Wiki Info

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A Successful Wiki Page: Criteria for Wiki Assignments

Wikipedia Entry Page: Wikipedia

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A successful wiki page . . .

• Starts with a TITLE and an INTRODUCTION --offering a summary of the major issue and purpose of the page, in one or two paragraphs, max.
• Has, if it's about a person, issue, or institution, a thumbnail bio or timeline in a box on the right-hand side.
• Has after the introduction a table of contents of each section, indicating the relation of topics and sub-topics
• Often has a "related topics" box, showing where the topic exists among others normally around it; often has footnotes annotating texts with major contributions.
• Is almost always told in chronological order.
• Has links to other pages from all the major concepts in the text
• Is edited collaboratively and politely, supplementing and querying authors to come to a consensus

A well-formed wiki page has documentation as part of its end matter (note that this documentation supplements the article, not replaces it):

• Notes to the text, in proper MLA format
• Sources:
  • where primary literature exists in online archives
  • where significant secondary literature exists online
• A bibliography of the text sources for the article (in proper MLA style)
• A "see also" section that includes complete information:
  • Introductions and reference books on the article topic
  • Practice: where you find examples of the topic in use, such as professional organizations, conferences, list-servs, and journals dealing with the topic
  • Standard critical discussions of the topic
  • Sources for bibliographic information on the topic (bibliographic data bases)
  NOTE THAT I WILL EXPECT BRIEF ANNOTATIONS ON THE "See also" section, since that contributes to your final class project

How to Make A Wiki:

• About Wikipedia
• Wikipedia Main Page
• Wikipedia Introduction, 1
• Wikipedia Introduction, 2
• Wikipedia Introduction, 3
• WIkipedia Tutorial
• Editing Sandbox

Useful Wiki Divisions

• Wiki for pictures: Wikipedia Commons
• Wiki Dictionaries: Wiktionary
• Wiki Free Library: Wiki Free Library
• Wiki ethic: Wikicracy
• Wiki Maps: GISWiki

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