Difference between revisions of "Agenda for 27 May 2017"

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* checking homework: did everybody find a topic to write about, i.e., an article gap in Wikipedia?
 
* checking homework: did everybody find a topic to write about, i.e., an article gap in Wikipedia?
  
== Topics ==
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== Licenses and Plagiarism ==
  
 
* licenses and copyright issues for images and other media
 
* licenses and copyright issues for images and other media
* paraphrase! (instead of copy & paste)
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** Public Domain, Creative Commons
* structuring articles
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* quotes, paraphrases, summaries ([https://www.mesacc.edu/~paoih30491/ArgumentsQuoteSummarizeParaphr.html "Avoid Plagiarism! Quote, Paraphrase, and Summarize Properly!"], from mesacc.edu)
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== Structuring Articles ==
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* different article types have different structures (cities, people, books, events, etc.)
 
* working with categories (example: [https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Герой_нашего_времени Герой нашего времени] in Wikipedia)
 
* working with categories (example: [https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Герой_нашего_времени Герой нашего времени] in Wikipedia)
* how to properly quote a Wikipedia article ("Cite this page"/"Цитировать страницу")
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_Wikipedia Citing Wikipedia]
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** how to properly quote a Wikipedia article ("Cite this page"/"Цитировать страницу")
  
 
== An overview of (in)famous edit battles of the Russian Wikipedia ==
 
== An overview of (in)famous edit battles of the Russian Wikipedia ==

Revision as of 23:00, 26 May 2017

Agenda Items

Organisation

  • organisation of final colloquiums (see here)
  • checking homework: did everybody find a topic to write about, i.e., an article gap in Wikipedia?

Licenses and Plagiarism

Structuring Articles

  • different article types have different structures (cities, people, books, events, etc.)
  • working with categories (example: Герой нашего времени in Wikipedia)
  • Citing Wikipedia
    • how to properly quote a Wikipedia article ("Cite this page"/"Цитировать страницу")

An overview of (in)famous edit battles of the Russian Wikipedia

  • naming /spelling/grammar battles
    • Беларусь vs Белоруссия
    • Русское царство vs Российское царство vs Царство русское
    • Ukraine ("на/в" battle)
  • Ethnic controversies
    • Middle East conflict on the Russian Wikipedia
    • The Ayran battle (Armenians vs Azerbaijanis)
    • The Ukrainian Fleet battle
    • The Tatar-Bashkir battle
  • Political controversies
    • The 'Putin's personal cult' page
    • Navalny controversy
  • Homosexuality issues
  • Just lame edit wars
    • Sea otter war
    • The Mayonnaise Can war
    • 'Siberian language'