Feb. 12, 2009

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If you haven't made your Wikia account yet, do it over the break. This is big points and you have ten days to do it. Make it happen.

(Just follow Step one.)

Today I want you to explore other wikis on Wikia. Here's a list of the 250 most popular. Find a few that interest you and check them out. (In other words, just look around and read stuff that interests you. There are hundreds of wikis so you'll be able to find several you like.)

Also look inside the articles, figure out how they work. You do this by clicking "Edit this page". Don't make any actual edits --- and please don't vandalize any articles, or you'll get us blocked and wiki work will become homework from now on.

But look inside them and see how they do what they do.

Keep a list of what you liked and didn't like about the different wikis and show it to me. You can do this in an email to yourself or on paper or however, just show it to me so I can check off that you are being thoughtful about what makes wikis work, so we can apply that knowledge to the one we will be building.

Then when the bell rings, have a great week off.

(Don't forget to sign up if you haven't already.)