Project:WikiProject Cyberlaw 2009 Berkeley

Students in the University of California Berkeley's Spring 2009 Cyberlaw course seek to improve Wikipedia pages related to Cyberlaw topics. (It's also an assignment.[http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~bcarver/mediawiki/index.php/INFO_235_-_LAW_276.1_Spring_2009_Syllabus Berkeley Spring 2009 Cyberlaw Syllabus].)

They've identified the following pages that they may work on:

I found the following page to be a good starting point for figuring out wikipedia law articles: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Law

I also found this page where featured law articles are listed: Wikipedia:Featured_Article#Law

Something else that I am using is changedetection.com, which lets you watch web pages so that you know when they change.

You can get a more full-featured editor by installing a Greasemonkey script called wikEd.

General Overview

Wikipedia:Five_pillars

Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines

Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(legal)

Wikipedia's Three Core Content Policies:

Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view

Wikipedia:Verifiability

Wikipedia:No_original_research

Citations

References Generally: Learn how to do references

For example, here is a good citation to Baker v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99 (1879).Baker v. Selden, [http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/US/101/101.US.99.html 101 U.S. 99] (1879).

I made that reference with the following text:

Baker v. Selden, [http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/US/101/101.US.99.html 101 U.S. 99] (1879).

Cases: To the extent possible, provide links to publicly-available versions of all court opinions mentioned. A good source of Federal opinions is http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/

Statutes: How to cite to the United States Code (U.S.C.)

Wikilinks: In general, provide links to other articles of relevance within Wikipedia.

Choose a Category/Categories for the page you edit

One of the following categories might fit the page you edit:

:Category:Internet_privacy

:Category:Privacy_law

:Category:Internet_censorship

:Category:Network_neutrality

:Category:United_States_internet_case_law

:Category:United_States_copyright_case_law

:Category:United_States_federal_intellectual_property_legislation

:Category:Obscenity_law

:Category:United_States_Supreme_Court_cases

:Category:United_States_Court_of_Appeals_cases

:Category:United_States_district_court_cases

:Category:California_state_case_law

or look for a better category in the Category tree.

Don't let the page you edit be an orphan

Click the "What links here" link in the toolbox on the left-hand margin of the page you edit and make sure it has at least three incoming links (from pages other than this one) and think about what other pages in Wikipedia ought to link to the page you edit and then add such links.

Infobox Templates

Some articles, particularly case summaries, have an Infobox on the right-hand side, providing key details of the case. If you would like to use such an Infobox, here are some that may be of use:

Template:Infobox SCOTUS case Infobox for Supreme Court of the United States cases.

Template:Infobox COA case Infobox for Court of Appeals cases.

Template:Infobox High Court Template to create an Infobox for state Supreme Court cases.

Template:Infobox California Supreme Court case Infobox for California Supreme Court cases.

Template:Infobox Court Case Template to create an Infobox for other U.S. court cases, such as lower state courts or U.S. District courts. This template should automatically choose the correct image of the Court's seal from Template:Infobox Court Case/images.

Other Infoboxes are topical rather than court-specific. You can see a list of some of these at the Wikipedia:WikiProject Law page.

Wikipedia:Wikiproject_Cyberlaw_2006_Harvard

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