Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Poverty Justice and Human Capabilities (Kimberly Hoang)/Article Discussion

Due: Thursday, October 4 at 1 pm

Assignment: Contribute to an Article Discussion Page

The assignment is to contribute to the Article Discussion Page (talk page) of any entries you plan to revise. For anyone creating a new page, you should contribute not to your new page talk page, but instead, to the talk page of a closely related topic (for example, if you are creating an entry on the human capabilities approach, you might contribute to the talk page for Amartya Sen, where you might justify the creation of your new page).

Carefully read the attached information from the Wikipedia Education Foundation and carefully follow its contribution instructions. Be sure to read previous comments on the talk page and note any concerns about the page or recent edits. Note that Wikipedia says discussion pages are “to provide space for editors to discuss changes to its associated article or project page. Article talk pages should not be used by editors as platforms for their personal views on a subject.”

Your contribution should contain a substantial amount of information taken from your submitted proposal so that other Wikipedia editors will understand your aim for the page. You should also note that your contribution derives from intensive course study this semester. You may note this by stating the information directly in your contribution and by adding the information to your Wikipedia user page. You also need to add the course banner (instructions below) to the Discussion page. Keep in mind that other Wikipedia editors may access your user page to better understand your contributions. Other Wikipedia editors may also offer you suggestions for your page.

We attach some examples from previous classes; please note that the overall assignment has evolved since these examples were written, and that we expect you to provide a greater level of detail for your current Article Discussion Contributions.

Instructions:

1. Go to the Wikipedia article you plan to change. If you are revising an existing page you should contribute to the talk page for this existing page. If, however, you are creating a new page, select a page that is closely related to your topic. Contribute to the talk page for this topic. Here you can justify the creation of your new page or seek advice from editors interested in similar topics.

2. Click on the "Discussion" tab in the upper-left hand corner of the Wiki interface

3. Once in the discussion page, take the time to read what other users have already said concerning content on that page

4. Next, click "Edit" to add your discussion contribution, following discussion guidelines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines). You can discuss your plan for your page, respond to other editor’s existing comments on the talk page (if available), or ask for advice regarding a specific aspect of your topic.

5. To add a new discussion post you will need to create a heading of the form ==Your Heading Here==

6. The most recent posts should be placed at the bottom of the discussion page

7. To mark each article the subject of a student project, add the following code at the top of the talk page for each article: {{ WAP assignment | course=Wikipedia:USEP/Courses/Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities (Kimberly Hoang and Diana Strassmann) | university = Rice University | term = 2012 Q4 | project = }} That will result in the following banner (and make the articles easy to track):

8. After typing a concise discussion contribution, sign your post at the bottom of the page by typing 4 tildes <nowiki>Primefac (talk) 19:17, 2 January 2023 (UTC) and click "Save page"

9. Submit to OWL-Space: Deadline Thursday, 4 October 2012, 1:00 PM

Once you submit your Article Discussion contribution to Wikipedia, take a screenshot or screenshots that show your contributions. Be sure the screenshots contain a font size that is large and easy to read. The zoom feature on your computer and/or browser can solve this problem if the font is too small. Check your work by printing your contribution to make sure that the printed version is the equivalent size as the print in this handout. Screenshots with too small print will lose points.

Do not save the entire page as a pdf, especially if the Discussion page is exceptionally long. The screenshots must include your contribution and your username. Submit these files to the relevant assignment tab on OWL-Space and for full credit save the file as follows: <LastName>ArticleDiscussion.pdf (or .jpg)