CHM 361: Inorganic Chemistry: Wikipedia Project

Expanding a Wikipedia Stub for an Inorganic Compound

Choose from - wikipedia inorganic compound stubs; it is to your advantage to do some preliminary research to make sure you can find appropriate sources.

Considering registering yourself in Wikipedia:   

• It is recommended, but not required that you register yourself in Wikipedia. This link describes the advantages and cautions you to pick a sensible user name since they’re not easy to change later http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial_(Registration)

• Go here to register http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup

How to edit Wikipedia articles:

• Look at this tutorial to get the basic idea of editing. Note that you need to use special “mark-up” language to do common things, like make italics and bold
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial

• This is the detailed guide to editing Wikipedia articles. Consult the different parts of this guide frequently
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page

• Refer to this Cheatsheet listing basic editing commands
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet

• For citing sources consult
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources

• For how to footnote
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnotes

• For a comprehensive style guide for Wikipedia articles
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style

Examples of Wikipedia articles from previous class members:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury(II)_cyanide

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_ferrocyanide

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonium_dichromate