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APS Wikipedia Initiative: Using Wikipedia Writing in Psychology Classes
Robert E. Kraut, Carnegie Mellon University, and Rosta Farzan, Carnegie Mellon University
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Translating Knowledge Out of the Classroom: The Highs and Lows of Wikipedia as a Platform for Student Writing
Paula Marentette, University of Alberta, Canada
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Resources for Making the Most of Class Assignments
Jami Matthewson, Wikimedia Foundation

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US/Canada Education Program Assignment Design: Fall 2012

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Wikipedia is the most commonly used general reference source on the Internet, but how much do you know about Psychology Articles on Wikipedia?

1. Guess how many articles are associated with the Project on Psychology at Wikipedia?
2. What percentage of those have been reviewed?
3. What percentage have been assessed as good articles?
4. What percentage have even been featured on Wikipedia?
5. What is the average number of times people have visited the low quality articles in the past six months?

Question	Your Response	Wikipedia Numbers
Number of Psychology articles		7,425
Percentage of reviewed articles		3,927 (52%)
Good articles		29 (7%)
Featured articles		16 (4%)
Average number of views of low quality articles in past 6 months		more than 64000

There are about 5500 articles associated with the Project on Psychology at Wikipedia. Of those, only 30% have even been assessed through Wikipedia’s peer assessment. Of the roughly 935 articles that have an assessment of medium or higher importance, only 2% are above "B" level, only 9 have ever been featured, and only another 9 have "Good Article" status. We’ve got to improve this.