Day 1 Assignment: Edit Wikipedia: Difference between revisions

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The assignment:

Please find and edit an entry on Wikipedia relating to a topic for which you have some level of expertise. The edits should be more than cosmetic and should actually enhance the substance of the article.
If you feel particularly energetic, add comments to your chosen article's talk page.
Following your edits, add to this page a link to the article you edited along with a brief explanation of your changes and the username you used on Wikipedia.
Edits must be made by midnight on Wednesday evening.
Before class on Thursday, check your edits and see whether anything has happened to them. Report any changes on this page.
If you need a place to start, considering looking for stubs (short articles that need to be expanded).

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 ==Edit a Wikipedia Entry==
+The assignment:
+* Please find and edit an entry on [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] relating to a topic for which you have some level of expertise.  The edits should be more than cosmetic and should actually enhance the substance of the article.
+* If you feel particularly energetic, add comments to your chosen article's talk page.
+* Following your edits, add to this page a link to the article you edited along with a brief explanation of your changes and the username you used on Wikipedia.
+* '''Edits must be made by midnight on Wednesday evening.'''
+* Before class on Thursday, check your edits and see whether anything has happened to them.  Report any changes on this page.
+* If you need a place to start, considering looking for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Stub_categories stubs] (short articles that need to be expanded).