Internet Law
Internet Law 2006 Wiki
Course Info
Internet Law meets Thursdays, 11:00-12:50, in room 603. (Visitors are welcome to join the wiki, but the class is available only to Brooklyn Law School students.)
Wiki assignment
During the course of the semester, you are responsible for adding to or creating at least one page on Wikipedia, relating to a topic in Internet Law. Wikipedia describes itself as "the free encyclopedia anyone can edit," and you've probably already encountered it near the top of many of your online searches. It claims more than 1.3 million articles in its English-language version. A Nature study found Wikipedia's accuracy compared favorably to Encyclopedia Britannica, while others complain that its entries on Star Wars Jedi fighters are more developed than those on historical figures.
To begin, browse Wikipedia on topics of interest to learn how the editing process works (check out the "edit" and "history" links at the top of a page). Check a few topics you know well to see how Wikipedia fares.
Then, as the course proceeds, add your developing knowledge to the encyclopedia. Once you have made your changes, you should continue to watch the pages to see if (and why) others try to change what you have written. By the end of the term, you'll document your contributions and your experience in a few paragraphs. You can link to the pages you've edited on Wiki Contributions.
If you are not already familiar with contributing to the Wikipedia, you might want to consult some of these:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold_in_updating_pages
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_write_a_great_article
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial