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* 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
*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]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:How_to_create_a_Wikipedia_article_-_Right_to_science_and_culture.ogv you may want to watch this "article creation" tutorial]). '''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)
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