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* '''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.

* As yet another {{fontcolor|green|extra credit}} 5P (!) activity, before MondayWednesday, MayJune 301, 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? ([http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Classroom_handout_-_Submitting_an_article_to_the_Did_You_Know_process.pdf Here] is a link to a useful handout])

* Also, revisit your first edits. Have they been retained? Have they been improved by others? Post a report on your userpage, and notify the instructor for another {{fontcolor|green|extra credit}} point (1P). If you improve the edit yourself and discuss it with other editors that might have disagreed with it previously, you may receive another {{fontcolor|green|extra credit}} point (1P).

* '''Informal Reviews'''. Before Saturday, June 4, 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.'''