Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Wisconsin-Madison/Women and Politics in a Global Context (Fall 2018): Difference between revisions

Students will be writing biographies of contemporary or historical women politicians in international, national or state level politics from around the world.

Student	Assigned	Reviewing
Mmuhammad2
Attaway
Vicicondi
AMJBadger14	Vitka Kempner
Halle107
JennySligh
Freh06
Hannahnicolematt	Ruth Patterson
Angeliehumbert
Rmotis
NickSilva2
Schlangenm
Alanahirsch	Natural environment
LottieJames
Andiehach
Jackbrudvig
Dwetter2
Eknoll2

Timeline

Week 3

Course meetings

Monday, 17 September 2018 | Wednesday, 19 September 2018

In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:

Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
Evaluating Wikipedia

Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 4

Course meetings

Monday, 24 September 2018 | Wednesday, 26 September 2018

Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 5

Course meetings

Monday, 1 October 2018 | Wednesday, 3 October 2018

Assignment - Exercise

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Week 6

Course meetings

Monday, 8 October 2018 | Wednesday, 10 October 2018

Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Women's Studies

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7

Course meetings

Monday, 15 October 2018 | Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 8

Course meetings

Monday, 22 October 2018 | Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:

Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 9

Course meetings

Monday, 29 October 2018 | Wednesday, 31 October 2018

Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 10

Course meetings

Monday, 5 November 2018 | Wednesday, 7 November 2018

Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 11

Course meetings

Monday, 12 November 2018 | Wednesday, 14 November 2018

Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 12

Course meetings

Monday, 19 November 2018 | Wednesday, 21 November 2018

Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Week 13

Course meetings

Monday, 26 November 2018 | Wednesday, 28 November 2018

Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.

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