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This class will be editing articles and creating new entries in their personal Account's sandboxes. Editing should NOT be occurring directly in Wikipedia articles yet. Uploads to the actual articles will occur at the end of their semester and instructions will follow shortly.
"While primary source materials are not appropriate sources for Wikipedia, including references to archival collections in an article can be an excellent way to lead interested researchers to rich collections as further resources. However, care should be used when linking to archival collection descriptions or finding aids—if the editor is affiliated with the holding institution they should only include links to collections which would provide the best information about a topic. The editor should take care to include links to other important collections located at other institutions. Links to archival collections can be included in the 'External links' section of an article, and if there are enough links to archival collections, it might be appropriate to call attention to this group of links by adding a subsection titled 'Links to archival collections'"
Creating a New Entry
Once you've created an article, see Writing better articles for guidance on how to improve it and what to include (like reference citations).
To create a section, use = on each side of the title. Different numbers of = affect weight/size of header in hierarchy.
To create a bulleted list, use * in front of each item.
To create a numbered list, use # in front of each item. Numbers will be automatically generated.
Watchlists: "Watching pages allows any logged-in user to keep a list of 'watched' pages and to generate a list of recent changes made to those pages (and their associated talk pages). In this way you can keep track of and react to what's happening to pages you have created or are otherwise interested in"
Follow Twitter accounts that track anonymous edits by IP addresses:
@congress-edits tweets anonymous Wikipedia edits that are made from IP addresses in the US Congress.
@valleyedits tweetsanonymous Wikipedia edits from Google, Facebook, Apple, Twitter, and Wikimedia Foundation IP addresses.