User:Sncookie/sandbox

Intro to WGS Sample Sandbox
This page is an example of a completed student sandbox for WGS 201-001 @ UWM in Fall 2018.

Each assignment component is listed under a new sub-heading, which includes the due date for each component. This page is not an outline of the Wikipedia Assignment as a whole. For an overview of the assignment, please see the "Wikipedia Assignment" module on the course site. Students should use this page as a template for their sandboxes. Please copy the questions and prompts for each component (delete the sample answers) and paste them into your sandbox.

Evaluate an Article 09/23
In class this week the concept of consciousness raising came up, so I thought I would look around and see what was on Wikipedia about consciousness raising for this exercise.

Exercise Questions

 * 1) Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * 2) Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * 3) What else could be improved?
 * 4) * The Etymology section
 * 5) Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * 6) Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * 7) Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * 8) Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * 9) What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * 10) How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * 11) How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Find Your Sources 09/30
The article I'll be working on this semester is called genderqueer.

Evaluating My Article

 * 1) Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Are some areas under- or over-developed?
 * 2) Is it written neutrally?
 * 3) Does each claim have a citation? Are the citations reliable?

Peer Reviews 10/28
The article I've reviewed is lesbian feminism.

Exercise Questions

 * 1) Is each section's length equal to its importance to the article's subject? Are there sections in the article that seem unnecessary? Is anything off-topic?
 * 2) Does the article reflect all the perspectives represented in the published literature? Are any significant viewpoints left out or missing?
 * 3) Does the article draw conclusions or try to convince the reader to accept one particular point of view?
 * 4) Do you think you could guess the perspective of the author by reading the article?
 * 5) Are there any words or phrases that don't feel neutral?
 * 6) Does the article make claims on behalf of unnamed groups or people?
 * 7) Does the article focus too much on negative or positive information?
 * 8) Are most statements in the article connected to a reliable source, such as textbooks and journal articles? Or do they rely on blogs or self-published authors?
 * 9) Are there a lot of statements attributed to one or two sources?
 * 10) Are there any unsourced statements in the article, or statements that you can't find stated in the references?

Peer Review Response 11/14

 * 1) Summarize what the peer review of your article critiques and suggests in one paragraph.
 * 2) Did the peer review of your article make any suggestions that you don't agree with? Which ones and why?
 * 3) Follow through with one of the suggestions given in the peer review of your article, and summarize what you've done in a few sentences.