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==06/04–06/10: Evaluating Wikipedia==

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This week, Carroll discusses strategies for writing scannable text and visual style, including the use of headlines, subheads, lists, and links. Carroll and Göke get you thinking about the editing process and the appropriate voice for writing for the screen. A necessary part of voice is adopting a neutral point of view ([[w:WP:NPOV|NPOV]]) when writing on Wikipedia. Your training addresses evaluating Wikipedia articles and making your first edits. Remember to use your forum posts to practice your developing writdm skills. You should be learning new ones every week.

==Read==
* Carroll, chapters 3 (“Tools and Techniques”) and 4 (“Voice and Visual Style”).
* Niklas Göke, “[https://medium.com/better-humans/how-to-edit-your-writing-in-3-passes-c7876a52f4e9 How to Edit Your Writing in Three Passes].”<ref>Even though Göke suggests Skitch, you might consider using the [http://hemingwayapp.com Hemingway App] for drafting and revising.</ref>
* [[w:Wikipedia:NPOV tutorial|NPOV Tutorial]] will help you begin thinking about writing impartially.

==Do==
* Reminder: Did you verify your Wikipedia account by [[w:Help:Email confirmation|confirming your email address]]? Did you complete the Discourse tutorial and fill out your profile?
* Training: [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/evaluating-articles Evaluating Articles and Sources]<ref>See your forum assignment below.</ref> and [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/how-to-edit How to edit: Wikicode vs Visual Editor].
* Forum Discussion: [https://discourse.grlucas.net/t/discussion-thinking-about-sources-and-plagiarism/121 Thinking about sources and plagiarism].

==Write==
* Evaluate a Wikipedia article. Go through the [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/evaluate-wikipedia-exercise exercise on WikiEdu], and leave your evaluation on the article’s talk page. Be sure you select the article you’re evaluating on WikiEdu.
** Comment on at least one other classmate’s evaluation. Find links to evaluated articles on the [[w:Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Middle Georgia State University/Writing for Digital Media (Summer 2020)|course dashboard on Wikipedia]] under “Reviewing.”

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