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The Wikimedia URL Shortener is a feature that allows you to create short URLs for any page on projects hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, in order to reuse them elsewhere, for example on social networks, on wikis, or on paper.
Wikipedia article traffic statistics – a tool for charting how many hits any given article gets, great for comparing different kinds of articles at different times, e.g., Genetics (in the school year) vs. (in the summer), or YouTube (with weekend spikes) and Simpsons (with spikes when new episodes come out). Students can also use it to see ...
Wikipedia:Requested article translations contains a list of articles that the English wikipedia may not have, but that other languages do - if you speak a foreign language, you might want to consider writing one of these. (Alternately, of course, you could write an article in that language in the first place - have a look at
Creating a page will add you to the list of classes for this term, and it will allow you to easily track the work of your students on Wikipedia. Get your students to enroll on your Course page: Once you've created your Course Page, you should distribute the link to each of your students who will edit Wikipedia. This will enable you to track the ...
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia: Whether you're writing a new article or improving an existing one, you'll use many of the skills you've developed in your traditional class assignments—like writing and research skills. The difference here is that you're writing for a new audience, writing with a unique encyclopedic tone, and you ...
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Article creation Article improvement A demonstration, recorded live, of how to create a Wikipedia article (7 min 50 sec) A look at how to assess the shortcomings of an article and improve it (4m 22s) Article assessments Article evolution An exploration of the standard article assessment system, with examples of each quality level (11m 30s)
Writing Wikipedia Articles: The Basics and Beyond (WIKISOO) Past courses: March • May • August 2013 February 2014 • February 2017