Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Asheville Buncombe Community College/American Government 120 (Fall)
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- Course name
- American Government 120
- Institution
- Asheville Buncombe Community College
- Instructor
- Kasey Baker
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Political Science
- Course dates
- 2019-08-19 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-13 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 7
I will be focusing on my continued efforts to expand the articles from survivors of the Holocaust as I've identified that as an under-represented area of Wikipedia. Passcode is 1234
The Social Science Department of AB-Tech and the North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians are excited to offer an “edit-a-thon” to provide hands-on training for using Wikipedia for research and editing articles to meet Higher Education standards. Kasey Baker, an AB-Tech’s instructor of Political Science and former Regional Ambassador for the Wikimedia Foundation, will teach participants how to critically analyze Wikipedia articles and contribute to Wikipedia pages.
The specific focus of this event will be to expand Jewish history of survivors of the Holocaust and the history of World War II. Featured guest and Holocaust survivor, Dr. Walter Ziffer, will join us as a fallow up to his lecture the evening before (at 6-8pm in Ferguson Auditorium on November the 8th).
This event is open to the public, students, faculty and staff and will be offered as professional development. Please RSVP as the event will be catered and a formal head count is preferred. Although computers are provided, we encourage participants to bring their own laptops.
Here are some other articles to edit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Holocaust_survivors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Axis_war_crime_trials
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Trials
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_in_the_Holocaust
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_resistance_in_German-occupied_Europe
Here are some more featured people: https://www.yadvashem.org/remembrance/archive/2004/torchlighters.html
Some of the featured articles from this event are:
Walter Ziffer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Ziffer
Solomon Radasky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Radasky
Magda Herzberger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magda_Herzberger
Timeline
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 14 October 2019 | Wednesday, 16 October 2019 | Friday, 18 October 2019
- 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.
- In class - Discussion
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 21 October 2019 | Wednesday, 23 October 2019 | Friday, 25 October 2019
- In class - Discussion
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 28 October 2019 | Wednesday, 30 October 2019 | Friday, 1 November 2019
- Assignment - Exercise
- 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
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 4 November 2019 | Wednesday, 6 November 2019 | Friday, 8 November 2019
- Assignment - Peer review an article
- In class - Discussion
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
- 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 13
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 11 November 2019 | Wednesday, 13 November 2019 | Friday, 15 November 2019
- 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
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Exercise
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.
- 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 14
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 18 November 2019 | Wednesday, 20 November 2019 | Friday, 22 November 2019
- 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!
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.