Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Everett Community College/ENG102 S18 3792 (Spring)
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- Course name
- ENG102_S18_3792
- Institution
- Everett Community College
- Instructor
- Steven Arntson
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- English
- Course dates
- 2018-04-02 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-06-06 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 25
A continuation of the research and expository writing skills introduced in ENGL&101.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 2 April 2018 | Wednesday, 4 April 2018
- Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia
Read these:
- Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
Then complete the three trainings below.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 9 April 2018 | Wednesday, 11 April 2018
- In class - Discussion
- What's a content gap?
Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
- Wikipedians often talk about "content gaps." What do you think a content gap is, and what are some possible ways to identify them?
- What are some reasons a content gap might arise? What are some ways to remedy them?
- Does it matter who writes Wikipedia?
- What does it mean to be "unbiased" on Wikipedia? How is that different, or similar, to your own definition of "bias"?
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 16 April 2018 | Wednesday, 18 April 2018
- In class - Discussion
- Thinking about sources and plagiarism
- Blog posts and press releases are considered poor sources of reliable information. Why?
- What are some reasons you might not want to use a company's website as the main source of information about that company?
- What is the difference between a copyright violation and plagiarism?
- What are some good techniques to avoid close paraphrasing and plagiarism?
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 23 April 2018 | Wednesday, 25 April 2018
- Assignment - Draft your article
Keep reading your sources as you prepare to write the body of the article you're working on.
Resources: Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 30 April 2018 | Wednesday, 2 May 2018
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace." Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
Editing an existing article?
- NEVER copy and paste your draft of an article over the entire article. Instead, edit small sections at a time.
- Copy your edits into the article. Make many small edits, saving each time, and leaving an edit summary. Never replace more than one to two sentences without saving!
- Be sure to copy text from your sandbox while the sandbox page is in 'Edit' mode. This ensures that the formatting is transferred correctly.
Creating a new article?
- Read Editing Wikipedia page 13, and follow those steps to move your article from your Sandbox to Mainspace.
- You can also review the Sandboxes and Mainspace online training.
- In class - Discussion
- Thinking about Wikipedia
- What do you think of Wikipedia's definition of "neutrality"?
- What are the impacts and limits of Wikipedia as a source of information?
- On Wikipedia, all material must be attributable to reliable, published sources. What kinds of sources does this exclude? Can you think of any problems that might create?
- If Wikipedia was written 100 years ago, how might its content (and contributors) be different? What about 100 years from now?