Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Rice University/Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities (Spring 2021)

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Course name

Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities

Institution

Rice University

Instructor

[[User:Prashanth314|]]

Wikipedia Expert

Ian (Wiki Ed)

Subject

Economics, Public policy

Course dates

2021-01-25 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-05-14 23:59:59 UTC

Approximate number of student editors

23

This course explores deprivations and inequalities in capabilities in global and local communities, and how they are situated in social, institutional, and political economic systems. Of particular focus are racial/ethnic and geographic disparities, gender inequality, and interactions with social norms, work structures, and the environment. For example, human life requires not just market work but also the difficult-to-measure, interdependent, non-market work: childcare, eldercare, and provision for personal needs. Those who work in markets still require that these activities be taken care of, either as their own extra work, by a family member, or a paid helper. In exploring these issues, the course also considers connections with other inequalities, such as ethnicity, race, caste, class, and sexual orientation. Readings consider policies designed to improve standards of living and enhance capabilities of all people.

Wikipedia Assignment Overview:

Wikipedia has increasingly become the first resource many internet users consult whenever they encounter an unfamiliar topic. This reliance on Wikipedia is simultaneously exciting in its potential to democratize the availability and production of knowledge and troubling given evidence of systemic bias in Wikipedia (http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia:Systemic_bias) and the possibility that inaccurate, and even malicious, information will be spread and reinforced through the site.

This semester you will have the opportunity to intervene in this social phenomenon by participating in the construction and revision of Wikipedia sites relevant to the themes of this course. For this assignment, you will propose and either (1) carry out a substantial revision of an existing Wikipedia article by rewriting it and creating additional sections, or (2) expand a “stub” for a topic that is not sufficiently covered on the site, or (3) create an entirely new article. Since new sections added to existing articles receive far more traffic than completely new articles, which can be orphaned in Wikipedia, you will need to provide a justification if you propose to create a new article rather than revise or expand upon an existing one.

Through this assignment, you will have the opportunity to educate readers about the topics discussed in class and be part of a worldwide conversation about these issues. You will also join the Article Talk page and WikiProject pages related to your entry, and participate in the discussions on these sites.

[The assignments, milestones, and other course features are under construction/revision; please check back for revisions.]

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings

Tuesday, 26 January 2021   |   Thursday, 28 January 2021

Week 2

Course meetings

Tuesday, 2 February 2021   |   Thursday, 4 February 2021

Assignment - Update your User Page and Join Course page

Due  9:00 pm Tuesday, Feb 2.

Access and review Editing Wikipedia

• Join the course page:
  • Go to the Course Overview
  • Click "Join course" and enter the passcode.
  • You will then be prompted to register for Wikipedia by creating a user account.  For those of you who already have a Wikipedia account, just log in -- this should be ALL of you! 
  • Click "okay" to authorize dashboard.wikiedu.org.
  • You will then be redirected to the course page
• Create a user page (only for any students who don't yet have a user page - should be zero)
  • Go to wiki.riteme.site, and make sure that you are logged in. If so, your newly created account name will be in the upper right hand corner. It will appear in red until you have added content to your userpage.
  • Click on your userid, and you will then be directed to your user page, which should have a header that reads "User:".
  • Click on the link towards the upper right hand corner of the Wikipedia interface that says "Create." After clicking on the “Create” link, you will be 
    

redirected to a page with a header that reads "Editing User:" with a large text box.

• • In the text box compose some sentences about yourself. You may for example, highlight your interests and some areas of Wikipedia to which you 
    

wish to contribute.  For example, you may wish to look at the user pages of some former students. In the Wikipedia search bar, click User:Leejohnson898,  User:Weatherby551, User:Twoods158.  For the future:  Be sure to continue to develop your Wikipedia user page over the course of 
the semester, and update it later as your life circumstances change.

• • Scroll below and click "Save Page." At this point the link containing your account name will change in color from red to blue indicating that a linked page
    

now exists.

• To get credit, be sure you are logged into Wikipedia and have already added your user name to the course page. 
• Find your Sandbox
  • To go to your Sandbox, click the link on the upper right hand side of the page titled “Sandbox.” This will lead you to a user page called 
    

Special:MyPage/sandbox.  You can practice Wikipedia editing in your sandbox until you are ready to begin editing in the Wikipedia mainspace.

• • • Submit your User Page URL to the relevent Canvas assignment***

 

Week 3

Course meetings

Tuesday, 9 February 2021   |   Thursday, 11 February 2021

Assignment - Proposed topics

Due 9:00 pm Tuesday, Feb 9.

To complete:

1. Choose at least two articles to consider working on and, if relevant, read the related subject-specific brochures
2. Submit a brief description of your proposed topics by the deadline.
   • Submit to Canvas by 9:00 pm
3. List the topics you are considering on your user page.
   • Make sure you list these topics and relevant sources on your user page, not your user talk page.
4. Post a comment on the talk pages of the articles you have listed. (If you are proposing a new article, post on the talk page of a parent article instead.)
5. Submit links to the talk pages you wrote on and your user page as a submission comment on Canvas by the deadline.

Choosing your topic is the earliest decision you need to make for this project. Careful selection of a workable topic will help you complete this assignment efficiently and make a valuable contribution.

1. Considering possible topics:

• Carefully review the document Contributing to Wikipedia: Overall Guidelines and Evaluation Criteria, page 6 of Editing Wikipedia and the "Finding your article" training.
• Browse through Wikipedia and review examples of good or featured articles on topics related to the course
• Review the Exercise: [[../../../training/students/choose-topic-exercise|Choose a topic]]
• Think carefully about possible topics that might interest you. You have the option of revising an existing entry, creating a new one, or some combination that may involve adding to one or more articles and creating a new entry. New articles are discouraged unless a clear parent article already exists that has been well developed. (You may also add a section (or sections) on a similar theme to a series of articles.)
• Research two topics or articles that you will consider working on as your main project. Review  the talk pages of any existing topics for a sense of other contributors who are working on these topics and what they are doing. For each of your topics, review any related subject-specific brochures.
• If you are considering a new article, confirm that the article already has a well-constructed "parent" article.  If not, pick a different topic or consider developing the parent article.
• Topic titles should not sound like research papers or contain an argument. Since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, all articles should reflect points of view and facts that have already been published. Additionally, article titles with two topics connected with the word “and” are generally discouraged in Wikipedia.
• Check out the WikiProjects affiliated with articles that interest you and read what other contributors have suggested for new and revised entries. You can find the affiliated WikiProjects on the Talk page of an article. Consider posting a query on a WikiProject talk page, particularly if you are interested in starting a new article.

• • • Having trouble finding an article?***

Review this page.

2. Submit a very brief description of your proposed topics to the relevant assignment tab on Canvas.

For full credit, the file you submit must also contain the following features: a. File name: [LastName] WikiTopics.docx
b. Document must include:
    i.   Your name on the first page of the document
   ii.   Page numbers
  iii.   Be doubled-spaced
  iv.   Careful proofreading
   v.   Preferred font - Baskerville, size 14
c. For each proposed topic:
    i.   Supply a few sentences to explain your interest and possible revisions. (Note you will later be submitting a full proposal -- this assignment is simply to help you identify a viable topic, so be concise);
    ii.  Note whether you would like to rewrite/add to an existing article or articles, expand  an existing stub, or create an entirely new entry;
   iii.  If you are proposing a new article, describe the parent article and its quality; and
    iv. For your top two choices, list at least ten new references to scholarly sources you would add in revising/creating the article.  You may consider doing the same for a possible third alternative topic.

References:  You may include references to newspaper, magazine, website, and blog sources, but these will not count toward the required number of scholarly references. All references need to be presented as formal full citations (do not simply provide links). Rank your proposed topics in your order of interest. If approved, one of these topics will become your final topic. You will lose points if your sources are not properly listed as formal citations.

d. Submit to Canvas by 9:00 pm Tuesday February 9

3. List the topics you are considering plus the references on your user page

• Make sure you are logged into Wikipedia before making any postings!
• Include the references for your top two choices, along with your sentences expressing interest, etc.

4. Post a comment on the talk pages of the articles (or on the talk page of a parent or important relatedarticle if you are proposing a new article.)

• Post a comment that contains a brief description of your plans and a reference to your comments on your user page on the Talk pages of any articles you might consider revising.  If you are considering creating a new article, post on the Talk page of a parent article. 
• For instructions on posting to Talk pages, see Using Talk Pages.

Week 4

Course meetings

Tuesday, 16 February 2021   |   Thursday, 18 February 2021

Week 5

Course meetings

Tuesday, 23 February 2021   |   Thursday, 25 February 2021

Assignment - Proposal

Due 9:00 pm Tuesday Feb 23.

To complete:

1. Upload your completed proposal to the relevant assignment tab on Canvas by the deadline. For full credit, the file you submit must also contain the following features:
   • File name: [LastName] WikiProposal.docx
   • Document must include:
   • your name on the first page
   • page numbers
   • be doubled-spaced
   • be carefully proofed
   • preferred font - Baskerville, size 14
   • labelled with correct filename

________________________________

Overview

Things to consider before writing:

You will have the option of revising an existing article, creating a new one, or some combination that may involve adding to one or more articles and creating a new article. New articles are generally discouraged unless a clear and well developed parent article already exists.

Issues to consider if you are considering creating a new article: 

•  If your proposed topic does not have a clear parent topic that has been developed beyond a stub or start class article, you should instead develop or revise/expand the parent topic instead.
•  Post a query to one or more relevant project groups informing them of your plans.
•  Find one or more active Wikipedians who have contributed to a related article or to the relevant project group, and seek out their advice.
•  Prepare to be flexible in response to the feedback you receive. 

Issues to consider in planning a revision to an existing article: 

•  Are all parts of the existing entry clearly relevant to the topic?
•  Does the entry present any unsubstantiated opinion as though backed by legitimate research? Can you identify any parts of the entry that should either be removed or require further support through citations?
• Does the existing article present all of the legitimate, research-backed approaches to a particular issue?
•  Are there important subtopics that are not discussed?
•  Rather than planning to provide missing citations, first consider whether your research would suggest emphasizing different points or an alternative structure, possibly deleting some of the unsupported claims.
•  Does the existing article appropriately link to other Wikipedia sites? Are there any links that you could add?

Issues to consider for both new and revised articles: 

•  Identify the relevant subtopics for your proposed contribution and all of the legitimate, research-backed approaches to the topic.
• Narrow the number of subtopics that you will create. (If some important subtopics are beyond the scope of what you can realistically include, you can note additional subtopics meriting further development on the Talk page.)
• Your proposal should acknowledge and adhere to the standards required by Wikipedia for creating and updating articles. 

Instructions:

The proposal should be a typed plan (a minimum of 500-700 words, not including references, describing the work you propose to do. The proposal should not be a draft of your proposed new or revised article and should not contain paragraphs intended for your article.

The purpose of the proposal is to persuade readers of the merits of your planned contributions and it should demonstrate how your article will differ from or improve upon any existing or related articles. To receive full credit for your Wikipedia contributions you will need to create a substantial amount of new material. The proposal should clearly indicate the work you plan to contribute. You will need to do enough research to clearly explain the motivation behind your planned changes. Be sure to include all the required proposal components described below.  If this is a group project, clearly explain how the work will be divided.

All proposals should cover the concepts necessary to a critical understanding of the issues; related theoretical and policy debates, and a detailed analytical plan for the material you plan to add.

 

We want you to notate which sources are scholarly with an asterik (*) if you are including non-scholarly sources. As noted by the rubric, for most topics, you need a minimum of two scholarly sources per section you plan to add. If you are working on an approved topic, where scholary sources are scarce, notify Dr. Strassmann, who can modify the expectations for your work. Good luck with your proposals!

 

Carefully read the comments you received on your topic assignment, including suggestions of references, reconceptualizations of your topic, title, etc. If you’ve been told that your topic is too broad (or too narrow), alter your plan as suggested. Overly broad topics are discouraged since these are difficult to research and cover comprehensively.

Writing your proposal

•   Your proposal should include each of the following items and use proper grammar, style, and organization: 
  1. Identify your topic (or topics). What is the name of the article (or articles) that you plan to revise or create? [Note: avoid topics that do not have a clear parent article or which have titles that sound like arguments or research paper titles.]
  2. Explain why your topic needs to be revised, expanded, or added to Wikipedia. This explanation should be about the existing representation of the topic (or lack thereof) on Wikipedia and should not include paragraphs that would more appropriately go in the Wikipedia article. Include an argument for the relevance (“notability”) of this effort. Why should we care about this subject? What makes it interesting or important?
  3. Compare the current article or your planned contribution(s) with one or more specific Wikipedia articles you identify that have been assessed as B class, Good, or Featured and explain what would need to be done to bring your article to an improved status. (Take into account that some article statuses may be outdated, if they've been improved but not reassessed.)
  4.  If you are planning to propose a new article, please provide substantial justification for why this would be better rather than expanding/revising an existing article, given that new sections added to existing articles tend to receive far more traffic than completely new entries. You will need to show that the relevant parent article is well developed.
  5. Provide a detailed outline using the track changes feature of Word to show the sections you will be revising and creating. If you are creating a new article, your outline will comprise all the sections of the proposed article. If you are contributing to an existing article or articles, include an outline that shows existing sections to be kept or deleted and proposed new sections, clearly distinguishing among the two. An example of a sample outline is available under resources in Canvas.
  6. In a separate section of your proposal, describe the planned work, and include detailed explanations of what you will include in each of the sections  you will be adding or revising. Note also if the lead to the article will need revising or expanding.  (If you plan to contribute to more than one article, be sure to explain what you will be contributing to each.) Include a substantive list of scholarly references expected to support each proposed section that you will be contributing to. The references should be organized by parts of the previously listed outline, with references listed for each major topic. Unless you have received an exception from Dr. Strassmann, provide a minimum of two (and preferably more) scholarly references for each section you plan to add. References from news sources are permitted, but these are not a substitute for the minimum number of scholarly references required per section. 
     • Note: References should include material from outside the syllabus as well as relevant course readings. These will need to be listed following an appropriate documentation format such as Chicago style (including author, year, and page number). You may also use the APA style or the citation style preferred by the main umbrella Project Group for your contribution. MLA and other styles that do not emphasize the use of inline citations with publication dates should not be used. Note that once you start adding to specific articles, you should adhere to the referencing style preferred by a main related Wiki Project Group associated with the article.
  7. Describe (i) the links to other articles that you plan to add, and (ii) links you will add from those pages to yours. To what existing Wikipedia pages will you add information about your page to increase traffic?
  8. Describe any potential difficulties you anticipate.
  9. Submit your completed proposal to the relevant assignment tab on Canvas. For full credit, the file you submit must also contain the following features:
     • File name: [LastName] WikiProposal.docx
     • Document must include:
     • Your name
     • Page numbers
     • Be doubled-spaced
     • Be carefully proofed
     • Preferred font - Baskerville, size 14
     • Labelled with correct filename

• Examples of successful proposals from previous classes will be made available in Canvas

Week 6

Course meetings

Tuesday, 2 March 2021   |   Thursday, 4 March 2021

Assignment - Update your User page and Article Talk pages

Due 9:00 pm Tuesday March 2.

While you are waiting to hear back on your proposal, begin updating your user page and the talk pages of the article(s) you propose to contribute to.

• Add the Talk and Article pages to your watch list, and check regularly to see if anyone offers advice on your previous postings
• Engage with any feedback you receive.
• Check out the WikiProjects affiliated with your topic. You can find the affiliated WikiProjects on the Talk page of an article.

• Paste URL of your User page to the Text Submission tab of the assignment.
• Paste URL(s) of the article talk page(s) you updated to the Text Submission tab of the assignment

Week 7

Course meetings

Tuesday, 9 March 2021   |   Thursday, 11 March 2021

Assignment - First Steps

Due 5:00pm Friday March 12.

To complete:

1. Take the training linked here and review Editing Wikipedia, pp. 7-9 and 12-14.
2. New article contributors: write a 3–4 paragraph summary version of your article with citations in your Wikipedia sandbox.  
3. Revised article contributors: begin making revisions.  New material can be drafted in your sandbox (be sure to include citations as appropriate); revisions may be done directly on the mainspace. IMPORTANT NOTE:  If you are considering submitting an optional Did You Know (DYK) hook, keep your work in the sandbox for now.  Once you begin making changes, you will only have 7 days to submit your DYK hook!!!
4. Communicate further on the relevant Talk pages and respond to any community feedback. Consider asking the course content expert and key Wikipedians for advice.
5. Submit (1) Talk page URL and (2) Article page URL or Sandbox URL to relevant assignment page on Canvas.

Be sure you are logged in at all times!  Don't forget to sign all Talk page postings with four ~s.

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Start drafting ideas from your proposal into your Wikipedia Sandbox

• Take the "Drafting in the Sandbox" training linked here and review Editing Wikipedia, pp. 7-9 and 12-14.
• If you are starting a new article, write a 3–4 paragraph summary version of your article—with citations—in your Wikipedia Sandbox. Notify watchers of the Talk page of the parent article about the draft in your sandbox. 
• If you are expanding an existing article, start drafting your ideas from your proposal—with citations—in your sandbox first. 
• Review any relevant subject-specific brochures.

Once you have a complete draft in your Sandbox, consider moving that that work live on to Wikipedia  (keep your work in the sandbox longer if you plan to submit a DYK hook).

• Take the Moving work out of the Sandbox training. 
• If you're starting a new article
  • Respond to Wikipedia Community feedback (if any), polish your short starter article, and fix any major issues.
  • Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.
  • Consider moving your sandbox work into the main space.
  • Do NOT copy and paste your text, or there will be no record of your work history. Follow the instructions in the "Moving out of your sandbox" handout.
• If you are expanding an existing article or articles, copy your edits into the article or work directly in the mainspace. If you are making many small edits, save after each edit before you make the next one. Do not paste over the entire existing article, or over large sections of the existing article.  (Exceptions may be made in the case of articles that have not been changed over a substantial period of time.)

Once you have your work moved live... 

• Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
• Double check that your Wikipedia settings are set so that you are able to watch and be notified of any comments or changes to Article, Talk, or User pages.
• If you'd like a Wikipedia Content Expert to review your work, now is the time! Click the "Get Help" button to request a response.
• Don't panic if your work is overwritten or disappears. 
  • Check to see if there is an explanation of the edit on the article's talk page. If not, (politely) ask why it was removed.
  • Let me know, and also consider contacting the course Content Expert.

Week 8

Course meetings

Tuesday, 16 March 2021   |   Thursday, 18 March 2021

Week 9

Course meetings

Tuesday, 23 March 2021   |   Thursday, 25 March 2021

Assignment - Initial Contribution

Due Friday, March 26, 5 pm

• Your initial contribution should be a minimum of 700 words, not including references, but note that if it appears you are using language designed to increase word count, your edits will likely be reverted. 
• Review advice 
  • First, carefully consider the suggestions you have been given, both to your proposal when it was reviewed and graded, and any responses by Wikipedia editors to your contributions to the Project, Talk or your User page. As you write, be sure to continually check the article’s Talk page and any WikiProject Talk pages you have contributed to for user feedback and suggestions.
• Review information 
  • Review the various informational documents and links you have been given, particularly those relating to citations and avoiding plagiarism.
• Continue writing! 
  • Make sure you are logged in before you write.
  • Consider saving after every sentence, so if an editor doesn’t like one of your points, only that sentence will be reverted.
  • Be sure that every assertion in your article is supported with a citation (and carefully review the information on citations referenced above). In-text citations that include the name of the scholar making the claim are superior to simple footnotes. 
  • A good practice is to include a reference after every sentence.  This is especially important for health-related articles.
  • To easily create citations, click on the word “Cite” at the top of the editing box. It will give you a drop-down menu of citation templates for books, journals, websites, and news. You can select a template and it will give you a form with all of the needed fields, and will then format the information for you. If you name the references where the template says “Ref name,” you can re-use them later by clicking on “Named references” and selecting whichever one you want. You put

under references for Wikipedia to auto-generate your reference list, and if you add a number like , it will split the references up into that many columns. 

• • Do NOT paste over the entire existing article, or large sections of the existing article. When changes are complete, press the “Save page” button. (Be sure to provide a brief explanation of each change in the space provided.)
    

Overwriting entire articles or large sections is more acceptable for articles that are not actively being edited by other Wikipedians (no substantive new edits in several months). If you plan substantial deletions and overwriting to an existing page, make sure that you have written on the article's Talk page to explain the problems with the current page, described your planned revisions, and given other Wikipedians time to respond. 

• New article tips 
  • For new articles, consider using Wikipedia’s Article Wizard. The Wizard is a tool designed to help users creating articles for the first time. The Wizard is a six-step process that will ensure that you are ready to create a new article.
  • The easiest way to post a new article on the Wikipedia Mainspace is to log into your account and then type the name of your topic into the search box on the upper right-hand side of the page. If no article exists, you will be prompted to create one. Be sure to search for similar topics as well as articles about broader ideas that may already cover the topic you want to write about. 
  • Do NOT simply copy and paste your text from your sandbox to the article or there will be no record of your work history. Follow these instructions for how to move your work.
  • When changes are complete, press the “Save page” button.
  • Be sure to include your citations and references when you create your article or it may be deleted swiftly. 
  • If your contribution disappears, don’t panic and also don’t try to force your contribution back on
  • Check to see if there is an explanation of the edit on the article's talk page. If not, (politely) ask why it was removed.
  • Contact one of the course’s online volunteers and let them know and also let me know
• General tips 
  • Your article should include a number of short sections (many of which you may have included in your proposal). Headings allow a reader to jump around and find the information they want easily. (When you include a heading, a table of contents will be automatically generated when you post to Wikipedia.) Wikipedia allows the creation of article headings with relative ease. 
  • Include links in your article. The linking infrastructure is what helps users navigate to and discover new information and will prevent your article from being orphaned and therefore unread. To add a link, double-bracket the word. For example, Capabilities Approach would link to the capabilities approach page. A link to a page that doesn’t exist will appear red. (Some of these instructions may change with the new visual editor.) 
  • Good Wikipedia articles contain illustrations that help explain the topic visually. Illustrating Wikipedia
  • Click the “watch” button for both the article and talk page for each article you contributed to. As before, be sure to continually check the article’s Talk page and any WikiProject Talk pages for user feedback and suggestions.
  • Getting help on Wikipedia: While the online volunteers are good sources of help and advice, there are lots of other ways to get quick help on Wikipedia. Review How to Get Help for useful advice: How to get help. Additionally, there are live tutorials on a variety of topics, which you can find at Tips and Resources
• Submission Instructions 
  • You do not need to submit your WikiWork since I can access it via the dashboard
  • However, you must submit the following documents to Owlspace by the deadline and email them to those in your peer review group:
    1. A narrative description of the contributions you have made along with links to the page(s) you have created/changed. [Label the file: LastName]InitialContributionDescription.pdf (or .doc/.docx)]
    2. An outline of your article, showing with track changes the sections you have edited, deleted, or added.  [Label the file: LastName]InitialContributionOutline.docx)]
       1.  All posted documents must include: 
       2. your name
       3. page numbers
       4. be double-spaced (except the outline, which may be single-spaced) 
          

        *baskerville font, size 14

• • 1. 1. be carefully proofread
       2. be labelled withcorrect filename: lastname_initialcontribution

 

• • Submit to relevent Canvas assignment tab**

Assignment - Optional

Submitting a Did You Know hook to Wikipedia.

Deadline: Friday March 26 or later (deadline variable depending on timing of article creation or 5-fold expansion). 

This optional assignment can help draw traffic to your page and increase the “hits” it receives. Only new articles or articles that have greatly increased the word count of a previously existing article are eligible. “Did you know” hooks must be submitted within 7 days of the creation of a new article or a fivefold expansion (usually from a stub) of an existing article. Submitting a DYK hook requires that you engage with other Wikipedia editors in a discussion that will likely result in requests for improvement to the article. 

• To nominate your article, follow the instructions in Nominating your article for Did You Know
• Or you may read the full guide to Did You Know nominations at: WP:DYK
• You may also review a quick guide at User:Rjanag/Quick DYK 2 for step-by-step on screen instructions. 
  • Search Template talk:Did you know on Wikipedia. Click on “How to post a new nomination.”
  • Follow the on screen instructions in the yellow and orange form.
  • Create a nomination subpage.
• Write the nomination using the DYK template Template:NewDYKnomination
  • You will need to write a good hook -- the “Did you know” fact for your article (see below for details). To write a good hook: 
    • Remember to begin the hook with "... that", to end it with a question mark, and to link the article title within the hook and make it bold.
    • The hook should be fewer than 200 characters.
    • The hook should refer to established facts.
    • The hook should be neutral.
    • The "Did you know?" fact must be mentioned in the article and cited with an inline citation since inline citations are used to support specific statements in an article. Many submissions fail to meet one or both of these criteria.
  • List the nomination page at "Template talk:Did you know" by finding the appropriate date and adding This is not the proper page to nominate your DYK article. If you have arrived here by accident, please return to T:TDYK and create your DYK nomination page by replacing the text "YOUR ARTICLE TITLE" in the form, with the title of the article you intend to nominate. under the date of the article's creation or expansion.
  • Submit the URL of the nomination page to the relevant assignment page on Canvas. 

Week 10

Course meetings

Tuesday, 30 March 2021   |   Thursday, 1 April 2021

Assignment - Peer review

Due 9:00 pm Monday March 29.

1. Take the Peer Review online training.
2. Review "Evaluating Wikipedia"  and pages 7-15 of Editing Wikipedia before reading the contributions of your peers.
3. Complete one copy of the Peer Review Rubric for each of the articles created by the students whose work you are reviewing. (Peer Review Rubric Forms are available on Canvas.)
4. Please type your comments for each article you are reviewing onto a copy of the form available in Canvas. Be sure to note on the form the name of the person whose work you are reviewing, the reviewed article’s title, plus your name as the peer reviewer. Provide thoughtful and detailed comments that will help your peer group members improve their articles. Detailed constructive suggestions will help your classmates. [Examples from past years are available on Canvas.]  
5. Add a summary of your comments on the Talk page of each article you are reviewing. Attach the summaries to the Peer Review Forms for each Article you review, and provide the link where your talk page comments may be found on the form).                                    
6. *Label each file with your name and that of the person whose work you are reviewing as follows: [YourLastName]ReviewOf[AuthorLastName].docx, e.g. SmithReviewofJones.docx*
7. Email the relevant, filled-out forms to each person whose work you have reviewed by the deadline. 
8. Submit the filled-out forms to Canvas under therelevant Assignment page.

Group Workshops

Workshop: Students will meet in class on Tuesday March 30 with their peer review groups to discuss their feedback on each others articles.  This class is required.

Week 11

Course meetings

Tuesday, 6 April 2021   |   Thursday, 8 April 2021

Assignment - Expanded Contribution to Wikipedia

Due Wednesday April 7 5pm

 

Expand and revise your Wikipedia contributions in response to your peer review feedback and any comments posted to your User and Talk pages by other Wikipedia editors. Be proactive in seeking advice from editors in the Wikipedia community. Your expanded contribution should be a minimum of 1500 words, not including references. By this stage, you should have added at least fifteen new references from scholarly sources. Additional references may come from non-scholarly sources, such as from news reports or governmental or NGO websites. Be sure your Wikipedia settings are set so that you are able to watch and be notified of any comments or changes to Article, Talk, or User pages.

1. Double check that all assertions are appropriately supported and referenced
   • As noted in various materials and in class, make sure you attribute claims to specific authors and studies in the text using in line citations where appropriate rather than just supporting specific assertions with footnotes. Review the brochures on citations, references, and on how to avoid plagiarism. Make sure your article does not copy the structure of any articles or books you are referencing or use inappropriate close paraphrasing.
2. Add links and images
   • The best Wikipedia articles have illustrations and images, link to other pages, and have other pages linking to them. Review the brochures Polishing your article and Illustrating Wikipedia for good advice on adding images and additional links.
3.  Check permissions
   • Check to make sure you have the requisite permissions for any images or illustrations.
4.  Questions?
   • If you have questions, post questions to search.ask.wikiedu.org on the Dashboard, seek out help from online volunteers, and review  How to Get Help for useful advice, and access live tutorials available at Tips and Resources.
5.  Submission Instructions
   • Make sure that all your Wikipedia contributions are live by 5 pm Monday 2 Nov.
   • Additionally, submit the following documents to Owlspace and email them to those in your peer review group by the deadline:
     • a narrative description of the contributions you have made 
       

    * links to the page(s) you have created/changed
    * an outline of your article, showing with track changes the sections you have edited, deleted, or added. 
    Label the file: LastNameExpandedContributionDescription.docx)

1. • For full credit, the file you submit must also contain the following features:
     • Correct filename (see above)
     • Document must include:
       • your name
       • page numbers
       • be doubled-spaced
       • be carefully proofed
       • preferred font - Baskerville, size 14
   • Given the tight timing before the workshop, there will be no extensions. Plan to complete your work early so that you can deal with any last minute snags that may come up.

• • Submit to relevent Canvas assignment page**

Handouts:

[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polishing_your_articles.pdf Polishing your article
]

Illustrating Wikipedia

Assignment - Optional

Good Article Status submission

Due Wednesday April 7 5pm

At this stage, you may consider nominating your article for Good Article Status. If you opt to seek Good Article status you must remove the nomination at the end of the semester if your article is unreviewed; or alternatively, you must commit to following up on the review after the end of the semester. (Not responding to reviews provided by Wikipedia editors to Good Article review nominations is disrespectful of the time the editors put into their reviews and suggestions.) 

• Good Articles are articles that meet a high quality standard and have been approved by members of the Wikipedia community. If you choose this route, you will self-nominate your article for Good Article review and a Wikipedia editor may eventually provide your article with a review and feedback. The independent Wikipedia review process may take weeks or months and therefore achieving Good Article status is not required for the course.
• First, peruse the Good Article Criteria found here. Then go to the Good Article Nominations page and follow the on-screen instructions for “How to Nominate an Article.” Your efforts in nominating your article (if appropriate) will be taken into account in your final project grade.
• Submit a link to the Good Article Nomination page to the relevant Assignment on Canvas. 

Week 12

Course meetings

Tuesday, 13 April 2021   |   Thursday, 15 April 2021

Week 13

Course meetings

Tuesday, 20 April 2021   |   Thursday, 22 April 2021

Assignment - Final Revised Contribution

Due 10:45 PM Tuesday April 20 (See ** below.)

 

• • • UPDATE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS FROM COMPLETE CONTRIBUTION. MAKE ADDITIONS IN RED TEXT***

1.  A revised description of the contributions you have made (including all changes made earlier) [Filename: <LastName>FinalContributionDescription.pdf (or .doc/.docx)]
2. An outline of your article, showing with track changes all of the sections you have edited, deleted, or added for the complete assignment. Please include partial outlines for any subsidiary or additional articles you have edited. [Filename: <LastName>FinalContributionOutline.docx]. 
3. A list of all references in proper format that you have added to the article, separated by "Scholarly" and "NonScholarly."  [Filenname: <LastName>InitialReferences.docx]. There should be a minimum of fifteen new scholarly references.
4. Final Revised Contribution of at least 1500 words.Your revisions/additions should be visibile on the Dashboard Article page. The button Article Assessments will reveal the "Current Version with Authorship highlighted." Therefore, as before, submission of your  contribution is only  needed if the highights are not fully accurate or if potential controversy could mean that some of your contributions will be reverted. If you choose to submit a copy, please see instructions below, and label your file as follows: (filename:  <LastName>Complete Contribution.docx or pdf)

For full credit, the files you submit must also contain the following features: 

1. Correct filenames (see above)
2. Documents must include: 
   • your name
   • page numbers
   • be doubled-spaced
   • be carefully proofed
   • preferred font - Baskerville, size 14

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Revise your Wikipedia contributions in response to your peer review feedback and any comments posted to your User and Talk pages by other Wikipedia editors. For additional advice, read the handout provided below on Polishing your Article

Be proactive in seeking advice from editors in the Wikipedia community. Your revised contribution should be a minimum of 1500 words, not including references. Additionally, you should have added to content to other pages as well to provide links and short summaries of the material on your page. You should have added at least fifteen new references to the original article from scholarly sources. Additional references may come from non-scholarly sources, such as from news reports or governmental or NGO websites, but these do not count towards the required fifteen scholarly sources. 

1. Double check that all assertions are appropriately supported and referenced 
   • As noted in various materials and in class, make sure you attribute claims to specific authors and studies in the text using in line citations where appropriate rather than just supporting specific assertions with footnotes. Review the brochures on citations, references, and on how to avoid plagiarism. Make sure your article does not copy the structure of any articles or books you are referencing or use inappropriate close paraphrasing.
2. Add links and images 
   • The best Wikipedia articles have illustrations and images, (1) link to other pages, and (2) have other pages linking to them. Lack of sufficient links is a common way studnets lose points.  Review the Training Module on Contributing Images and Media Files, take the Exercise: [[../../../training/students/continue-improving-exercise/link-articles|Add links to your article]] and read through the brochures Polishing your article and Illustrating Wikipedia for good advice on adding images and additional links.
3.  Check permissions 
   • Check to make sure you have the requisite permissions for any images or illustrations.
4.  Questions? 
   • If you have questions, seek out help from the course content expert, push the Get Help button, and access live tutorials, available at Tips and Resources.
   • Please prepare your final contributions to WIkipedia (including contributions to your main article and any made to other related articles, including links and references), following the instructions found here.

Week 14

Course meetings

Tuesday, 27 April 2021   |   Thursday, 29 April 2021

Assignment - Reflective Essay and Facebook Blurb

Due 10:45 PM May 1
 
Reflective Essay of at least 800 words (see instructions below): [Filename:  <LastName>Reflection.docx or pdf)]

 

See Canvas for details about Facebook blurb

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Write a reflective essay (3-5 pages) on your Wikipedia experience.  Consider these [[../../../training/students/reflective-essay-exercise/essay-questions|Guiding questions]] while you write. Although this essay will naturally reference some details from your Contribution Description, it should take an essay format and should be deeply reflective about your Wikipedia experience.  

For full credit, the file you submit must also contain the following features:

1.  Correct filename: [Label the file: LastName]Reflection.docx]
2. Document must include: 
   • your name
   • page numbers
   • be doubled-spaced
   • be carefully proofed
   • preferred font - Baskerville, size 14

Resources Recap

• Editing Wikipedia
• Using Talk Pages
• Evaluating Wikipedia
• Contributing to Wikipedia: Overall Guidelines and Evaluation Criteria 
• Citing your sources
• Choosing an article
• Avoiding Plagiarism
• Choosing an article
• Moving out of your Sandbox
• Illustrating Wikipedia 
• Article Wizard
• How to Get Help
• Tips and Resources
• Did You Know processWP:DYK
• Template talk:Did you know 
• Template:NewDYKnomination
• Polishing your article
• Good Article Status
• Good Article Criteria
• Good Article Nominations page