User:TsherryUSA/McGill Tectonics Wikipedia Improvement Project

This is a hub for the McGill Tectonics Course Wikipedia Repair Project assignment. When the assignment is done I'll compile a list of published student articles with a short summary of their improvements.

Articles Students Updated

• Archean Subduction
• Gibraltar Arc
• Gravity Spreading
• Manila Trench
• Mendocino Triple Junction
• Ophiolite Formation and Emplacement
• Porphyry copper deposit
• Queen Charlotte Triple Junction
• Terceira Rift

Resources and Links

Here is a compilation of some resources that I've found to help students get started editng wikipedia.

• Assignment Sheet
• Concise Wiki Training geared for students: I did this and it jump started my wikiediting skills!
• Wikipedia formating cheatsheet: Quick reference for article formating.
• McGill Library Wiki Resource Page: Check this out for lots of helpful links.
• Atlantic Geoscience Society Wikithon 2014 notes: Lots of good resources here.
  • Handy Templates
  • Common Editing Tasks
  • Examples of Existing Articles
  • Other Geoscience Wikis

Some helpful tools

• Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style
• Template for entering journal references.Easy to convert from BibTeX format.
  • Same thing, but in a horizontal format

Geology and Tectonics Wikiprojects Links

Be sure to look through the Tectonics and Geology Stubs for articles that need improvement

• Category:Tectonics_stubs
• Category:Geology_stubs
• Requested Articles in Envirnment and Geology
• Geology Tasks