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Course name
Urban Renewal and Neighborhood Change
Institution
Bryn Mawr College
Instructor
Jennifer Hurley
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Course dates
2022-01-18 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-05-14 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
9


This course explores physical, social, economic, and political aspects of neighborhood change, with a particular emphasis on the 1950-1970 urban renewal and interstate highway programs in the US. These large-scale government-led efforts will be compared with more incremental neighborhood change from neighborhood-based community development efforts, gentrification, market actors, and grassroots advocacy. The major assignment for this course is to substantially revise an existing Wikipedia article or draft a new Wikipedia article for a topic related to urban renewal. The topic must be one that is underdeveloped on Wikipedia but that also has significant coverage in reliable, scholarly sources.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Ksoutherla West Ninth Street
ColdPotato
Eehenderson Nashville's Capitol Hill Urban Renewal Project
Lgoltz

Timeline

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 15 February 2022
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:

Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia - about 45 min

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 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 22 February 2022
Assignment - Finalize your topic and find sources

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 1 March 2022

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 15 March 2022
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions - about 20 min

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

Cultural Anthropology

History

Political Science

Sociology

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 29 March 2022

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 12 April 2022

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 April 2022

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Milestones

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

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 - 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.