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Course name
Feminist Economics and Public Policy
Institution
University of Chicago
Instructor
Dr. Diana Strassmann
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Economics, Public policy
Course dates
2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-06-09 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
4


This seminar explores advances in feminist economics and the implications for public policy and laws in local and global communities. Drawing from feminist economics research, the seminar addresses the persistence of gender inequality in societies around the world and proposed policy solutions targeting such inequalities. Topics include gender relations and the organization of domestic and market work, violence against women, workplace and pay equality, gendered access to resources, education, and healthcare, and gender and property rights. Students will revise or create Wikipedia articles related to the course content.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Caitlinmargaret
Knaro
Hparten Education in the US
Clarkmr
TatianeMarques Domestic violence in Brazil Domestic violence in Brazil
Jonathanpoilpre
Alejandralr
Rcotterj
Jmekoenig Parental Leave
Mtholloway01
Alexbolden15
Nabihahmaq

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Thursday, 30 March 2017
In class - Wikipedia Assignment Overview
  • Overview of the course
  • Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course


Handout: Editing Wikipedia

Week 2

Course meetings
Thursday, 6 April 2017
Assignment - Create a Wikipedia Account & User Page; complete Basic Training

Due  9 pm Tuesday, April 4.


Access and review [http://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia Editing Wikipedia
]
To complete:

  1. Join the course page
  2. Create a user page
  3. Complete basic training

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1. Join the course page

  • Go to the Course Overview
  • Click "Join course" and enter the passcode.
  • You will then be prompted to register for Wikipedia by creating a user account.  (If you already have a Wikipedia account, just log in). ( Note:  Although users can create or edit entries without an account, registration provides users with more legitimacy.)
  • Click "okay" to authorize dashboard.wikiedu.org.
  • You will then be redirected to the course page


2. Create a user page

  • Go to En.Wikipedia.org, and make sure that you are logged in. If so, your newly created account name will be in the upper right hand corner. 
  • Click on your userid, and you will then be directed to your user page, which should have a header that reads "User:".
  • Click on the link towards the upper right hand corner of the Wikipedia interface that says "Create." After clicking on the “Create” link, you will be redirected to a page with a header that reads "Editing User:" with a large text box.
  • In the text box compose some sentences about yourself. You may for example, highlight your interests and some areas of Wikipedia to which you wish to contribute.  For example, you may wish to look at the user pages of some former students. In the Wikipedia search bar, click

 User: Emeyer76, User: Keareid,  User: Sm1986.  For the future:  Be sure to continue to develop your Wikipedia user page over the course of the semester, and update it later as your life circumstances change.


3. Basic Training

  • Take the two Online Student Training Modules linked below (Wikipedia Essentials & Editing Basics).
    • To get credit, be sure you are logged into Wikipedia and have already added your user name to the course page.
    • To go to your Sandbox, click the link on the upper right hand side of the page titled “Sandbox.” This will lead you to a user page called Special:MyPage/sandbox.  You can practice Wikipedia editing in your sandbox until you are ready to begin editing in the Wikipedia mainspace. 
Milestones

All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.


In class - Topic Ideas



  • Suggestions for finding the best articles to work on for class assignments
  • Discussion of parent and child articles
  • Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish among good and bad articles
  • Collaborating and engaging with the Wiki editing community



Assignment - Practicing the basics

Due 9 pm Friday April 7.
To complete:

  1. Introduce yourself on a classmate's page.
  2. Evaluate an existing article and leave suggestions.

Before starting:

  • Explore topics related to the course to get a feel for how Wikipedia is organized. What areas seem to be missing? As you explore, make a mental note of articles that seem like good candidates for improvement. Be prepared to discuss some of your observations about Wikipedia articles in your topic area that are missing or could use improvement.
  • Review pages 4-7 of Evaluating Wikipedia and Contributing to Wikipedia: Overall Guidelines and Evaluation Criteria. These resources will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.

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1. Introduce yourself on a classmate's talk page. 

  • Make sure you are logged into Wikipedia before making any postings.
  • Add your introduction to the bottom of the talkpage.
    • Be sure to include a header for your introduction.

2. Evaluate an existing article and leave suggestions.

  • Evaluate an existing article relevant to the course.
  • Leave suggestions for improving the article at the ***bottom*** of the article's talk page.
    • Include a heading above your comments.
  • A few questions to consider when evaluating:
    1. Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
    2. Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    3. Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily slanted toward a particular position?
    4. Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
    5. Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    6. Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
    7. Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

Week 3

Course meetings
Thursday, 13 April 2017
Assignment - Evaluating Articles and Sources

Due 9 pm Tuesday April 11.
To complete:

  1. Take the Training Module linked below on Evaluating Articles and Sources

 

Assignment - Proposed topics

Due in class on (4 pm) Thursday April 13.
To complete:

  1. Choose two articles to consider working on. 
  2. Submit a brief description of your proposed topics.
    • Submit to Canvas 
    • Print submitted materials and bring to class.
  3. List the topics you are considering on your user page.
  4. Post a comment on the talk pages.

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1. Choosing your topics.

Choosing your topic is the earliest decision you need to make for this project. Careful selection of a workable topic will help you complete this assignment efficiently and make a valuable contribution.

  • Begin with the following activities:
    1. Carefully review the document Contributing to Wikipedia: Overall Guidelines and Evaluation Criteria. 
    2. Browse through Wikipedia and review examples of good or featured articles on topics related to the course.
    3. Review Choosing an article.  ***Note, however, that the "Don't" bullet, discouraging students from reworking entire articles does not apply to this course, as many articles related to our subject matter are of such low quality that reworking is needed.***
    4. Think carefully about possible topics that might interest you. You have the option of revising an existing entry, creating a new one, or some combination that may involve adding to one or more articles and creating a new entry. New articles are discouraged unless a clear parent article already exists that has been well developed.
    5. Research two topics or articles that you will consider working on as your main project. Review the talk pages of any existing topics for a sense of other contributors who are working on these topics and what they are doing.
    6. If you are considering a new article, confirm that the article already has a "parent" article
    7. Topic titles should not sound like research papers or contain an argument. Since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, all articles should reflect points of view and facts that have already been published. Additionally, article titles with two topics connected with the word “and” are generally discouraged in Wikipedia.
    8. Check out the WikiProjects affiliated with articles that interest you and read what other contributors have suggested for new and revised entries. You can find the affiliated WikiProjects on the Talk page of an article. Consider posting a query on a WikiProject talk page, particularly if you are interested in starting a new article.
    9. Note: If a topic you might consider working on is controversial (for example, the article on Microcredit/Microfinance or Female Genital Mutilation), Wikipedia may restrict changes to the site or others may quickly reverse your changes. Highly trafficked pages may be changed by other users frequently, leaving it difficult for you to make a unique contribution. Additionally, if someone is actively curating the page, possibly preparing it for submission as a good or featured article, he or she may not welcome someone jumping in and making wholesale revisions. Please avoid such topics. Also avoid very broad topics, since these are difficult to research and cover comprehensively.


2. Submit a proposal

  1. Submit a copy of the above requested info to the relevant assignment tab on Canvas. For full credit, the file you submit must also contain the following features: 
    1. File name: [LastName] WikiTopics.docx
    2. Document must include: 
    3. Your name
    4. Page numbers
    5. Be doubled-spaced
    6. Be carefully proofed
    7. Preferred font - Baskerville, size 14 *labelled with correct filename
  2. For each proposed topic:
    1. Supply a few sentences to explain your interest and possible revisions;
    2. Note whether you would like to rewrite/add to an existing article, expand an existing stub, or create an entirely new entry;
    3. If you are proposing a new article, describe the parent article and its quality; and
    4. For your top two choices, list at least ten new references to scholarly sources you would add in revising/creating the article.  You may consider doing the same for a proposed third article.
      • You may include references to newspaper, magazine, website, and blog sources, but these will not count toward the required number of scholarly references. All references need to be presented as formal full citations (do not simply provide links). Rank the topics in your order of interest. If approved, one of these topics will become your final topic.
  3. Bring a printed copy of the above items to class. 


3. List the topics you are considering plus the references on your user page

  • List the topics on your user page
    • Make sure you are logged into Wikipedia before making any postings!
    • Include the references for your top two choices, along with your sentences expressing interest, etc.


4. Post a comment on the talk pages.

  • Post a comment on the Talk pages of any articles you might consider revising or on a related Talk page if you are considering creating a new article. 

Week 4

Course meetings
Thursday, 20 April 2017
In class - Wikipedia culture and etiquette
  • Review Wikipedia culture and etiquette.
  • General discussion of topics and issues students have encountered.


Assignment - Add to an article

Due 9 pm Friday April 22.
To complete:

  1. Take the training module listed below on Sources and Citations.
  2. Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.  Make sure you are logged into Wikipedia before making any postings!
    1. This does not need to be on your chosen article.
Milestones
  • All students have received feedback on topics. One-on-one meetings are available for all students.
Milestones

All students have written on one or more Wikipedia Talk Pages and have added content to an article in the Wikipedia mainspace.

Week 5

Course meetings
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Assignment - Proposal

Due in class Thursday April 27.
To complete:

  1. Completed proposal to the relevant assignment tab on Canvas. For full credit, the file you submit must also contain the following features:
    • File name: [LastName] WikiProposal.docx
    • Document must include:
    • your name
    • page numbers
    • be doubled-spaced
    • be carefully proofed
    • preferred font - Baskerville, size 14
    • labelled with core t filename
  2. Bring a printed copy of your completed proposal to class.


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Overview

Things to consider before writing:
You will have the option of revising an existing entry, creating a new one, or some combination that may involve adding to one or more articles and creating a new entry. New entries are generally discouraged unless a clear parent entry already exists.



Issues to consider if you are considering creating a new article: 

  •  If your proposed topic does not have a clear parent topic that has been developed beyond a stub or start class article, you should instead develop or revise/expand the parent topic instead.
  •  Post a query to one or more relevant project groups.
  •  Find one or more active Wikipedians who have contributed to a related article or to the relevant project group, and seek out their advice.
  •  Prepare to be flexible in response to the feedback you receive. 


Issues to consider in planning a revision to an existing article: 

  •  Are all parts of the existing entry clearly relevant to the topic?
  •  Does the entry present any unsubstantiated opinion as though backed by legitimate research? Can you identify any parts of the entry that should either be removed or require further support through citations?
  • Does the existing article present all of the legitimate, research-backed approaches to a particular issue?
  •  Are there important subtopics that are not discussed?
  •  Rather than planning to provide missing citations, first consider whether your research would suggest emphasizing different points or an alternative structure, possibly deleting some of the unsupported claims.
  •  Does the existing article appropriately link to other Wikipedia sites? Are there any links that you could add?


Issues to consider for both new and revised articles: 

  •  Identify the relevant subtopics for your proposed contribution and all of the legitimate, research-backed approaches to the topic.
  • Narrow the number of subtopics that you will create. (If some important subtopics are beyond the scope of what you can realistically include, you can note additional subtopics meriting further development on the Talk page.)
  • Your proposal should acknowledge and adhere to the standards required by Wikipedia for creating and updating articles. Be sure to carefully review   the previously provided information and resources.



Instructions:


The proposal should be a typed plan (a minimum of 500-700 words, not including references, describing the work you propose to do. The proposal should not be a draft of your proposed new or revised article and should not contain paragraphs intended for your article.
The purpose of the proposal is to persuade readers of the merits of your planned changes or new article and it should demonstrate how your article will differ from or improve upon any existing or related articles. To receive full credit for your eventual overall Wiki contribution, you will need to create a substantial amount of new material. The proposal, therefore, needs to clearly indicate the work you plan to contribute. You will need to do enough research to clearly explain the motivation behind your planned changes. Be sure to include all the required proposal components described below.


All proposals should cover the concepts necessary to a critical understanding of the issues; related theoretical and policy debates, and a detailed analytical plan for the material you plan to add.


Carefully read the comments you received on your topic assignment, including suggestions of references, reconceptualizations of your topic, title, etc. If you’ve been told your topic is too broad (or too narrow), alter your plan as suggested. Overly broad topics are discouraged since these are difficult to research and cover comprehensively.




Writing your proposal

  •   Your proposal should include each of the following items and use proper grammar, style, and organization: 
    1. Identify your topic (or topics). What is the name of the article (or articles) that you plan to revise or create? [Note: avoid titles with the word “and,” topics that do not have a clear parent article or titles that sound like arguments or research paper titles.]
    2. Explain why your topic needs to be revised, expanded, or added to Wikipedia. This explanation should be about the existing representation of the topic (or lack thereof) on Wikipedia and should not include paragraphs that would more appropriately go in the Wikipedia article. Include an argument for the relevance (“notability”) of this effort. Why should we care about this subject? What makes it interesting or important?
    3. Compare the current article or your planned contribution(s) with one or more specific Wikipedia articles you identify that have been assessed as B class, Good, or Featured and explain what would need to be done to bring your article to an improved status.
    4.  If you are planning to propose a new entry, please provide substantial justification for why this would be better rather than expanding/revising an existing entry, given that new sections added to existing entries tend to receive far more traffic than completely new entries. You will need to show that the relevant parent article is well developed.
    5. Provide a detailed outline using the track changes feature of Word to show the sections you will be revising and creating. If you are creating a new article, your outline will comprise all the sections of the proposed article. If you are contributing to an existing article or articles, include an outline that shows existing sections to be kept or deleted and proposed new sections, clearly distinguishing among the two. An example of a sample outline is available under resources in Canvas.
    6. In a separate section of your proposal, describe the planned work, and include detailed explanations of what you will include in each of the sections  you will be adding or revising. (If you plan to contribute to more than one article, be sure to explain what you will be contributing to each.) Include a substantive list of scholarly references expected to support each proposed section that you will be contributing to. The references should be organized by parts of the previously listed outline, with references listed for each major topic. Provide a minimum of two (and preferably more) scholarly references for each section you plan to add. References from news sources are permitted, but these are not a substitute for the minimum number of scholarly references required per section. 
      • Note: References should include material from outside the syllabus as well as relevant course readings. These will need to be listed following an appropriate documentation format such as Chicago style (including author, year, and page number). You may also use the APA style or the citation style preferred by the main umbrella Project Group for your contribution. MLA and other styles that do not emphasize the use of inline citations with publication dates should not be used. Note that once you start adding to specific articles, you should adhere to the referencing style preferred by a main related Wiki Project Group associated with the article.
    7. Describe (i) the links to other entries that you plan to add, and (ii) links you will add from those pages to yours. To what existing Wikipedia pages will you add information about your page to increase traffic?
    8. Describe any potential difficulties you anticipate.
    9. Submit your completed proposal to the relevant assignment tab on Canvas. For full credit, the file you submit must also contain the following features:
      • File name: [LastName] WikiProposal.docx
      • Document must include:
      • Your name
      • Page numbers
      • Be doubled-spaced
      • Be carefully proofed
      • Preferred font - Baskerville, size 14
      • Labelled with core t filename
      • Bring a printed copy of the above items to class.***


Examples:


  • Examples of successful proposals from previous classes will be made available in Canvas.

Week 6

Course meetings
Thursday, 4 May 2017
Assignment - Update your User page and Article Talk pages

Due 9 pm Tuesday May 3.


  • While you are waiting to hear back on your proposal, begin updating your user page and the talk pages of the article(s) you propose to contribute to.
  • Add the Talk and Article pages to your watch list, and check regularly to see if anyone offers advice on your previous postings
  • Engage with any feedback you receive.
  • Check out the WikiProjects affiliated with your topic. You can find the affiliated WikiProjects on the Talk page of an article. 
  • Take the Training Modules on Sandboxes & Mainspace and Plagiarism


In class - Building articles
  • Discussion topics include: *Writing in your sandboxes vs. in Wikipedia's main space, and moving between the two. 
    • A general reminder: Don't panic if your work is overwritten or disappears. 
      • Check to see if there is an explanation of the edit on the article's talk page. If not, (politely) ask why it was removed.
      • Contact your instructor or the Wikipedia Content Expert and let them know.



Milestones
  • All students have received feedback on proposals. 


Assignment - First Steps
Initial Writing

Due 9 pm Friday May 6.

To complete:

  1. Add article topics to the course page.
  2. For new articles: Write a summary of your article in your sandbox. Post on related pages.

For expanded articles: Copy your edits into the article.

  1. Begin expanding your article.

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1. Add article topics to the course page

  • Once your proposal is approved, add your article topic(s) to the course page. Remove other proposed topics from your user page unless you plan to work on them at some future date. If you plan to revise or expand an existing Wikipedia article, post a more detailed description and the rationale for your proposed changes for community feedback on the Talk page of the article. *Make sure you have logged into Wikipedia before making any postings!** Check back on the talk page often and engage with any responses.
  • Be sure your Wikipedia settings are set so that you are able to watch and be notified of any comments or changes to Article, Talk, or User pages.


2. Summary or expansion

  • If you are starting a new article, write a 3–4 paragraph summary version of your article—with citations—in your Wikipedia sandbox. Then post on the Talk page of the parent article to your topic or to another one that is closely related to your topic, along with a brief summary of your plans and directing readers to your sandbox. 
    • Begin polishing your short starter article and fix any major issues.
    • Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.
    • Move your sandbox work into the main space,
    • Do NOT copy and paste your text, or there will be no record of your work history. Follow the instructions in the "Moving out of your sandbox" handout.
  • If you are expanding an existing article, copy your edits into the article. If you are making many small edits, save after each edit before you make the next one. Do NOT paste over the entire existing article, or large sections of the existing article.  (Exceptions may be made in the case of articles that have not been changed over a substantial period of time.)

3. Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.



Assignment - Students have started editing
  • All students have started editing/writing articles on Wikipedia.

Week 7

Course meetings
Thursday, 11 May 2017
Assignment - Complete initial Contribution

Due in class Thu 12 May

To complete:

  1. Initial Contribution of at least 700 words (no canvas submission)
    1. A description of the contributions you have made (canvas submission)
    2. An outline of your article, showing track changes (canvas submission)
  2. Optional: 'Did You Know' hook to Wikipedia

To Submit to Canvas and Bring to Class:

  1. Canvas: A description of the contributions you have made. [Label the file: <LastName>InitialContributionDescription.pdf (or .doc/.docx)]
  2. Canvas: An outline of your article, showing with track changes the sections you have edited, deleted, or added.  [Label the file: <LastName>InitialContributionOutline.docx]


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Writing Your Initial Contribution
Your initial contribution should be a minimum of 700 words, not including references, but note that if it appears you are using language designed to increase word count, your edits will likely be reverted. 

  • Review advice 
    • First, carefully consider the suggestions you have been given, both to your proposal when it was reviewed and graded, and any responses by Wikipedia editors to your contributions to the Project, Talk or your User page. As you write, be sure to continually check the article’s Talk page and any WikiProject Talk pages you have contributed to for user feedback and suggestions.
  • Review information 
    • Review the various informational documents and links you have been given, particularly those relating to citations and avoiding plagiarism.
  • Continue writing! 
    • Make sure you are logged in before you write.
    • Consider saving after every sentence, so if an editor doesn’t like one of your points, only that sentence will be reverted.
    • Be sure that every assertion in your article is supported with a citation (and carefully review the information on citations referenced above). In-text citations that include the name of the scholar making the claim are superior to simple footnotes. 
    • A good practice is to include a reference after every sentence.  This is especially important for health-related articles.
    • To easily create citations, click on the word “Cite” at the top of the editing box. It will give you a drop-down menu of citation templates for books, journals, websites, and news. You can select a template and it will give you a form with all of the needed fields, and will then format the information for you. If you name the references where the template says “Ref name,” you can re-use them later by clicking on “Named references” and selecting whichever one you want. You put
under references for Wikipedia to auto-generate your reference list, and if you add a number like
, it will split the references up into that many columns. 
    • Do NOT paste over the entire existing article, or large sections of the existing article. When changes are complete, press the “Save page” button. (Be sure to provide a brief explanation of each change in the space provided.) Overwriting entire articles or large sections is more acceptable for articles that are not actively being edited by other Wikipedians (no substantive new edits in several months). If you plan substantial deletions and overwriting to an existing page, make sure that you have written on the article's Talk page to explain the problems with the current page, described your planned revisions, and given other Wikipedians time to respond. 

New article tips 

  • For new articles, consider using Wikipedia’s Article Wizard. The Wizard is a tool designed to help users creating articles for the first time. The Wizard is a six-step process that will ensure that you are ready to create a new article.
  • The easiest way to post a new article on the Wikipedia Mainspace is to log into your account and then type the name of your topic into the search box on the upper right-hand side of the page. If no article exists, you will be prompted to create one. Be sure to search for similar topics as well as articles about broader ideas that may already cover the topic you want to write about. 
  • Do not simply copy and paste your text from your sandbox to the article or there will be no record of your work history. Follow these instructions for how to move your work.
  • When changes are complete, press the “Save page” button.
  • Be sure to include your citations and references when you create your article or it may be deleted swiftly. 
  • If your contribution disappears, don’t panic and also don’t try to force your contribution back on
  • Check to see if there is an explanation of the edit on the article's talk page. If not, (politely) ask why it was removed.
  • Contact one of the course’s online volunteers and let them know and also let me know

General tips 

  • Your article should include a number of short sections (many of which you may have included in your proposal). Headings allow a reader to jump around and find the information they want easily. (When you include a heading, a table of contents will be automatically generated when you post to Wikipedia.) Wikipedia allows the creation of article headings with relative ease. 
  • Include links in your article. The linking infrastructure is what helps users navigate to and discover new information and will prevent your article from being orphaned and therefore unread. To add a link, double-bracket the word. For example, Capabilities Approach would link to the capabilities approach page. A link to a page that doesn’t exist will appear red. (Some of these instructions may change with the new visual editor.) 
  • Good Wikipedia articles contain illustrations that help explain the topic visually. Illustrating Wikipedia.  Also, consider taking the Training Module listed below on Contributing Images and Media Files.
  • Click the “watch” button for both the article and talk page for each article you contributed to. As before, be sure to continually check the article’s Talk page and any WikiProject Talk pages for user feedback and suggestions.
  • Getting help on Wikipedia: While the online volunteers are good sources of help and advice, there are lots of other ways to get quick help on Wikipedia. Review How to Get Help for useful advice: How to get help. Additionally, there are live tutorials on a variety of topics, which you can find at Tips and Resources


Submission Instructions 


  • You do not need to submit your WikiWork since I can access it via the dashboard
  • However, you must submit the following documents to Canvas by the deadline and email them to those in your peer review group: 
    • A description of the contributions you have made. [Label the file: <LastName>InitialContributionDescription.pdf (or .doc/.docx)]
    • An outline of your article, showing with track changes the sections you have edited, deleted, or added.  [Label the file: <LastName>InitialContributionOutline.docx] 
      1.  All posted documents must include: 
        1. Your name
        2. Page numbers
        3. Be double-spaced (except the outline, which may be single-spaced)        *Baskerville font, size 14
        4. Be carefully proofread
        5. Be labelled with correct filename:
      • Bring a printed copy of the above items to class.***


Optional: Submitting a Did You Know hook to Wikipedia. 


  • This optional assignment can help draw traffic to your page and increase the “hits” it receives. Only new articles or articles that have greatly increased the word count of a previously existing article are eligible. “Did you know” hooks must be submitted within 5 days of the creation of a new article or fivefold expansion (usually from a stub) of an existing article. Submitting a DYK hook requires that you engage with other Wikipedia editors in a discussion that will likely result in requests for improvement to the article. 
  • To nominate your article, follow the instructions in Did You Know process
  • Or you may read the full guide to Did You Know nominations at: WP:DYK
  • You may also review a quick guide at User:Rjanag/Quick DYK 2 for step-by-step on screen instructions. 
    • Search Template talk:Did you know on Wikipedia. Click on “How to post a new nomination.”
    • Follow the on screen instructions in the yellow and orange form.
    • Create a nomination subpage.
  • Write the nomination using the DYK template Template:NewDYKnomination
    • You will need to write a good hook -- the “Did you know” fact for your article (see below for details). To write a good hook: 
      • Remember to begin the hook with "... that", to end it with a question mark, and to link the article title within the hook and make it bold.
      • The hook should be fewer than 200 characters.
      • The hook should refer to established facts.
      • The hook should be neutral.
      • The "Did you know?" fact must be mentioned in the article and cited with an inline citation since inline citations are used to support specific statements in an article. Many submissions fail to meet one or both of these criteria.
    • List the nomination page at "Template talk:Did you know" by finding the appropriate date and adding This is not the proper page to nominate your DYK article. If you have arrived here by accident, please return to T:TDYK and create your DYK nomination page by replacing the text "YOUR ARTICLE TITLE" in the form, with the title of the article you intend to nominate. under the date of the article's creation or expansion.
    • Screen shot your completed nomination and submit to Canvas when completed with the file name [LastName]PagePromtion.doc/.jpeg/.pdf/etc                    
    •  ***Bring a printed copy of the above items to class.***
Milestones

All students have created their initial contributions and have  submitted their contribution descriptions and track changed outlines to Canvas and have sent them to their peer group members.

Week 8

Course meetings
Thursday, 18 May 2017
Assignment - Peer reviews

Due 9 pm Sun 15 May


  1. Sign up on the course page as a reviewer of each other student in your peer review group. (Peer review group lists will be listed on Canvas.)
  2. Review "Evaluating Wikipedia" before reading the contributions of your peers.
  3. Complete one copy of the Peer Review Rubric for each of the students whose work you are reviewing. (Peer Review Rubric Forms will be available on Canvas.)
  4. Please type your comments for each article you are reviewing onto a copy of the form available in Canvas. Be sure to note on the form the name of the person whose work you are reviewing, the reviewed article’s title, plus your name as the peer reviewer. Provide thoughtful and detailed comments that will help your peer group members improve their articles. Detailed constructive suggestions will help your classmates. [Examples from past years will be made available on Canvas.]                                                                         ***Label each file with your name and that of the person whose work you are reviewing as follows: [YourLastName]ReviewOf[AuthorLastName].docx, e.g. SmithReviewofJones.docx***
  5. Add a summary of your comments on the Talk page of each article you are reviewing. Upload the files to the relevant assignment tab on Canvas (including a word doc noting where your talk page comments may be found) AND email the relevant, filled-out forms to each person whose work you have reviewed by the deadline.                                  ***Turn in a printed copy of your Peer Review forms to class on Thur 19 May***



Group Workshops

Workshop: Students will meet outside of class with their peer review groups to discuss their feedback on each others articles.  Meetings should occur as early as possible during the week of May 16.


Week 9

Course meetings
Thursday, 25 May 2017
Assignment - Final Contribution

Due 11 pm Sun 22 May


Expand and revise your Wikipedia contributions in response to your peer review feedback and any comments posted to your User and Talk pages by other Wikipedia editors. Be proactive in seeking advice from editors in the Wikipedia community. Your expanded contribution should be a minimum of 1500 words, not including references. By this stage, you should have added at least fifteen new references from scholarly sources. Additional references may come from non-scholarly sources, such as from news reports or governmental or NGO websites. 


  1. Double check that all assertions are appropriately supported and referenced 
    • As noted in various materials and in class, make sure you attribute claims to specific authors and studies in the text using in line citations where appropriate rather than just supporting specific assertions with footnotes. Review the brochures on citations, references, and on how to avoid plagiarism. Make sure your article does not copy the structure of any articles or books you are referencing or use inappropriate close paraphrasing.
  2. Add links and images 
    • The best Wikipedia articles have illustrations and images, link to other pages, and have other pages linking to them. Review the Training Module on Contributing Images and Media Files and the brochures Polishing your article and Illustrating Wikipedia for good advice on adding images and additional links.
  3.  Check permissions 
    • Check to make sure you have the requisite permissions for any images or illustrations.
  4.  Questions? 
    • If you have questions, post questions to search.ask.wikiedu.org on the Dashboard, seek out help from online volunteers, and review  How to Get Help for useful advice, and access live tutorials available at Tips and Resources.
  5.  Submission Instructions 
    • Make sure that all your Wikipedia contributions are live by the deadline.
    • Additionally, submit the following documents to Canvas
      • a  description of the contributions you have made (filename:  LastNameFinalContributionDescription.docx)
      • a revised outline of your article, showing with track changes the sections you have edited, deleted, or added to your main article and to any other ones (partial outlines ok for subsidiary articles)  (filename:  LastNameFinalOutline.docx)
      • your contributions to Wikipedia  -- see instructions below for turning these into a doc ( (filename:  LastNameFinalContribution.docx or pdf) 
  6. For full credit, the files you submit must also contain the following features: 
    • Correct filenames (see above)
    • Documents must include: 
      • your name
      • page numbers
      • be doubled-spaced
      • be carefully proofed
      • preferred font - Baskerville, size 14 (or in a comparable size when printed)
      • Please deliver a printed copy of the above items to [location TBA] by noon on Tues May 24***

See printing instructions below.


Optional: If relevant (see below), include your good article nomination information in your contribution description.


  • (Optional) Good Article Status Option 
    • At this stage, you may consider nominating your article for Good Article Status. If you opt to seek Good Article status you must remove the nomination at the end of the semester if your article is unreviewed; or alternatively, you must commit to following up on the review after the end of the semester. (Not responding to reviews provided by Wikipedia editors to Good Article review nominations is disrespectful of the time the editors put into their reviews and suggestions.) 
      • Good Articles are articles that meet a high quality standard and have been approved by members of the Wikipedia community. If you choose this route, you will self-nominate your article for Good Article review and a Wikipedia editor may eventually provide your article with a review and feedback. The independent Wikipedia review process may take weeks or months and therefore achieving Good Article status is not required for the course.
      • First, peruse the Good Article Criteria found here. Then go to the Good Article Nominations page and follow the on-screen instructions for “How to Nominate an Article.” Your efforts in nominating your article (if appropriate) will be taken into account in your final project grade.

Handouts:

Illustrating Wikipedia

File and printing Instructions for Final Contribution:
Please prepare your final contributions to WIkipedia (including contributions to your main article and any made to other related articles, including links and references), following the instructions below.  


  •  If you created or rewrote an entire article, you can submit two documents: one with your final article and one of the original article.  If  you are the only person who has edited your article, take a screenshot or make a PDF (instructions below) of the entire article to submit. Please indicate in your Contribution Description that this is the case so it is clear that all the work you’re submitting is your own.
  • If you have only changed or added to part of the article, do not create a PDF that includes large amounts of text you have not contributed to.  In such cases, take screen shots of the parts you have contributed to or revised and compile those together in a word document or PDF.  
  • Please highlight in YELLOW the parts of the article that you added or changed.
  • Font size The font size must be large enough for me to easily read it when the PDF is printed (the equivalent of size 14). 
      • How to create legible PDF's and screenshots of a Wikipedia article***   You can create a PDF of a Wikipedia article by going to the Print/ Export area on the left-hand side of the Wikipedia page.  You will see three options; pick the one that says “Printable Version.” Click print to open the print dialogue box and then hit pdf to open print preview.  You can then take screen shots of the larger sized text that this window affords or save the entire article as a PDF.  You can read a brief description of how to do this at http://www.ehow(.)com/how6813102save-print-preview-pdf.html
  • Alternatively, you can take larger sized screen shots by zooming-in on the screen in Firefox and Google Chrome by  pressing “Control” or “Ctrl” and scrolling up. Then you can take your screenshot and the font will be larger.


      • Highlighting***   The highlighting can be done in three ways: highlighting in Word; taking a screenshot of your article on Wikipedia and highlighting; or making a PDF of your article and highlighting.  


Highlighting Changes on PDFs on MACs 

  1. Open the PDF in preview.
  2. Click tools, then annotate, then highlight text.
  3. In the toolbar, you will see a color square. Select the correct color for the assignment.        YELLOW
  4. You can now highlight all sentence level changes you made. This will permit you to easily show which changes are yours and which are not. 
      • More detail re screenshots***   On a MAC For a selected screenshot, hold “command” and “shift” and then press 4. Use your cursor to then select the area to screenshot.

For a full screenshot, hold “command” and “shift” and then press 3.
The screenshots save to your desktop and can be renamed to .jpg or .pdf (they default as .png files).
On a PC Please follow the steps provided at this link: http://www.wikihow.com/Take-a-Screenshot-in-Microsoft-Windows

Assignment - Reflective Essay

Due 11 pm Sun 22 May
Write a reflective essay (3-4 pages) on your Wikipedia experience.  Although this essay will naturally reference some details from your Contribution Description, it should take an essay format and be more deeply reflective about your Wikipedia experience. 


For full credit, the file you submit must also contain the following features:


  1.  Correct filename: [Label the file: LastName]Reflection.docx]
  2. Document must include: 
    • your name
    • page numbers
    • be doubled-spaced
    • be carefully proofed
    • preferred font - Baskerville, size 14


Additional Resources
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