Wikipedia:Wikipedia in Higher Education Symposium, March 2014/Pete Forsyth links

Photo: Ellis Christopher, CC BY-SA Contact Pete: wikistrategies.net/contact On Twitter: peteforsyth Writing Wikipedia Articles course: enwp.org/WP:WIKISOO

Outline for Pete Forsyth's presentation

• http://wikistrategies.net/pete-forsyth
• WP:WikiProject Oregon -- was a founding member. Learned that:
  • Wikipedia is an important source of information
  • Wikipedia is a valuable learning community. See the Middlebury article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/education/21wikipedia.html?_r=0
• outreach:Wikipedia Education Program
• "Communicate OER": WP:Communicate OER
• "Writing Wikipedia Articles" free online course: WP:WIKISOO
• WikiProject Open: WP:OPEN

Wikipedia is important

• Widely read
• Unfamiliar production model
  • Flagship project illustrating "online peer production"
• Unique among top web sites as non-profit, mission-driven

A taste of the Writing Wikipedia Articles course

The rest of my talk will constitute a very abbreviated view of how the Writing Wikipedia Articles course works.

• Current course home page: Education Program:School of Open/WIKISOO (February 2014)

• Brochure available: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Editing_Wikipedia_brochure_EN.pdf

Policy and peer review

Evaluating Wikipedia Article Quality brochure: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Evaluating_Wikipedia_brochure.pdf

There are many policies, guidelines, essays, etc. guiding Wikipedia engagement The main, central link:

• The Five Pillars: WP:5P

Formal peer review processes:

• Featured Articles: WP:FA
• Criteria for a FA: WP:FAC
• Good Articles (lighter requirements): WP:GA

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