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To better engage your vocabulary in your post, try using strong verbs. Always remember to cite your sources, and give credit to where you got your information. | To better engage your vocabulary in your post, try using strong verbs. Always remember to cite your sources, and give credit to where you got your information. | ||
A writer can also link readers to other, more detailed, supporting information with hyper-linking. This type of link sends readers directly to your supporting pages. | A writer can also link readers to other, more detailed, supporting information with hyper-linking. This type of link sends readers directly to your supporting pages. | ||
Make your post interesting by using lists, bold headings, and block quotes. '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_%22Ignore_all_rules%22_means#Use_common_sense Use common sense]''' when composing your entry. "Thus Wikipedia is not only a reference source, but it is the acknowledged site on the Web for claiming an interpretation of knowledge, as well as a place for controlling public image on an important gure. Both of these functions are substantial and substantially beyond the scope of a traditional encyclopedia" | Make your post interesting by using lists, bold headings, and block quotes. '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_%22Ignore_all_rules%22_means#Use_common_sense Use common sense]''' when composing your entry. "Thus Wikipedia is not only a reference source, but it is the acknowledged site on the Web for claiming an interpretation of knowledge, as well as a place for controlling public image on an important gure. Both of these functions are substantial and substantially beyond the scope of a traditional encyclopedia".<ref>Matthew Barton, Robert Cummings. ''Wiki Writing: Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom''. University of Michigan. Jan. 2009. Print.</ref> | ||
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== Outline == | == Outline == | ||
When finding the main points you would like to make from your research, create an outline. An '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Outlines outline]''': is comprised of | When finding the main points you would like to make from your research, create an outline. An '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Outlines outline]''': is comprised of hierarchical uniform information, from most important to least. An outline produces the points, in a type of order to create organization. <ref>Judd, T., Kennedy, G. & Cropper, S. <i>Using wikis for collaborative learning: Assessing collaboration through contribution. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology</i> <http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet26/judd.html> Web. 9 Nov. 2013.</ref> | ||
==Creating the Unbiased Voice== | ==Creating the Unbiased Voice== | ||
When contributing, make sure before presenting information on a wiki to carefully separate your opinion from the subject. | An unbiased viewpoint promotes a reliable viewpoint that invites criticism, which is essential in contributing to a wiki. When contributing, make sure before presenting information on a wiki to carefully separate your opinion from the subject. | ||
Wiki's are different to academic research papers, blogs and podcasts in the respect that a wiki is never finished. Get straight to the factual points you wish to make, and jot them down. | Wiki's are different to academic research papers, blogs and podcasts in the respect that a wiki is never finished. Get straight to the factual points you wish to make, and jot them down. <ref>Ward Cunningham, Bo Leuf. <i>The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web</i>. Addison-Wesley Professional. April. 2001. Print.</ref> | ||
Make sense of the points as best you can from your resources, and take out any hint of awkward '''[http://litmuse.mga.edu/litwiki/index.php/What_is_“wordiness”%3F wordiness]'''. | Make sense of the points as best you can from your resources, and take out any hint of awkward '''[http://litmuse.mga.edu/litwiki/index.php/What_is_“wordiness”%3F wordiness]'''. | ||
What makes wikipedia credible is that the unbiased voice is crucial. Having an unbiased voice invites others to correct wiki-work and be able to contribute in the same fashion that you have. | What makes [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] credible is that the unbiased voice is crucial. Having an unbiased voice invites others to correct wiki-work and be able to contribute in the same fashion that you have. | ||
Maintaining a wiki is a collaborative effort. "Publications on wikis in education range from descriptive efforts to characterize wiki learning activities and cultures, prescriptive efforts to establish guidelines for implementing wiki learning activities, and a few design reports that document technological innovations to support classroom use."( | Maintaining a wiki is a collaborative effort. "Publications on wikis in education range from descriptive efforts to characterize wiki learning activities and cultures, prescriptive efforts to establish guidelines for implementing wiki learning activities, and a few design reports that document technological innovations to support classroom use."<ref>http://www.andreaforte.net/ForteBruckmanConstructingText.pdf Andrea Forte and Amy Bruckman. '''Constructing Text.''' ''Wiki as a Toolkit for (Collaborative?) Learning''. n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2013.</ref> | ||
==Choose a Wiki== | |||
Depending on where on the interwebs you would like to write your wiki, try out looking around at the current [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wikis list of wikis]. | |||
==Use the Wiki | |||
To not come off as a novice, be sure to use the appropriate format when delivering information. Simply | |||
use the correct headlines, '''bold''' when necessary, and link to as many sources as possible to nail in your point more effectively. | ==Use the Wiki Markup Language== | ||
It is always a good idea to have a wiki '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet cheatsheat]'''when necessary. | To not come off as a novice, be sure to use the appropriate format when delivering information. Simply use the correct headlines, '''bold''' when necessary, and link to as many sources as possible to nail in your point more effectively. | ||
''However''' | It is always a good idea to have a wiki '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet cheatsheat]''' when necessary. | ||
''However''', it is absolutely necessary to understand how wiki markup differs from HTML or CSS. | |||
This will benefit the likelihood of future posts to wiki. | This will benefit the likelihood of future posts to wiki. | ||
Careful: When using appropriate | Careful: When using appropriate markup, be sure to make your wiki article navigable with enough contents to browse. For example, this site uses MediaWiki.<ref>http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting</ref> | ||
==Proofread== | ==Proofread== | ||
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Contributions are hardly worth reading if credit isn't given where it is due. All information comes from somewhere, inspired or leaked from a beginning source. | Contributions are hardly worth reading if credit isn't given where it is due. All information comes from somewhere, inspired or leaked from a beginning source. | ||
===Referencing=== | ===Referencing=== | ||
Wikipedia and MediaWiki both use the <ref> (reference info here) </ref> tag set for referencing. For instance, this [#] at the end of this sentence references this page.<ref>http://litmuse.mga.edu/litwiki/index.php?title=How_do_I_write_on_a_wiki%3F</ref> | |||
Look at the source code for this page to find the following code: | |||
<pre><ref>http://litmuse.mga.edu/litwiki/index.php?title=How_do_I_write_on_a_wiki%3F</ref></pre> | |||
====Reference Lists==== | |||
Reference lists usually appear at the bottom of the wiki page. The wiki will automatically add whatever is inside the <ref> </ref> to the reference list. | |||
=====MediaWiki Reference List===== | |||
Ensure there is a References section on the page. If one doesn't exist, use <references /> to include one. Preface it by including a section header for References, Links, Citations, etc. See the source for this page for an example. | |||
=====Wikipedia Reference List===== | |||
Ensure there is a References section on the Wikipedia page. If not, create one using this tag:<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners</ref> <pre>{{reflist}}</pre> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references /> | |||