ENGW3307 Adv. Writing in the Sciences

Resources and Training

Complete your Bibliography

Wikipedia policiesStart
Evaluating articles and sourcesStart

Create in the sandbox

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

Expand your Draft

PlagiarismStart

Move your Work

Moving work out of the sandboxStart

Other Assigned Training Modules

Sandboxes, talk pages, and watchlistsStart
Communicating with others on WikipediaStart
Improving representation on WikipediaStart
Keeping track of your work on the DashboardStart
Editing health and psychology topicsStart
Finding your articleStart
Find potential articlesDue on Feb 22ndView
Exercise: Add a fact to WikipediaStart
Building your bibliographyDue on Mar 1stView
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 15thView
Continue improving your articleDue on Mar 29thView
Reflective essayDue on Apr 5thView
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 in your topic area

    Biographies

    Chemistry

    Ecology

    Environmental Sciences

    Genes and Proteins

    LGBT+ Studies

    Linguistics

    Medicine

    Psychology

    Science Communication

    Species

    Women's Studies

    • Additional subject-specific guides