Writing for Wikipedia

Resources and Training

Complete your Bibliography

Wikipedia policiesStart
Evaluating articles and sourcesStart
Evaluating articles and sourcesStart
Evaluating articles and sourcesStart
Evaluating articles and sourcesStart

Create in the sandbox

How to edit: Wikicode vs Visual EditorStart
Adding citationsStart
Drafting as a groupStart
Drafting in the sandboxStart
Adding citationsStart
Drafting in the sandboxStart
Drafting as a groupStart

Expand your Draft

PlagiarismStart

Move your Work

Moving group work liveStart

Other Assigned Training Modules

Sandboxes, talk pages, and watchlistsStart
Finding your articleStart
Find potential articlesDue on Feb 20thView
Copyedit an articleDue on Feb 25thView
Building your bibliographyDue on Feb 23rdView
Contributing images and media filesStart
Translating articlesStart
Keeping track of your work on the DashboardStart
Finding your articleStart
Contributing images and media filesStart

Discussions

Thinking about sources and plagiarismView
What's a content gap?View
Thinking about WikipediaView

Exercises

Evaluate WikipediaDue on Feb 23rdView
Make a small editDue on Feb 27thView
Choose your article from a listDue on Mar 13thView
Continue improving your articleDue on Mar 20thView
Did You KnowDue on Apr 3rdView
In-class presentationDue on May 1stView
Reflective essayDue on May 1stView
Additional training modules

Videos

Adding content to an existing Wikipedia articleWatch
Creating a new Wikipedia articleWatch

Templates

If you make changes to any of the sandbox userpages, you can always refer back to the templates below.

Bibliography TemplateVisit
Evaluate an Article TemplateVisit
Choose an Article TemplateVisit
Article Draft TemplateVisit
Peer Review TemplateVisit

Handouts (PDF)

  • General guides

    Editing WikipediaEvaluating WikipediaIllustrating Wikipedia

  • Guide(s) for writing articles (look at whiochever are relevant to your work

    Training

    Contributing images and media filesStart
    Evaluating articles and sourcesStart
    Translating articlesStart
    Drafting in the sandboxStart
    Keeping track of your work on the DashboardStart

    Biographies

    Books

    Women's Studies

    • Additional subject-specific guides