The University of British Columbia
UBC - A Place of Mind
The University of British Columbia
Honouring Indigenous Writers
  • Honouring Indigenous Writers
  • Author Readings
  • Other Activities
  • Wikipedia Activities
» Home » Weekly Activities » Week 1 » Stub Articles

Stub Articles

Contribute to an article that is currently too short.

Wikipedia’s goal for its articles is that they are fully developed encyclopedic entries about their subjects. Articles marked as Stubs contain a limited amount of useful information and need to be filled out into a more comprehensive entry.

Many Indigenous writer articles are marked as stubs because they only contain brief bio sections and lists of works and awards. It can be difficult to expand these articles because of issues with notability and the need for citations (See the activity on Citations).


Instructions

  • Find an article that is marked as a stub on our HIW Author List page.
  • Read through the article to find areas that could be expanded.
    • Have a look at non-stub Indigenous writers to see examples of sections to add
  • Do some research to find information with appropriate sources.
  • Edit the page and write these new sections.
  • Publish Changes.

Resources

  • Wikipedia’s Writing Better Articles
  • HIW Author List

Example

  • Billy-Ray Belcourt

Complete this Activity

After you have finished expanding the article, let us know by tweeting out the Author page using the hashtag #HonouringIndigenousWriters.


Image Attribution: Featured Photo by qinghill on Unsplash

Posted in Level 5, Week 1 | Tagged with Writing

Honouring Indigenous Writers
The UBC Vancouver campus is situated within the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam).
The UBC Okanagan campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation.,
Back to top
The University of British Columbia
  • Emergency Procedures |
  • Terms of Use |
  • Copyright |
  • Accessibility