Wikipedia:Writing Wikipedia Articles course/Round 1/Week 5

	Writing Wikipedia Articles: The Basics and Beyond
	a free six week course

This page details homework assignments for Writing Wikipedia Articles: The Basics and Beyond,
a free course offered through Peer to Peer University's School of Open.

Week 5 Homework

Do:

• This is the last week to work on the main assignment for this course, as outlined in Week 3. Having either selected an existing Wikipedia article to improve at least one level on the quality scale, OR started a new Wikipedia article (which you will aim to bring to at least "Start" class in quality), you should by now have this well underway. Not so much? No worries. Work on it this week, joining us in the lab if you're stuck. Also try tweeting #wikisoo for help from your classmates! We will be reviewing selected articles in the last class.
• Seek an assessment of your article. This could be from a WikiProject, through a formal peer review process (WP:GA, WP:FA, WP:PR). It's also a good idea to seek input from classmates, but we do not suggest that class participants assign article quality ranks on one another's articles.
• How many edits (changes) have you accumulated on Wikipedia? Check out your user contributions page to find out. By now it should be nearing at least 200. If they aren't they will soon if you keep it up. They sure fly by, don't they?
• Write a blog post about your experiences working on Wikipedia (or similar: a YouTube video, a series of tweets or Facebook posts, a Storify or Tumblr page…) Use the hashtag #wikisoo (and, if appropriate, #CommOER).

Week 5 Extra Credit

Choose from one or more of the following, if you haven't done so already:

Do:

• Participate in a decision on Wikipedia (e.g. a peer review discussion, an article deletion or merge debate, etc.)
• Discuss one or more of Wikipedia's policies with a colleague, student, or friend.
• Help a newbie figure something out (yes, you are ready!)
• Improve the lead section of an article (in addition to your main assignment).
• Perform a Good Article review for another Wikipedian.
• Leave a WikiLove message or a Barn Star for a fellow Wikipedian.

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All done?

• Return to the course overview here on Wikipedia.
• Return to the main P2PU School of Open course home page

Writing Wikipedia Articles course: weekly homework assignments
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