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English: This handout offers some collected advice from students and instructors on how to find an article topic worth adding or expanding. Divided into a “Do” and “Don’t” column, topics include comparing available literature to the literature presented on Wikipedia, how to find articles related to their topic area, and advice on starting their articles from scratch or from stubs.
the field of study of the topic – calculus; the place the topic holds in its field of study – an important tool for mathematical analysis and other fields of study; what are the general (and hopefully interesting) facts about the topic – how to find a derivative of a function, etc.
Wikipedia Content Expert – If a member of the Wiki Education Foundation's staff has been assigned to your course, you can find them on your course page, and contact them through their talk page to discuss problems and ask questions about Wikipedia (US/Canada only).
If a Wikipedia article doesn't exist or you can't find an article that contains what you're looking for, you can ask a Wikipedia editor at our reference desk to research it for you. If you research the topic, you can add a reference and a summary of that source to the Wikipedia article, so that future Wikipedia readers can find that information.
Here you can digest how to use Wikipedia, in bite-sized morsels. The tips listed below were created for the Tip of the day project, or the Styletips project, but are listed here by title and organized by subject area for your convenience. See also the Tip of the day talk page where most of the tips are written. Feel free to join in!
The guide at File:Evaluating Wikipedia brochure.pdf, provides one of the best guides for evaluating Wikipedia content. We recommend that librarians and teachers become familiar with that guide, and even use it as a foundation for teaching students and patrons about Wikipedia.
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