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WDM: Wikipedia Edition
An overview of concepts critical for WDM in five weeks. This will be a new online textbook combining general strategies for WDM and specific instructions for Wikipedia.
| Ch | General | Current §s | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Writing | Be Focused Be Correct Be Active Be Precise Be Creative |
Brevity (Directness and Focus); Active Voice; Focus; Word Choice (Precision); Clichés; Analogies; Consistency; Punctuation; Parallelism Wikipedia: Neutral POV; punctuation |
| 2 | WDM | Be Organized | Scan-ability; Titles; Headers and Subheads; Blocks of Text; Inverse Pyramid; Bolded Text Wikipedia: Formatting; Categories |
| 3 | Usability | Be Aware Be Organized |
Audience; Links; Organization and Design; Detail; Style Sheets; Platform Wikipedia: Linking; Style Considerations for Beginners |
| 4 | Credibility | Be Credible Be Positive |
Awareness; Evidence; Tone Wikipedia: Sourcing; References and Notes |
| 5 | Precision | Be Correct Be Error-Free |
Editing; Detail oriented Wikipedia: Preview; Importance of every mark, including spaces |
Study Guides
Misc
Poetry
- Yeats “Sailing to Byzantium”
Syllabus Table
| 1 | 01/07 | — |
| 01/09 | Class Begins • Introduction | |
| 2 | 01/14 | |
| 01/16 | ||
| 3 | 01/21 | No class today — MLK Holiday |
| 01/23 | ||
| 4 | 01/28 | |
| 01/30 | ||
| 5 | 02/04 | |
| 02/06 | ||
| 6 | 02/11 | |
| 02/13 | ||
| 7 | 02/18 | |
| 02/20 | ||
| 8 | 02/25 | |
| 02/27 | ||
| 9 | 03/04 | |
| 03/06 | ||
| 10 | 03/11 | |
| 03/13 | ||
| 11 | 03/18 | |
| 03/20 | ||
| 12 | 03/25 | |
| 03/27 | ||
| 13 | 04/01 | |
| 04/03 | ||
| 14 | 04/08 | |
| 04/10 | ||
| 15 | 04/15 | |
| 04/17 | ||
| 16 | 04/22 | |
| 04/24 | ||
| 17 | 04/29 | |
| 05/01 |
