User:Ahsoka Dillard

I am an educator, public musicologist, and editor, who has been trained by the Wiki Educational Program to edit Wikipedia, specializing in biographies of women and minorities. Learn more at WikiEdu.org. All of my contributions are my own and I take responsibility for them.

This user is or was a participant in Wiki Education's Scholars & Scientists Program.

Principles of Wikipedia Articles

How to Get Started Editing Biographies

link to Women in Red Project primer for getting started on creating women's biographies on wikipedia
link to Women in Red Project Redlink index
link to discussion and guidelines on Wikipedia Notability Academics
link to discussion and policies for biographies of living persons on wikipedia.
Biographies typically include the following sub-sections:
- "Introduction (or lede)"
- "Early life and education
- "Career and/or service"
- "Select publications"
- "Notable awards"
- "References"

WikiProjects

Tips for editing

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