Evaluating articles
Evaluating Wikipedia articles is a critical task for educators, librarians, and readers. Here is a list of educational materials about how to evaluate a Wikipedia article. Please add to this list if you know of others!
Handouts and teaching materials
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"How to evaluate a Wikipedia article", by Phoebe Ayers, on Slideshare "evaluating Wikipedia" powerpoint, from this libguide, by Kathy Fester |
Video on YouTube, from Phoebe Ayers |
| Brochure from the Wikimedia Foundation, on evaluating quality | 2-page black and white remix of the evaluation brochure | Presentations | Videos |
Other resources
[edit]- Chapter 4 of How Wikipedia Works, "Understanding and Evaluating an Article"
- Life of an Article -- this page has collected overviews and animations of how articles develop over time
- General assessment classes used by WikiProjects on the English Wikipedia, with a short explanation
- Libguide page on Wikipedia assessment, by LMU