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Course name
Intro to Women's and Gender Studies
Institution
Georgetown University
Instructor
Theodora Danylevich
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Women's Studies
Course dates
2020-01-09 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-23 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


This is an Introduction to the field and praxis of Women's and Gender Studies. We will be participating in the Women in Red Project.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Lin Henke Edmonia Highgate
Laurajackson28 Annette March-Grier
Mackenziehoney Andrea Ivory
KGFerrer Wendi Warren Binford
Sms492 Dina Siegel Vann
Perricahill Edmonia Highgate
JacobAdams2000 Wendi Warren Binford
PedrazaSyd Dina Siegel Vann
Kkhu99023 Pauline Redmond Coggs
Jacobber19 Ieshia L. Evans
Esmekalbag Malya Villard-Appolon
JCA10015 CNN Heroes, Mary Cortani
Miayoung01 Jaqueline Sharpe, Malya Villard-Appolon
Mns60 Mary Cortani
Andydelgado77 Andrea Ivory
Shreyaprao Annette March-Grier
Cm1823 Ieshia L. Evans
Jaydeshmukh14 Pauline Redmond Coggs
Aidaross13

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Thursday, 16 January 2020
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

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 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 January 2020   |   Thursday, 23 January 2020
Assignment - Evaluate
from the linked profiles below, or select from one of the links

Last Semester's Profiles, for reference (a couple were deleted, I'm talking w our expert to understand better why):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Aanes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonia_Highgate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Ross

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Sono_Aibe

 

LINKS to lists of Women's Biographies that exist and are of varying classes:

(FYI This is what the classes actually stand for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_assessment#Grades)

https://tools.wmflabs.org/enwp10/cgi-bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=WikiProject_Women&quality=B-Class

https://tools.wmflabs.org/enwp10/cgi-bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=WikiProject_Women&quality=C-Class

https://tools.wmflabs.org/enwp10/cgi-bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=WikiProject_Women&quality=Start-Class

 


In class - Discussion

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 January 2020   |   Thursday, 30 January 2020
Assignment - Choose possible profiles FROM the Women in Red US-based Activists List

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

OUR SOURCES TO CHOOSE FROM:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Activists#United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Missing_articles_by_occupation/Suffragists#United_States ***I personally think it would be pretty neat if we could add more African American Suffragist profiles :-) -Dr. D.

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 February 2020   |   Thursday, 6 February 2020
Assignment - Exercise

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 11 February 2020   |   Thursday, 13 February 2020
Assignment - Research your Woman in Red
Assignment - Add to an article

Week 7

Course meetings
Thursday, 20 February 2020
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 February 2020   |   Thursday, 27 February 2020
In class - Discussion

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 March 2020   |   Thursday, 5 March 2020

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 March 2020   |   Thursday, 19 March 2020

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 March 2020   |   Thursday, 26 March 2020

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 31 March 2020   |   Thursday, 2 April 2020
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

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
Tuesday, 7 April 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


Assignment - Exercise
Assignment - Continue improving 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; or add images and other media.

Week 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 April 2020   |   Thursday, 16 April 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!


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!


In class - In-class presentation

Week 15

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 April 2020   |   Thursday, 23 April 2020
Milestones

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


Assignment - Reflective essay