Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Wisconsin, Madison/Israeli Politics and Society (Spring 2019)
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- Course name
- Israeli Politics and Society
- Institution
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Instructor
- Nadav Shelef
- Wikipedia Expert
- Elysia (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Israeli politics and society
- Course dates
- 2019-01-22 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-03 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 10
This course examines some of the issues currently facing Israeli society and the ongoing debates in Israeli politics. The course is organized into two parts. The first part establishes the historical and political background against which contemporary Israeli politics plays out. The second part of the course focuses on a number of crucial cleavages and debates within Israeli society – along political, religious, ethnic, and national lines. Although this course is not about the Arab-Israeli or Israeli-Palestinian conflicts, their influence on Israeli politics and society will be addressed. Wikipedia assignments are additional work for students taking the course for honors credit.
| Student | Assigned | Reviewing |
|---|---|---|
| Mjsauer2 | Canada-Israel Committee | |
| GrimReaper2000 | ||
| Ayeazel | ||
| JMJAMAL97 | ||
| Sanchezarias | ||
| AlidaW | Women in governments of Israel |
Timeline
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 26 February 2019 | Thursday, 28 February 2019
- 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 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 5 March 2019 | Thursday, 7 March 2019
- Assignment - 3 proposed pages/terms
Please email me (shelef
wisc.edu) with 3 wiki proposed pages/terms that you are intersted in editing. We will then work to make sure that the pages/terms you identified are feasible.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 March 2019 | Thursday, 14 March 2019
- Assignment - Exercise
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 28 March 2019
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
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
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 2 April 2019 | Thursday, 4 April 2019
- Assignment - Peer review an article
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 9 April 2019 | Thursday, 11 April 2019
- 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 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 16 April 2019 | Thursday, 18 April 2019
- 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 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 23 April 2019 | Thursday, 25 April 2019
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Exercise
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
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- Tuesday, 30 April 2019 | Thursday, 2 May 2019
- 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!
- 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!
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.