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Introductory Lesson Plan
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Introduction: The Gender Gap Anatomy of a Wikipedia Page: "Talk", "Read", "Edit", and "View History“ Making Simple Edits Userpages Working in the Sandbox Putting in Citations Additional Ways to Contribute Copyright and Wikipedia Basic Rules Asking for Help and Resolving Disputes Training Outline
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By Michael Mandiberg (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Introductory Lesson Plan
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Train-the-Trainer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/ArtAnd Feminism_Training_Dec2014 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/ArtAnd Feminism_Training_Dec2014 Lesson Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFemi nism/LessonPlan/Oct2014 Cheat Sheet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_markup_cheatsheet_E N.pdf References and Citations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:External_links_and_refere nces Training Outline : Links to Keep
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Anatomy of a Wikipedia Page
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Every page edit is publicly visible. Every page edit you make is traceable to your user account. Talk pages are Wikipedia's version of peer review. A lot of extra information is available in the View History tab. Anatomy of a Wikipedia Page
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Anatomy of a Wikipedia Page : View History
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Select Edit to view wikitext markup Anatomy of a Wikipedia Page : Editing
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You can enter an explanation of your changes in the Edit summary box, which you'll find below the edit window. If the change you have made to a page is minor, check the box "This is a minor edit." Anatomy of a Wikipedia Page : Edit Summary
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You should always use the Show preview button. After you've entered a change in the edit box for the sandbox, click the Show preview. This lets you see what the page will look like after your edit, before you actually save. Anatomy of a Wikipedia Page : Show Preview
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Making Simple Edits
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By Michael Mandiberg (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Demo : Making a Simple Edit to a Wikipedia Page
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Working in the Sandbox
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Click on your Username in the top left to view your User Page. Select Edit to make edits to your User Page. Using this Cheatsheet, write something about yourself.Cheatsheet User Pages
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By Michael Mandiberg (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Please take five minutes to make some edits to your user page
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Create a time-stamped signature of your username by entering in four tildes in a row (~). Or you can use the signature icon. to Today’s Event Sign In
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By Failedprojects (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Questions so far?
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Editing the Sandbox
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To experiment, you can use the shared sandbox or your personal sandbox (add {{My Sandbox|replace with your user name}} on your user page for future easy access).sandboxMy Sandbox|replace with your user name Editing the Sandbox
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Putting in Citations
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For a citation to appear in a footnote, it needs to be enclosed in "ref" tags (i.e. citation ). …or highlight your whole citation and then click the markup icon to automatically enclose your citation in ref tags. References and Citation : Footnote
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On a new page, you may need to create a section usually named "Notes" or "References" near the end of the page: == Notes == or... == Notes == {{Reflist}} Example of a complete footnote: Name of author, [http://www.nytimes.com/article_name.html "Title of article"], ''The New York Times'', date References and Citation : Footnote
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References and Citation : Your Turn! When you’re ready, add a citation to a page in your area of expertise! 1.In your sandbox, insert a reference for the book Tom Sawyer using the Worldcat entry for this book: Twain, Mark, and Paul Geiger. 1985. The adventures of Tom Sawyer. Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader's Digest Association.Worldcat entry 2.Insert a reference using a citation template for this magazine article: Li, Shirley. "Roger Ebert's Wikipedia [Citation Needed]." The Atlantic. October 9, 2014. Article link Article link
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Additional Ways to Contribute
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Over the next few weeks, add some well-cited sentences and paragraphs to articles in your area of expertise. By Michael Mandiberg (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons What Now? Be Bold! In the following slides, we’ll offer some guidelines and helpful tips about editing Wikipedia articles.
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Copyright and Wikipedia
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Do not copy-paste text from a website directly into Wikipedia. Paraphrasing and citation is necessary. Most of Wikipedia's text and many of its images are co- licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported LicenseGNU Free Documentation License Copyright and Wikipedia
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Every image has a description page which indicates the license under which it is released or, if it is non-free, the rationale under which it is used. Copyright and Wikipedia : Images from Wikimedia Commons
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Basic Rules
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Neutral point of view – All Wikipedia articles and other encyclopedic content must be written from a neutral point of view, representing significant views fairly, proportionately and without bias. Basic Rules : Core Content Policies
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Verifiability – Material challenged or likely to be challenged, and all quotations, must be attributed to a reliable, published source. In Wikipedia, verifiability means that people reading and editing the encyclopedia can check that information comes from a reliable source.likely to be challengedreliable source Basic Rules : Core Content Policies
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No original research – Wikipedia does not publish original thought: all material in Wikipedia must be attributable to a reliable, published source. Articles may not contain any new analysis or synthesis of published material that serves to advance a position not clearly advanced by the sources.not reliable, published source Basic Rules : Core Content Policies
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If you think you have a Conflict Of Interest (COI), don’t create the article, post that someone else should create it on a related talk page. Basic Rules : Conflict of Interest
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If available, academic and peer-reviewed publications are usually the most reliable sources. Other reliable sources include: university-level textbooks books published by respected publishing houses magazines journals mainstream newspapers More information here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#What_cou nts_as_a_reliable_source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#What_cou nts_as_a_reliable_source Basic Rules : Reliable Source
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What if notability guidelines reproduce structural sexism and racism? How can we address and amend this? Basic Rules : Notability
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Asking for Help and Resolving Disputes
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Post a question on the talk page of another Wikipedia User's talk page. Ask a question to the Wikipedia Teahouse question board.Wikipedia Teahouse Resolving disputes;Wikipedia:Dispute resolution, Wikipedia:Etiquette, Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot.Wikipedia:Dispute resolutionWikipedia:EtiquetteWikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot Email info@art.plusfeminism.org with specific Wikipedia editing questions if you can't find what you need on Wikipediainfo@art.plusfeminism.org Asking for Help and Resolving Disputes
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By Michael Mandiberg (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Thank You!! Q&A
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