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Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/Edinburgh Award/Swedish and Hispanic Literature

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About

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As someone with an interest for world literature and who is capable of speaking multiple languages, my project aims to expand the knowledge of different literatures to different audiences. This will be done by both creating, expanding and translating content in English, Spanish and Swedish.

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Goals

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Overall goal

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  • 6 articles+ of 500 words+ = 3,000-3,500 words+

Personal goals

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  • Investigate how to write a good Wikipedia article and apply it in my writing
  • Improve my written (and reading) skills in different languages (especially Spanish which is my third language)
  • Write/ edit at least one article about a topic I am not familiar with
  • Work in a team on at least one article

Goal per month

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  • November: Create my first 50-100 word+ Wikipedia page with at least 3 reliable sources

Contribution plan

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Articles to Create

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The Cemetery of Untold Stories: A Novel Novel by Julia Alvarez  Y

Articles to Improve

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  • Victor Rydberg [ES]
  • Victoria Benedictsson [EN], [ES]
  • Per Anders Fogelstrom [EN] - Add biography to match article in Swedish
  • Spanish language literature [SV] - Add links similar to the English version
  • Krik? Krak! (Novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krik%3F_Krak!

Articles to Translate

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Sources

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  • DiscoverEd


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