your question at the reference desk)
* '''Share'''. You will need to divide up the tasks that we've identified in the planning stage. Who is going to do what and when?
* '''Research'''. This is vital. A wikipedia article is worth nothing unless it comprises verified research, appropriately referenced. This will entail going to the library, as well as surfing the internet!
* '''Assemble''' and '''copy-edit'''. As the referenced research is added to an article, we need to ensure that it does not become baggy and disorganized, though there will be moments when it is obviously in a transitional stage.
* '''Informal Reviews'''. By Saturday, June 5, each of your members should look at an article being developed by others, review it on that article's talk page, and write a summary for your own group (on your own article's talk page) saying whether anything that group has done is valuable for you. You should try to review different articles if possible. '''Finishing this assignment on time is worth 5% of the course grade.'''
* As yet another {{fontcolor|green|extra credit}} 5P (!) activity, by Monday, May 31, you can nominate your article for [[Wikipedia:Did you know]]. All group members who were involved with significantly improving the article up to this point will receive 5P each IF the article is approved by the Did You Know reviewer. You are more then welcome to see me during the office hours to talk about how to get your article passed for the Did You Know. Getting an article to appear on the front page is ''cool'', and it has been done many times by [[Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Courses/Trophy case 2011|your peers]]. Why not give it a try?
* '''''[[Wikipedia:GAN|Good article nomination]]'''''. By Monday, June 7, at the latest as there's a backlog of articles to be reviewed, and because a nomination can easily be put on hold until the article is improved in line with a reviewer's suggestions.
:*'''''This means your article should be mostly finished by then! But it doesn't mean your work is done, FAR FROM IT! You are responsible for keeping daily track of comments by reviewers (which will include the instructor), answering them and addressing them (if they are reasonable, when in doubt, ask the instructor).''''' Here are some sample Good Article reviews and related discussions: [[Talk:United States Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management/GA1|example1]], [[Talk:Mount Kenya/GA1|example2]], [[Talk:Gaza/GA1|exampe3]]. '''Finishing this assignment on time AND subsequent interaction with Good Article reviewer is worth 5% of the course grade.'''
* Course instructor (Piotr Konieczny) <'''replace with your name'''> will do the final assessment of your work after Monday, June 21 (beginning of the finals week).
Note: total amount of {{fontcolor|green|extra credit}} you can get from the activities listed above is
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