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Wikipedia Assignments for "How to Find a Lost City" (ANTH 177) and "Ancient American Civilizations: The Central Andes" (ANTH 508/HIST 572) at KU (Fall 2022)

Your assignment, due by 5 pm on Friday, December 8, is to make a meaningful contribution of at least 1000 words (not counting the code that includes relevant hyperlinks) to Wikipedia in the form of either a new article relevant to the theme of the lost city in archaeology, literature, film, video games, etc. (for students in ANTH 177), or a new article relevant to the them of pseudoarchaeology (for students in ANTH 212), or a revision of an existing article on a relevant topic. This can be an article on the "lost city" about which you have written (for students in ANTH 177) or the paper on an aspect of pseudoarchaeology (for students in ANTH 212), or any other related topic that we have discussed during the semester. I strongly recommend revising an existing article, but creation of a new article is definitely acceptable if you want to tackle that. The power of Wikipedia is in your hands and what you choose to do and how much time you want to spend on it is completely up to you.

Please note that this is an assignment similar to ones I have used in my other courses. Please see the links below for examples of Wikipedia articles created by other KU students.

Your article and/or editing should be in the style of current Wikipedia content, including relevant headings and subheadings, hyperlinks, and (especially) references. It will be graded on the basis of overall appearance as well as the value of its content and the degree to which it contributes to the value of the resource. Please note that you are NOT required to include digital images, although you are encouraged to do so if you are comfortable with the necessary permissions and procedures. The value of your contribution will depend not only on the information content you provide, but how well it is integrated into Wikipedia via hyperlinked text. (This part is very important!) If you create a new article, please note that it is good procedure to make minor edits to other existing entries so that they link back to your own entry when it ultimately goes "live".

Please use this space for asking any questions you might have about the assignment. I'll answer if I can, but there may also be some answers from others. Please remember to sign your posts by adding four tildes to the end!

Getting Started

To begin this assignment, you must first login to Wikipedia with a valid user account. Please click on the "Create account" link in the upper right-hand corner to begin. Once you have chosen a userid and password and logged in to Wikipedia, please edit your userpage (by clicking on your username) and add a few sentences about yourself.

If you are editing an existing Wikipedia article, please add a hyperlink to your userpage to identify it. I will provide comments and answer questions on your own talk page. Please be sure to check the talk page of the article for past and new comments from others about the editing of the article. Note that any changes you make will be logged along with your username if you have correctly signed in to Wikipedia.

If you want to develop a new Wikipedia article for this assignment (on a topic that does not yet exist in Wikipedia), please set up a dedicated user subpage for it and save the link on your main userpage. You would do this by creating a name consisting of a backslash followed by the proposed article title (or "Draft" or any text). It should be coded like this: [[/Article title]]. Click on that link to create the new subpage, which will be created at User:Username/Article title. You can then add some text, save it, and then continue.

For convenience, you can transclude your working draft subpage onto your main userpage so it's visible from there by adding [[User:Username/Article title]] to the main userpage somewhere.

For references, it is best to start out using the particular referencing system wikipedia calls WP:CITESHORT. You can then build a separate bibliography of sources towards the end of the article (in a separate section called either "References" or "Bibliography". Within the body of the text itself, you can then cite individual statements with shortened cites that correspond to some entry in the bibliography. This is easily done by adding cites in the form of <ref>Smith 2008, p.123</ref> after the statement to be cited.

When your assignment is complete and ready to be graded, please notify me of that via email.

KU Student Editors in ANTH 177 (Fall 2022)

Please click "edit source" for this section of my talk page and sign this list (with an asterisk followed by four tildes) once you've created your Wikipedia user account. You should also add a short statement about what entry you'll be creating or working on. (When you've done this correctly, it should look like the first entry below.)

KU Student Editors in ANTH 508/HIST 572 (Fall 2022)

Please click "edit source" for this section of my talk page and sign this list (with an asterisk followed by four tildes) once you've created your Wikipedia user account. You should also add a short statement about what entry you'll be creating or working on. (When you've done this correctly, it should look like the first entry below.)

Basic Wikipedia Principles

Neutral point of view, verifiability, and no original research are Wikipedia's three core content policies. Together, these determine what type and quality of material will be acceptable in Wikipedia articles. Be sure to familiarize yourself with all three. The principles upon which these policies are based cannot be superseded by other policies or guidelines, or by editors' consensus. If you violate these policies, your article may be subject to sharp criticism, correction, and even deletion! It is strongly recommended that you review the Wikipedia Neutral Point of View Tutorial to understand what is meant by a neutral point of view in Wikipedia articles.

Comments and Procedures

Instead of developing your article on you userpage or user talk page, please set up a user subpage for it by saving a link on their main userpage consisting of a backslash followed by the proposed article title (or "Draft" or any text, really), like this: [[/Article title]]. Then just click on that link to create the new subpage, which will be created at User:Student username/Article title. Add some text, save it, and away you go. For convenience, you can transclude your working draft subpage onto their main userpage so it's visible from there, by adding {{User:Student username/Article title}} to the main userpage somewhere.

Citing Sources

It is very important to provide citations for the sources you are using I urge you to go to the information on citing sources for information about how to do it. To see how it's done, look at models in other Wikipedia entries. A particular referencing system that is good when you're just starting out is one Wikipedia calls WP:CITESHORT. To use this style, build a separate bibliography of sources towards the end of the article (in a separate section called "References"). Within the body of the text itself, make individual citations using shortened cites that correspond to an entry in references section by adding cites in the form of <ref>Smith 2008: 123</ref> after the statement to be cited. Your references will appear in a section called "Notes" followed by the list of references. For an example of how this is used, look at the code in the entry on Inca Empire.

Please, PLEASE read WP:VERIFY and WP:RS for basic Wikipedia policy. For help on inline citations, which you need to use, see Help:Referencing for beginners. Don't forget you need page numbers for books! Hoopes (talk) 21:26, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Examples of Articles for Editing (for ANTH 177)

None of these are perfect, but nonetheless good models for the kind of articles that it would be appropriate to edit. Of course, you can also edit articles about the "lost city" that you have been researching.

Examples of Articles for Editing (for ANTH 508)

Moving Your Completed, Reviewed, and Graded Article to Wikipedia Mainspace

When I have provided feedback and the article has been revised to your satisfaction, it can be moved to Wikipedia mainspace by going to the subpage, clicking on the "More" icon (near the upper right-hand of the toolbar at the top of the page), and selecting "Move." Select "Wikipedia" from the drop-down menu and add the title for you new page. You may give a brief reason if you like.

Section for Student Queries

Please put queries, commments, or questions about the ANTH 212 assignment in this section of my Talk page. Thanks! Hoopes (talk) 21:50, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Please Stop

Would you mind not asking your students to willy nilly edit Wikipedia articles as part of your course? Or at the very least, thoroughly read their edits and either correct them or revert them. Wikipedia is not a toy. I've just stumbled upon the absolutely horrendous edits made by Claudia.Hrabe18 to the Heinrich Schliemann article and have corrected it, in that I have removed the vast majority of it. I assume there is other damage, which I will get to fixing when I have time. Dantai Amakiir (talk) 12:13, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Sorry about that, but I assure you I have never asked anyone to "willy nilly edit" anything, nor have I ever given the impression to anyone that Wikipedia is a toy. Wikipedia is open-source and the quality of editing varies. That goes with the territory. I think that you will discover my encouragement of Wikipedia editing by students for more than fifteen years has resulted in far more valuable content than content that needs to be removed. I am not going to stop. It is not my responsibility to edit everything that my students contribute to their articles. If the quality is poor, this is hardly the only instance in Wikipedia of where that occurs. I'm sorry that the quality of what is added by college students is not always the best, but at least they are edits that are coming from college-educated editors. In general, I think they do a much better job than people with less education. I'm grateful for your attention to quality. That is an important part of how Wikipedia works. However, you know as well as I do that if you are having problems with a particular Wikipedia contributor, you should communicate directly with them. Have you done that? Did you give Claudia.Hrabe18 an opportunity to correct the errors? Do they know about your reversions and the reasons for them? Hoopes (talk) 17:51, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
I apologise profusely for being snappy yesterday. I've since checked some of the other edits and many of them are quite good. Most of the others were reverted promptly by diligent editors. This one just appears to have slipped through the cracks. Claudia.Hrabe18 doesn't appear to be active on Wikipedia outside of your course so I didn't see much utility in contacting her. Another editor appears to have left her a much friendlier message about similar edits she made to the Troy page. Although most of her effort was not up to standard, she did make an interesting contribution about Schliemann's involvement in popularising the swastika, as horrible as that sounds, which I cleaned up and left in. In stark contrast to what I said yesterday, keep up the good work, although perhaps a little more oversight wouldn't go amiss. Cheers! Dantai Amakiir (talk) 13:18, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

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Wikipedia Assignments for "Archaeological Myths & Realities" (ANTH 212) at KU (Fall 2023)

Your assignment, due by 5 pm on Friday, November 17, is to make a meaningful contribution of at least 1000 words (not counting the code that includes relevant hyperlinks) to Wikipedia in the form of either a new article or the revision of an existing article relevant to the themes of pseudoscience, pseudoarchaeology, or critical thinking. I strongly recommend revising and improving an existing article through the addition of information, hyperlinks, and references. However, creation of a new article is definitely acceptable if you would like to tackle that. (It is not that complicated.) The power of Wikipedia is in your hands and what you choose to do and how much time you want to spend on it is completely up to you. Please note that this assignment is similar to ones I have used in my other courses. Please see the links below for examples of Wikipedia articles created by other KU students in the past and for suggestions of articles that could use improvement.

Your article and/or editing should be in the style of current Wikipedia content, including relevant headings and subheadings, hyperlinks, and (especially) references. It will be graded on the basis of overall appearance as well as the value of its content and the degree to which it contributes to the value of the resource. Please note that you are NOT required to include digital images, although you are encouraged to do so if you are comfortable with the necessary permissions and procedures. The value of your contribution will depend not only on the information content you provide, but how well it is integrated into Wikipedia via hyperlinked text. (This part is very important!) If you create a new article, please note that it is good procedure to make minor edits to other existing entries so that they link back to your own entry when it ultimately goes "live".

Please use this space for asking any questions you might have about the assignment. I'll answer if I can, but there may also be some answers from others. Please remember to sign your posts by adding four tildes to the end!

Getting Started

To begin this assignment, you must first login to Wikipedia with a valid user account. Please click on the "Create account" link in the upper right-hand corner to begin. Once you have chosen a userid and password and logged in to Wikipedia, please edit your userpage (by clicking on your username) and add a few sentences about yourself.

If you are editing an existing Wikipedia article, please add a hyperlink to your userpage to identify it. I will provide comments and answer questions on your own talk page. Please be sure to check the talk page of the article for past and new comments from others about the editing of the article. Note that any changes you make will be logged along with your username if you have correctly signed in to Wikipedia.

If you want to develop a new Wikipedia article for this assignment (on a topic that does not yet exist in Wikipedia), please set up a dedicated user subpage for it and save the link on your main userpage. You would do this by creating a name consisting of a backslash followed by the proposed article title (or "Draft" or any text). It should be coded like this: [[/Article title]]. Click on that link to create the new subpage, which will be created at User:Username/Article title. You can then add some text, save it, and then continue.

For convenience, you can transclude your working draft subpage onto your main userpage so it's visible from there by adding [[User:Username/Article title]] to the main userpage somewhere.

For references, it is best to start out using the particular referencing system wikipedia calls WP:CITESHORT. You can then build a separate bibliography of sources towards the end of the article (in a separate section called either "References" or "Bibliography". Within the body of the text itself, you can then cite individual statements with shortened cites that correspond to some entry in the bibliography. This is easily done by adding cites in the form of <ref>Smith 2008, p.123</ref> after the statement to be cited.

When your assignment is complete and ready to be graded, please notify me of that via email. I will review it online using the "View history" tab on either your userpage or the article that you indicate.

Your article and/or editing should be in the style of current Wikipedia content, including relevant headings and subheadings, hyperlinks, and (especially) references. It will be graded on the basis of overall appearance as well as the value of its content and the degree to which it contributes to the value of the resource. Please note that you are NOT required to include digital images, although you are encouraged to do so if you are comfortable with the necessary permissions and procedures. The value of your contribution will depend not only on the information content you provide, but how well it is integrated into Wikipedia via hyperlinked text. (This part is very important!) If you create a new article, please note that it is good procedure to make minor edits to other existing entries so that they link back to your own entry when it ultimately goes "live".

Please use this space for asking any questions you might have about the assignment. I'll answer if I can, but there may also be some answers from others. Please remember to sign your posts by adding four tildes to the end!

KU Student Editors in ANTH 212 (Fall 2023)

Please click "edit source" for this section of my talk page and sign this list (with an asterisk followed by four tildes) once you've created your Wikipedia user account. You should also provide hyperlink to the article that you are editing or the title of a new article that you are creating (with a draft on your userpage). (When you've done this correctly, it should look like the first entry below.) Note that you can use the Talk pages of other students to communicate about the assignment, ask for tips, and exchange information.

Basic Wikipedia Principles

Neutral point of view, verifiability, and no original research are Wikipedia's three core content policies. Together, these determine what type and quality of material will be acceptable in Wikipedia articles. Be sure to familiarize yourself with all three. The principles upon which these policies are based cannot be superseded by other policies or guidelines, or by editors' consensus. If you violate these policies, your article may be subject to sharp criticism, correction, and even deletion! It is strongly recommended that you review the Wikipedia Neutral Point of View Tutorial to understand what is meant by a neutral point of view in Wikipedia articles.

Comments and Procedures

If you will be creating a new article for Wikipedia, instead of developing your article on you userpage or user talk page, please set up a user subpage for it by saving a link on their main userpage consisting of a backslash followed by the proposed article title (or "Draft" or any text, really), like this: [[/Article title]]. Then just click on that link to create the new subpage, which will be created at User:Student username/Article title. Add some text, save it, and away you go. For convenience, you can transclude your working draft subpage onto their main userpage so it's visible from there, by adding {{User:Student username/Article title}} to the main userpage somewhere.

Citing Sources

It is very important to provide citations for the sources you are using I urge you to go to the information on citing sources for information about how to do it. To see how it's done, look at models in other Wikipedia entries. A particular referencing system that is good when you're just starting out is one Wikipedia calls WP:CITESHORT. To use this style, build a separate bibliography of sources towards the end of the article (in a separate section called "References"). Within the body of the text itself, make individual citations using shortened cites that correspond to an entry in references section by adding cites in the form of <ref>Smith 2008: 123</ref> after the statement to be cited. Your references will appear in a section called "Notes" followed by the list of references. For an example of how this is used, look at the code in the entry on Inca Empire.

Please, PLEASE read WP:VERIFY and WP:RS for basic Wikipedia policy. For help on inline citations, which you need to use, see Help:Referencing for beginners. Don't forget you need page numbers for books! Hoopes (talk) 21:26, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Examples of Articles Created by Former KU Students in "Archaeological Myths and Realities

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