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Course information University: Louisiana State University Course title: Prokaryotic Diversity Professor name: Gary King Campus Ambassador:Becky Carmichael Online Ambassador: Course start date: August 20, 2012 Assignment due date: Course description This course provides an understanding of diversity as a subject of scientific discovery in general, and of diversity within the microbial world more specifically. Participants will be challenged first to develop a broad perspective on what the subject of diversity involves from a scientific perspective and then to explore the concept of diversity as it applies to microbes. Note: “microbe” is used in this course as a synonym for bacteria; viruses and eukaryotic microbes are not considered specifically. Previous Semesters Fall 2011 Prokaryotic Diversity Wikipedia assignment Student usernames Student usernames should follow the ExampleUser format below. ExampleUser (talk · contribs) pmbbellan (talk · contribs) pdaigl6 (talk · contribs) Lgamborg (talk · contribs) jgarti1 (talk · contribs) GrahamRA147 (talk · contribs) Michael.read12 (talk · contribs) Trodri9 (talk · contribs) mruss22 (talk · contribs) esonge1 (talk · contribs) ctran13 (talk · contribs) Student resources For on-wiki help, please refer to this student orientation and this brief resource page. Printable guides These printable PDF documents have instructions related to the basics of Wikipedia. Wiki markup quick reference – This one-page quick reference (included in the Welcome to Wikipedia brochure) helps you to remember the most frequently used wiki markup codes. References – This handout explains why references are important, what the expectations for sourcing on Wikipedia are, where to place references, and the basics of adding "ref" tags. Reference formatting – This handout explains in more detail how to create footnotes for citing sources, and how to cite the same source multiple times. How to get help – explains the recommended way to get help and feedback. It also includes a glossary of additional help resources you can avail yourself of. Plagiarism – explains what plagiarism is on Wikipedia—including "close paraphrasing"—in addition to why and how to avoid it. On-wiki tutorials Wikipedia:Tutorial - General introduction to Wikipedia Wikipedia:Article wizard - Walkthrough of the requirements for articles, including notability and sources Wikipedia:Picture tutorial - Explains how to insert pictures into Wikipedia articles using wikitext Wikipedia:Graphics tutorials (advanced) - advice about advanced image editing Immediate help Looking for immediate help from a Wikipedia Ambassador? Click the big purple button on the right. Enter your Wikipedia username, fill out the CAPTCHA, and click "Connect" to enter chat. Then explain what you need help with. If no one replies within about 3-5 minutes, try this help channel instead.