Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Brigham Young University/Modern Britain (Winter 2020)

Students will make small edits as they learn how to edit in Wikipedia and they will contribute either a new article, or substantially improve an existing stub article. They will be encouraged to contribute to articles about immigration/emigration, race/ethnicity, women, and the poor. They will be discouraged from writing about monarchs or famous Brits.

Student	Assigned	Reviewing
Ellie.LH	Toynbee Hall
Cdev007	The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstruous Regiment of Women	Ambrose Eccles
RobSwanson1776
Mshill64	Football in Scotland
GarTa20	Act for the Relief of the Poor 1597
SRounsville	St. Joan's International Alliance
Graceatrix	Japan-British Exhibition
Sandon Smith

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings

Tuesday, 7 January 2020 | Thursday, 9 January 2020

Assignment - 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 2

Course meetings

Tuesday, 14 January 2020 | Thursday, 16 January 2020

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 3

Course meetings

Tuesday, 21 January 2020 | Thursday, 23 January 2020

Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 4

Course meetings

Tuesday, 28 January 2020 | Thursday, 30 January 2020

Assignment - Add to an article

Begin looking for secondary sources you could use in your article. Consider class readings and using the Library's British History Research Guide: https://guides.lib.byu.edu/britishhistory

Week 5

Course meetings

Tuesday, 4 February 2020 | Thursday, 6 February 2020

Assignment - Finish Training, Begin Research

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

Art History

Biographies

Books

Cultural Anthropology

Assignment - Submit Bibliography

Submit article bibliography, begin research and writing. Bibliography must have 25 secondary sources. These can be class readings, articles, academic websites, newspapers, databases. At least 10 of them need to be 10 peer-reviewed academic publications (typically books or articles).

Use Chicago Manuals of Style or Turabian for bibliographic citation style.

Week 6

Course meetings

Tuesday, 11 February 2020 | Thursday, 13 February 2020

Assignment - Continue researching and writing. Share first draft with peer reviewer.

Also submit the draft to LearningSuite. Prof. Harris will also review it and give feedback.

Week 7

Course meetings

Thursday, 20 February 2020

Assignment - Peer Review

Complete peer reivew of another's article

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 8

Course meetings

Tuesday, 25 February 2020

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 9

Course meetings

Tuesday, 3 March 2020 | Thursday, 5 March 2020

Assignment - Add media to and revise 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. Add at least two images/charts/maps or other media.

Week 10

Course meetings

Tuesday, 10 March 2020 | Thursday, 12 March 2020

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 11

Course meetings

Tuesday, 17 March 2020 | Thursday, 19 March 2020

Assignment - Take your article to Writing Lab to polish writing

Make an appointment to meet with a Writing Lab TA between 9 and 27 March. Have them read your article helping you polish grammar, tone, and word choice. Also see if they have suggestions for places to expand it, provide more sources, or add media.

Week 12

Course meetings

Tuesday, 24 March 2020 | Thursday, 26 March 2020

Assignment - In-class presentation

In-class. Report on your topic, why you chose it, what research challenges it posed, how it changed over time, what your big takeaway is, etc.

Week 13

Course meetings

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 | Thursday, 2 April 2020

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 14

Course meetings

Tuesday, 7 April 2020 | Thursday, 9 April 2020

Milestones

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