User talk:Hoopes/Archive 6

Fingerprints of the Gods
Hi, I noticed an addition to Fingerprints of the Gods by one of your students that does not seem quite ready for the mainspace, since it included a lot of apparent original research and few references (only one to a source actually about the book). I didn't want to discourage them by immediately reverting, but would you mind reviewing it? Thanks. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 08:55, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia Assignments for "How to Find a Lost City" (ANTH 177) and "Archaeological Myths & Realities" (ANTH 212) at KU (Fall 2020)
Your assignment, due by 5 pm on Friday, December 4, is to make a meaningful contribution of at least 1000 words (not counting the code that includes relevant hyperlinks) to Wikipedia in the form of either a new article relevant to the theme of the lost city in archaeology, literature, film, video games, etc. (for students in ANTH 177), or a new article relevant to the them of pseudoarchaeology (for students in ANTH 212), or a revision of an existing article on a relevant topic. This can be an article on the "lost city" about which you have written (for students in ANTH 177) or the paper on an aspect of pseudoarchaeology (for students in ANTH 212), or any other related topic that we have discussed during the semester. I strongly recommend revising an existing article, but creation of a new article is definitely acceptable if you want to tackle that. The power of Wikipedia is in your hands and what you choose to do and how much time you want to spend on it is completely up to you.

Please note that this is an assignment similar to ones I have used in my other courses. Please see the links below for examples of Wikipedia articles created by other KU students.

Your article and/or editing should be in the style of current Wikipedia content, including relevant headings and subheadings, hyperlinks, and (especially) references. It will be graded on the basis of overall appearance as well as the value of its content and the degree to which it contributes to the value of the resource. Please note that you are NOT required to include digital images, although you are encouraged to do so if you are comfortable with the necessary permissions and procedures. The value of your contribution will depend not only on the information content you provide, but how well it is integrated into Wikipedia via hyperlinked text. (This part is very important!) If you create a new article, please note that it is good procedure to make minor edits to other existing entries so that they link back to your own entry when it ultimately goes "live".

Please use this space for asking any questions you might have about the assignment. I'll answer if I can, but there may also be some answers from others. Please remember to sign your posts by adding four tildes to the end!

Getting Started
To begin this assignment, you must first login to Wikipedia with a valid user account. Please click on the "Create account" link in the upper right-hand corner to begin. Once you have chosen a userid and password and logged in to Wikipedia, please edit your userpage (by clicking on your username) and add a few sentences about yourself.

If you are editing an existing Wikipedia article, please add a hyperlink to your userpage to identify it. I will provide comments and answer questions on your own talk page. Please be sure to check the talk page of the article for past and new comments from others about the editing of the article. Note that any changes you make will be logged along with your username if you have correctly signed in to Wikipedia.

If you want to develop a new Wikipedia article for this assignment (on a topic that does not yet exist in Wikipedia), please set up a dedicated user subpage for it and save the link on your main userpage. You would do this by creating a name consisting of a backslash followed by the proposed article title (or "Draft" or any text). It should be coded like this: [[/Article title]]. Click on that link to create the new subpage, which will be created at User:Username/Article title. You can then add some text, save it, and then continue.

For convenience, you can transclude your working draft subpage onto your main userpage so it's visible from there by adding  User:Username/Article title  to the main userpage somewhere.

For references, it is best to start out using the particular referencing system wikipedia calls WP:CITESHORT. You can then build a separate bibliography of sources towards the end of the article (in a separate section called either "References" or "Bibliography". Within the body of the text itself, you can then cite individual statements with shortened cites that correspond to some entry in the bibliography. This is easily done by adding cites in the form of  after the statement to be cited.

When your assignment is complete and ready to be graded, please notify me of that via email.

KU Student Editors in ANTH 177 (Fall 2020)
Please click "edit source" for this section of my talk page and sign this list (with an asterisk followed by four tildes) once you've created your Wikipedia user account. You should also add a short statement about what entry you'll be creating or working on. (When you've done this correctly, it should look like the first entry below.)
 * Hoopes (talk) 18:47, 16 November 2020 (UTC) La Ciudad Blanca
 * Drewbethell (talk) 17:11, 18 November 2020 (UTC) Ravensbrück concentration camp
 * Chloefuleihan (talk) 17:13, 18 November 2020 (UTC) Ciudad Perdida
 * Mabrams864 (talk) 17:16, 18 November 2020 (UTC) Lyonesse
 * Galemoney2002 (talk) 17:21, 18 November 2020 (UTC) Percy Fawcett
 * KatieHarker (talk) 17:22, 18 November 2020 (UTC) Kweneng' Ruins
 * Kjchurch02 (talk) 17:22, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Justinpfeiff (talk) 17:25, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Tvernell (talk) 17:28, 18 November 2020 (UTC) Atlantis
 * SamjWhite1 (talk) 17:18, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Sensecadm (talk) 17:18, 23 November 2020 (UTC) Calleva Atrebatum
 * Kellerwelton (talk) 11:57, 20 November 2020 (UTC) Kuhikugu
 * Caleb Beasley (talk) Kalibangan
 * Aidan Jenson (talk) Destiny 2

KU Student Editors in ANTH 212 (Fall 2020)
Please click "edit source" for this section of my talk page and sign this list (with an asterisk followed by four tildes) once you've created your Wikipedia user account. You should also add a short statement about what entry you'll be creating or working on. (When you've done this correctly, it should look like the first entry below.)
 * Hoopes (talk) 18:47, 16 November 2020 (UTC) La Ciudad Blanca
 * Kaitlynblack13 (talk) 20:52, 16 November 2020 (UTC) Crystal healing
 * Rorymanning (talk) 21:24, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Sydney.ebner5678 (talk) 21:34, 16 November 2020 (UTC) The Demon-Haunted World
 * Cdschmidt5 (talk) 21:38, 16 November 2020 (UTC) Pseudoarchaeology (Created "Pseudoarchaeology of the Maya World")
 * Gracelizawbrey (talk) 23:09, 16 November 2020 (UTC) Spirit photography
 * ForkerH (talk) 22:59, 17 November 2020 (UTC) /The Gods Never Left Us (Created page)
 * Caleb Beasley (talk) 17:21, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
 * RainerJ02 (talk) 20:09, 18 November 2020 (UTC) Ivan van Sertima and Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact theories
 * Tbiddlecombe (talk) 20:12, 18 November 2020 (UTC) The Demon-Haunted World
 * Vegayazmin (talk) 20:15, 18 November 2020 (UTC) Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries
 * Elliepreston (talk) 18:55, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
 * JacobANTH212 (talk) 16:08, 1 December 2020 (UTC) Pyramidology
 * Janders559 (talk) 16:32, 2 December 2020 (UTC) Hollow Earth
 * WonderW73 (talk) 22:41, 3 December 2020 (UTC) Pyramidology
 * Cheyenne Loucks (talk) 18:37, 3 December 2020 (UTC) Fingerprints of the Gods
 * Coliver48 (talk) 15:21, 4 December 2020 (UTC) Root races
 * Kota Morgan (talk) 3:14, 4 December 2020 (UTC) Nazi archaeology
 * Kamryn Norland (talk) 22:03, 4 December 2020 (UTC) Essential oil
 * ElaynaSvigos (talk)73.45.85.131 (talk) 19:45, 6 December 2020 (UTC) Ice Age beasts found in Amazon rainforest

Basic Wikipedia Principles
Neutral point of view, verifiability, and no original research are Wikipedia's three core content policies. Together, these determine what type and quality of material will be acceptable in Wikipedia articles. Be sure to familiarize yourself with all three. The principles upon which these policies are based cannot be superseded by other policies or guidelines, or by editors' consensus. If you violate these policies, your article may be subject to sharp criticism, correction, and even deletion! It is strongly recommended that you review the Wikipedia Neutral Point of View Tutorial to understand what is meant by a neutral point of view in Wikipedia articles.

Comments and Procedures
Instead of developing your article on you userpage or user talk page, please set up a user subpage for it by saving a link on their main userpage consisting of a backslash followed by the proposed article title (or "Draft" or any text, really), like this: [[/Article title]]. Then just click on that link to create the new subpage, which will be created at User:Student username/Article title. Add some text, save it, and away you go. For convenience, you can transclude your working draft subpage onto their main userpage so it's visible from there, by adding to the main userpage somewhere.

Citing Sources
It is very important to provide citations for the sources you are using I urge you to go to the information on citing sources for information about how to do it. To see how it's done, look at models in other Wikipedia entries. A particular referencing system that is good when you're just starting out is one Wikipedia calls WP:CITESHORT. To use this style, build a separate bibliography of sources towards the end of the article (in a separate section called "References"). Within the body of the text itself, make individual citations using shortened cites that correspond to an entry in references section by adding cites in the form of  after the statement to be cited. Your references will appear in a section called "Notes" followed by the list of references. For an example of how this is used, look at the code in the entry on Inca Empire.

Please, PLEASE read WP:VERIFY and WP:RS for basic Wikipedia policy. For help on inline citations, which you need to use, see Help:Referencing for beginners. Don't forget you need page numbers for books! Hoopes (talk) 21:26, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Examples of Articles for Editing (for ANTH 177)
None of these are perfect, but nonetheless good models for the kind of articles that it would be appropriate to edit. Of course, you can also edit articles about the "lost city" that you have been researching.
 * Dora and the Lost City of Gold
 * The Lost City of Z (book)
 * The Lost City of Z (film)
 * Lost City of Z
 * La Ciudad Blanca
 * Ciudad Perdida
 * David Grann
 * Douglas Preston
 * Sarah Parcak
 * Kuhikugu
 * Lidar

Examples of Articles for Editing (for ANTH 212)

 * Pseudoarchaeology
 * Carl Sagan
 * The Demon-Haunted World
 * Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries
 * Occam's Razor
 * Falsifiability
 * Alien abduction
 * Atlantis
 * Ancient astronauts
 * Crop circles
 * Pyramidology
 * Ten Lost Tribes
 * Josiah Priest
 * White supremacy
 * Mound builders
 * H.P. Lovecraft

Moving Your Completed, Reviewed, and Graded Article to Wikipedia Mainspace
When I have provided feedback and the article has been revised to your satisfaction, it can be moved to Wikipedia mainspace by going to the subpage, clicking on the "More" icon (near the upper right-hand of the toolbar at the top of the page), and selecting "Move." Select "Wikipedia" from the drop-down menu and add the title for you new page. You may give a brief reason if you like.

Thematic Articles (ANTH 410 "Archaeological Myths & Realities)

 * Psychic archaeology
 * Nazi archaeology
 * Grave Creek Stone
 * Michigan relics
 * Marine archaeology in the Gulf of Cambay
 * Thunderstone (folklore)
 * Antonio del Río
 * San Pedro Mountains Mummy
 * Holly Oak gorget
 * Tucson artifacts

Thematic Articles (ANTH 507 "The Ancient Mayas")

 * Temple of the Inscriptions
 * Franciscan missions to the Maya
 * Midwifery in Maya society
 * Maya cave sites
 * Human trophy taking in Mesoamerica
 * Women rulers in Maya society
 * K'o
 * Ek' Balam
 * El Perú (Maya site)
 * Siyaj Chan K'awiil II
 * Xtabentún (liqueur)
 * El Perú (Maya site)
 * 18 Rabbit
 * Maya mythology
 * Women in Maya Society
 * Ha' K'in Xook
 * Mayan Genetics
 * Ek Chuaj
 * Maritime Trade Among the Ancient Maya
 * Entheogenics and the Maya
 * Maya belt plaques
 * Maya Economy

Thematic Articles (ANTH 603 "Shamanism Past & Present")

 * Aztec use of entheogens
 * Tsentsak
 * Sandobele
 * Vegetalismo
 * Trance
 * Entoptic phenomena (archaeology)
 * San Jose de Moro
 * Tsunki
 * Yacuruna
 * Yuwipi
 * Sangoma

Biographical Articles (from ANTH 500, ANTH 507, and ANTH 701)

 * Konstantin Bogdanov
 * John M. Janzen
 * George Carr Frison
 * Phyllis M. Kaberry
 * Alice Beck Kehoe
 * Richard Stockton MacNeish
 * Mari Lyn Salvador
 * Helena Wulff
 * Ruth Tringham
 * Roscoe Hall Wilmeth
 * William Abel Caudill
 * June Nash
 * Karen McCarthy Brown
 * Albert Buell Lewis
 * Ibrahim Muti’I
 * Eileen Krige
 * Robin W.G. Horton
 * Gonzalo Figueroa Garcia Huidobro
 * Donald Collier
 * Irving Rouse
 * June Nash
 * William Saturno
 * Dennis Tedlock
 * Samuel Kirkland Lothrop

Please note that the Wikipedia Assignments for "Archaeological Research Methods" at KU (Spring 2020) have been archived at User talk:Hoopes/Archive 5.

Wikipedia Assignments for "Ancient American Civilizations: The Central Andes" at KU (Spring 2021)
Your assignment, due by midnight on Sunday, May 2, is to make a meaningful contribution of at least 1000 words (not counting the code that includes relevant hyperlinks) to Wikipedia in the form of either a new article relevant to the archaeology of the Central Andes or a revision of an existing article in that subject area. You may get some ideas for these by visiting the page for WikiProject Mesoamerica, but please note that Mesoamerica is a different archaeological region. You may find WikiProject Peru to also be a useful source.

Your article and/or editing should be in the style of current Wikipedia content, including relevant headings and subheadings, hyperlinks, and (especially) references. It will be graded on the basis of overall appearance as well as the value of its content and the degree to which it contributes to the value of the resource. Please note that you are NOT required to include digital images, although you are encouraged to do so if you are comfortable with the necessary permissions and procedures. The value of your contribution will depend not only on the information content you provide, but how well it is integrated into Wikipedia via hyperlinked text. Please note that it is good procedure to make minor edits to other existing entries so that they link back to your own entry when it ultimately goes "live".

Please use this space for asking any questions you might have about the assignment. I'll answer if I can, but there may also be some answers from others. Please remember to sign your posts!

To develop your article for this assignment, please set up a dedicated user subpage for it and save the link on your main userpage. You would do this by creating a name consisting of a backslash followed by the proposed article title (or "Draft" or any text). It should be coded like this: [[/Article title]]. Click on that link to create the new subpage, which will be created at User:Student username/Article title. You can then add some text, save it, and then continue.

For convenience, you can transclude your working draft subpage onto your main userpage so it's visible from there by adding to the main userpage somewhere.

Start out with using the particular referencing system wikipedia calls WP:CITESHORT. You can then build a separate bibliography of sources towards the end of the article (in a separate section called either "References" or "Bibliography". Within the body of the text itself, you can then cite individual statements with shortened cites that correspond to some entry in the bibliography. This is easily done by adding cites in the form of  after the statement to be cited.

If you are going to be revising an existing Wikipedia article, please considering making a printed or PDF copy before you make any changes so that it will be easier for me to see what additions and revisions you've made.

KU Student Editors in ANTH 508/HIST 572 (Spring 2021)
Please click "edit source" for this section of my talk page and sign this list (with an asterisk followed by four tildes) once you've created your Wikipedia user account. You should also add a short statement about what entry you'll be creating or working on. (When you've done this correctly, it should look like the first entry below.)
 * Hoopes (talk) 16:33, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
 * DoraAgbas (talk) 16:20, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Cdschmidt5 (talk) 16:21, 27 April 2021 (UTC) Spear-Thrower (Added details of estòlica in the history section)
 * Rosella1356 (talk) 16:30, 27 April 2021 (UTC) Inti
 * Mamiemurphy (talk) 18:30, 27 April 2021 (UTC) Moche culture
 * JacobPenner2022 (talk) 19:52, 29 April 2021 (UTC) Stirrup spout vessel
 * Tgmeier (talk) 00:54, 2 May 2021 (UTC) Callejón de Huaylas
 * KamillaSims (talk) 11:48, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Anuney (talk) 17:11, 2 May 2021 (UTC) Moche culture
 * Jamiefowler08 (talk) 18:50, 2 May 2021 (UTC) Recuay culture
 * Kamryn Norland (talk) 20:50, 2 May 2021 (UTC) Palpa
 * Rhodesn58 (talk) 21:10, 2 May 2021 (UTC) Las Vegas culture (archaeology)
 * Oreanafig (talk) 02:51, 3 May 2021 (UTC) Tiwanaku

Basic Wikipedia Principles
Neutral point of view, verifiability, and no original research are Wikipedia's three core content policies. Together, these determine what type and quality of material will be acceptable in Wikipedia articles. Be sure to familiarize yourself with all three. The principles upon which these policies are based cannot be superseded by other policies or guidelines, or by editors' consensus. If you violate these policies, your article may be subject to sharp criticism, correction, and even deletion! It is strongly recommended that you review the Wikipedia Neutral Point of View Tutorial to understand what is meant by a neutral point of view in Wikipedia articles.

Comments and Procedures
The editors at WikiProject Anthropology will do their best to help out and advise where we can, without intruding on assignments before they get marked & published to mainspace. Please feel free to contact any of of the WikiProject Mesoamerica editors for editing how-to's or leave a message at the Mesoamerica project's discussion board WT:MESO.

Instead of developing your article on you userpage or user talkpage, please set up a user subpage for it by saving a link on their main userpage consisting of a backslash followed by the proposed article title (or "Draft" or any text, really), like this: [[/Article title]]. Then just click on that link to create the new subpage, which will be created at User:Student username/Article title. Add some text, save it, and away you go. For convenience, you can transclude your working draft subpage onto their main userpage so it's visible from there, by adding to the main userpage somewhere.

Citing Sources
It is very important to provide citations for the sources you are using I urge you to go to the information on citing sources for information about how to do it. To see how it's done, look at models in other Wikipedia entries. A particular referencing system that is good when you're just starting out is one Wikipedia calls WP:CITESHORT. To use this style, build a separate bibliography of sources towards the end of the article (in a separate section called "References"). Within the body of the text itself, make individual citations using shortened cites that correspond to an entry in references section by adding cites in the form of  after the statement to be cited. Your references will appear in a section called "Notes" followed by the list of references. For an example of how this is used, look at the code in the entry on Inca Empire.

Please, PLEASE read WP:VERIFY and WP:RS for basic Wikipedia policy. For help on inline citations, which you need to use, see Help:Referencing for beginners. Don't forget you need page numbers for books! Hoopes (talk) 21:26, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Sources of Ideas
You may have to search a bit to find good biographies that haven't already been created. There are many good sources of ideas for needed articles online. If you scroll up on my talk page, you'll find some discussions of similar assignments (and example entries) that I've had students do in the past. Of course, the best way to get ideas for a model entry is to look at ones that already exist. You should also consider some of the priorities of the WikiProject Anthropology, but please make sure the individual about whom you are writing is relevant to to the history of anthropology. While the obvious choices are anthropologists, please consider this term in a broad fashion. Individuals who have played specific roles as informants or about whom anthropologists have written significant life histories are also appropriate. In selecting individuals, it may be best to choose those who are deceased rather than creating entries for people who are living. This is both a way of honoring those who are no longer with us and of avoiding any issues with living people.

Examples of Model Entries
None of these are perfect, but nonetheless good models for the kind of work I'd like to see.
 * Pachacuti
 * Mit'a
 * Tiwanaku
 * Wari culture
 * Pumapunku
 * Caral

Moving Your Completed, Reviewed, and Graded Article to Wikipedia Mainspace
(This information only applies to new Wikipedia articles.) When I have provided feedback and the article has been revised to your satisfaction, it can be moved to Wikipedia mainspace by going to the subpage, clicking on the "More" icon (near the upper right-hand of the toolbar at the top of the page), and selecting "Move." Select "Wikipedia" from the drop-down menu and add the title for you new page. You may give a brief reason if you like.

Articles Edited by KU Students in ANTH 508/HIST 572 in Previous Semesters

 * Edmund Kiss
 * Gate of the Sun
 * Inca cuisine
 * Snuff trays
 * Aclla
 * Coca
 * Chicha
 * Incan aqueducts
 * Native American dogs
 * South American dogs
 * Waru Waru
 * Inca mythology
 * Religion in the Inca Empire
 * Mama Oqllu
 * Nazca Line Pseudoscience
 * Wari culture

Possible Entries for "Ancient American Civilizations: The Central Andes"
The following is a partial wish list of just some of the entries that I would like to see created (in red) and/or improved (in blue). Please feel free to add additional entries that you would like to see! (I'll be adding more, too, as I find time.) If you decide to take one of these, please sign after it (with four tildes) so other students will know it's already taken.

Archaeological and Historical Sites
Note that there will need to be disambiguations for some of these entries!


 * Real Alto (Archaeological Site)
 * Loma Alta (Archaeological Site)
 * Cahuachi
 * Huaca El Brujo
 * Serranía La Lindosa
 * Palpa
 * Cerro Colorado (Archaeological Site)

Archaeological Regions and Cultures

 * Inca
 * Tiwanaku
 * Wari culture
 * Valdivia culture
 * Chinchorro mummies
 * Norte Chico civilization
 * Chavín culture
 * Nazca culture
 * Paracas culture
 * Recuay culture
 * Moche cultureAnuney (talk) 17:17, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Chimú culture
 * Chachapoya culture
 * Sican culture

Archaeologists, Indigenous Personalities, and Others

 * Julio C. Tello
 * Wendell C. Bennett
 * John Howland Rowe
 * Gordon Willey
 * Anne Paul
 * Helaine Silverman
 * John Janusek
 * Michael Moseley
 * Jeffrey Quilter
 * Tom Dillehay

Biographical Articles (from ANTH 500, ANTH 507, and ANTH 701)

 * Konstantin Bogdanov
 * John M. Janzen
 * George Carr Frison
 * Phyllis M. Kaberry
 * Alice Beck Kehoe
 * Richard Stockton MacNeish
 * Mari Lyn Salvador
 * Helena Wulff
 * Ruth Tringham
 * Roscoe Hall Wilmeth
 * William Abel Caudill
 * June Nash
 * Karen McCarthy Brown
 * Albert Buell Lewis
 * Ibrahim Muti’I
 * Eileen Krige
 * Robin W.G. Horton
 * Gonzalo Figueroa Garcia Huidobro
 * Donald Collier
 * Irving Rouse
 * June Nash
 * William Saturno
 * Dennis Tedlock
 * Samuel Kirkland Lothrop

Thematic Articles (ANTH 507 "The Ancient Mayas")

 * Temple of the Inscriptions
 * Franciscan missions to the Maya
 * Midwifery in Maya society
 * Maya cave sites
 * Human trophy taking in Mesoamerica
 * Women rulers in Maya society
 * K'o
 * Ek' Balam
 * El Perú (Maya site)
 * Siyaj Chan K'awiil II
 * Xtabentún (liqueur)
 * El Perú (Maya site)
 * 18 Rabbit
 * Maya mythology
 * Women in Maya Society
 * Ha' K'in Xook
 * Mayan Genetics
 * Ek Chuaj
 * Maritime Trade Among the Ancient Maya
 * Entheogenics and the Maya
 * Maya belt plaques
 * Maya Economy

Thematic Articles (ANTH 410 "Archaeological Myths & Realities)

 * Psychic archaeology
 * Nazi archaeology
 * Grave Creek Stone
 * Michigan relics
 * Marine archaeology in the Gulf of Cambay
 * Thunderstone (folklore)
 * Antonio del Río
 * San Pedro Mountains Mummy
 * Holly Oak gorget
 * Tucson artifacts

Thematic Articles (ANTH 603 "Shamanism Past & Present")

 * Aztec use of entheogens
 * Tsentsak
 * Sandobele
 * Vegetalismo
 * Trance
 * Entoptic phenomena (archaeology)
 * San Jose de Moro
 * Tsunki
 * Yacuruna
 * Yuwipi
 * Sangoma

Disambiguation link notification for April 29
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 * Pseudoarchaeology
 * added a link pointing to Human origins
 * Rabisu
 * added a link pointing to Sumerian

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:24, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia Assignments for "Archaeological Myths & Realities" (ANTH 212) at KU (Spring 2022)
Your assignment, due by 5 pm on Friday, April 29, is to make a meaningful contribution of at least 1000 words (not counting the code that includes relevant hyperlinks) to Wikipedia in the form of either a new article or the revision of an existing article relevant to the themes of pseudoscience, pseudoarchaeology, or critical thinking. I strongly recommend revising and improving an existing article through the addition of information, hyperlinks, and references. However, creation of a new article is definitely acceptable if you would like to tackle that. (It is not that complicated.) The power of Wikipedia is in your hands and what you choose to do and how much time you want to spend on it is completely up to you. Please note that this assignment is similar to ones I have used in my other courses. Please see the links below for examples of Wikipedia articles created by other KU students in the past and for suggestions of articles that could use improvement.

Your article and/or editing should be in the style of current Wikipedia content, including relevant headings and subheadings, hyperlinks, and (especially) references. It will be graded on the basis of overall appearance as well as the value of its content and the degree to which it contributes to the value of the resource. Please note that you are NOT required to include digital images, although you are encouraged to do so if you are comfortable with the necessary permissions and procedures. The value of your contribution will depend not only on the information content you provide, but how well it is integrated into Wikipedia via hyperlinked text. (This part is very important!) If you create a new article, please note that it is good procedure to make minor edits to other existing entries so that they link back to your own entry when it ultimately goes "live".

Please use this space for asking any questions you might have about the assignment. I'll answer if I can, but there may also be some answers from others. Please remember to sign your posts by adding four tildes to the end!

Getting Started
To begin this assignment, you must first login to Wikipedia with a valid user account. Please click on the "Create account" link in the upper right-hand corner to begin. Once you have chosen a userid and password and logged in to Wikipedia, please edit your userpage (by clicking on your username) and add a few sentences about yourself.

If you are editing an existing Wikipedia article, please add a hyperlink to your userpage to identify it. I will provide comments and answer questions on your own talk page. Please be sure to check the talk page of the article for past and new comments from others about the editing of the article. Note that any changes you make will be logged along with your username if you have correctly signed in to Wikipedia.

If you want to develop a new Wikipedia article for this assignment (on a topic that does not yet exist in Wikipedia), please set up a dedicated user subpage for it and save the link on your main userpage. You would do this by creating a name consisting of a backslash followed by the proposed article title (or "Draft" or any text). It should be coded like this: [[/Article title]]. Click on that link to create the new subpage, which will be created at User:Username/Article title. You can then add some text, save it, and then continue.

For convenience, you can transclude your working draft subpage onto your main userpage so it's visible from there by adding  User:Username/Article title  to the main userpage somewhere.

For references, it is best to start out using the particular referencing system wikipedia calls WP:CITESHORT. You can then build a separate bibliography of sources towards the end of the article (in a separate section called either "References" or "Bibliography". Within the body of the text itself, you can then cite individual statements with shortened cites that correspond to some entry in the bibliography. This is easily done by adding cites in the form of  after the statement to be cited.

'''When your assignment is complete and ready to be graded, please notify me of that via email. I will review it online using the "View history" tab on either your userpage or the article that you indicate.

Your article and/or editing should be in the style of current Wikipedia content, including relevant headings and subheadings, hyperlinks, and (especially) references. It will be graded on the basis of overall appearance as well as the value of its content and the degree to which it contributes to the value of the resource. Please note that you are NOT required to include digital images, although you are encouraged to do so if you are comfortable with the necessary permissions and procedures. The value of your contribution will depend not only on the information content you provide, but how well it is integrated into Wikipedia via hyperlinked text. (This part is very important!) If you create a new article, please note that it is good procedure to make minor edits to other existing entries so that they link back to your own entry when it ultimately goes "live".

Please use this space for asking any questions you might have about the assignment. I'll answer if I can, but there may also be some answers from others. Please remember to sign your posts by adding four tildes to the end!

KU Student Editors in ANTH 212 (Spring 2022)
Please click "edit source" for this section of my talk page and sign this list (with an asterisk followed by four tildes) once you've created your Wikipedia user account. You should also provide hyperlink to the article that you are editing or the title of a new article that you are creating (with a draft on your userpage). (When you've done this correctly, it should look like the first entry below.) Note that you can use the Talk pages of other students to communicate about the assignment, ask for tips, and exchange information.


 * C.Courbot (talk) 19:37, 21 April 2022 (UTC) Rabisu
 * Mycoolv (talk) 19:39, 21 April 2022 (UTC) The Morning of the Magicians
 * Kaylakamp (talk) 19:42, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Claireblanck (talk) 19:43, 21 April 2022 (UTC) Lemuria
 * A Regular Fish (talk) 19:40, 21 April 2022 (UTC) The Morning of the Magicians
 * Sunny-day03 (talk) 19:41, 21 April 2022 (UTC) "Reported Sightings" section on the Jersey Devil
 * Bknepper97 (talk) 19:40, 21 April 2022 (UTC) "Pseudoarchaeology in Egyptology" section in Pseudoarchaeology
 * Hwilkinson21 (talk) 19:40, 21 April 2022 (UTC) Cueva de los Tayos
 * Jessiicomstock (talk) 19:45, 21 April 2022 (UTC) Nazca Lines
 * Saltypeanutbutter (talk) 19:41, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Nick Counts (talk) 19:43, 21 April 2022 (UTC) Draft:Brien Foerster
 * Elovell9 (talk) 19:42, 21 April 2022 (UTC) Global Warming Hoax of 1874
 * Jison2334 (talk) 19:42, 21 April 2022 (UTC) San Pedro Mountains Mummy Chiquita section
 * AlexandraA09 (talk) 19:43, 21 April 2022 (UTC) Curandero
 * ANTH212JB (talk) 19:44, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Danielwiskur (talk) 19:50, 21 April 2022 (UTC) The Morning of the Magicians
 * Theobk (talk) 00:32, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * MG212ANTH (talk) 15:15, 22 April 2022 (UTC) Ancient astronauts
 * EvaRuiz0226 (talk)11:59, 28 April 2022 (UTC) Draft:Mayan Astrology
 * ANTH212LF (talk)18:17, 28 April 2022 (UTC) Cerutti Mastodon site
 * JaredEvansKU (talk) 03:23, 29 April 2022 (UTC) New article: Draft:Pseudoscience in Social Media (Submitted; pending acceptance)
 * Catiewick8 (talk) 14:23, 29 April 2022 (UTC) Noah's Ark
 * TommyHead1213! Nazi archaeology

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Citing Sources
It is very important to provide citations for the sources you are using I urge you to go to the information on citing sources for information about how to do it. To see how it's done, look at models in other Wikipedia entries. A particular referencing system that is good when you're just starting out is one Wikipedia calls WP:CITESHORT. To use this style, build a separate bibliography of sources towards the end of the article (in a separate section called "References"). Within the body of the text itself, make individual citations using shortened cites that correspond to an entry in references section by adding cites in the form of  after the statement to be cited. Your references will appear in a section called "Notes" followed by the list of references. For an example of how this is used, look at the code in the entry on Inca Empire.

Please, PLEASE read WP:VERIFY and WP:RS for basic Wikipedia policy. For help on inline citations, which you need to use, see Help:Referencing for beginners. Don't forget you need page numbers for books! Hoopes (talk) 21:26, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Examples of Articles Created by Former KU Students in "Archaeological Myths and Realities

 * Psychic archaeology
 * Nazi archaeology
 * Grave Creek Stone
 * Michigan relics
 * Marine archaeology in the Gulf of Cambay
 * Thunderstone (folklore)
 * Antonio del Río
 * San Pedro Mountains Mummy
 * Holly Oak gorget
 * Tucson artifacts

Examples of Articles for Additional Improvement (Hyperlinks in Red are "Stubs" for Articles That Do Not Yet Exist

 * The Demon-Haunted World
 * Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries
 * The Morning of the Magicians
 * The UnXplained
 * Ancient Aliens
 * Erich von Däniken
 * Graham Hancock
 * Frank Collin
 * Zecharia Sitchin
 * Brien Foerster
 * Richard C. Hoagland
 * Ignatius L. Donnelly
 * Bosnian pyramid claims
 * Atlantis
 * Lemuria
 * Mayan astrology
 * Cerutti Mastodon site

Section for Student Queries
Please put queries, commments, or questions about the ANTH 212 assignment in this section of my Talk page. Thanks! Hoopes (talk) 21:50, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

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A note about signatures in edit summaries
Another friendly reminder about signatures: They're only meant to be used on talk pages, so there's no need to sign edit summaries (like you did here). Cheers, Aluxosm (talk) 15:18, 28 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I'll try to remember that! Hoopes (talk) 15:36, 28 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Here's another one that may come in handy: Did you know that you can add subpages to your user page? For example, you could have a subpage at User talk:Hoopes/ANTH 212 Spring 2022 and put all of the associated content there, allowing you to keep your talk page clear for conversations like this and have a more permanent link to a each set of assignments. You can keep track of them by adding under a heading on your talk page. Happy to help if you're interested and need a hand! Aluxosm (talk) 10:45, 5 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Oh, just seen that you've already talked about doing this exact thing, no worries then! Aluxosm (talk) 10:54, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much for the suggestion. I will give it some consideration. However, my Talk page is generally pretty quiet except for these student assignments. The subpage structure is good, but I've put stuff here to make it easier for newbie student editors to find. In general, these assignments--which I've been doing since 2008--have worked out well. I like to think there are always a few student editors who will go on to become lifelong Wikipedia editors, adding quality content that has the benefit of their higher education. Hoopes (talk) 02:33, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Totally understand wanting to make it easy. I Really appreciate your ambitions here, I hope more educators follow suit! Here's some more links that might be useful (if you hadn't found these already as well):
 * School and university projects
 * Student assignments
 * Training
 * Education program
 * Cheers, Aluxosm (talk) 17:51, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much! I need to have a look at these. Quite frankly, I developed these assignments back in 2008 and have modified them pretty much on my own, with some occasional help from Wikipedia editors. They merit some updating and also links to these other resources. What has been the most gratifying for me is seeing how "seeds" planted by student creation of Wikipedia articles long ago have grown into "trees" of much more robust treatment of various topics. They have become really helpful sources. I tell students that this is a way for them to take their "elite" college- and gradate-level knowledge and give some of it back to the rest of the world. 2001:48F8:9023:30B:0:0:0:E641 (talk) 18:31, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Very cool indeed! Aluxosm (talk) 19:03, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia Assignment for "How to Find a Lost City" (ANTH 177) - Fall 2022
Your assignment, due by 5 pm on Friday, December 2, is to make a meaningful contribution of at least 1000 words (not counting the code that includes relevant hyperlinks) to Wikipedia in the form of either a new article relevant to the theme of the lost city in archaeology, literature, film, video games, etc. (for students in ANTH 177) or a revision of an existing article on a relevant topic. This can be an article on the "lost city" about which you have written (for students in ANTH 177) or the paper on an aspect of pseudoarchaeology (for students in ANTH 212), or any other related topic that we have discussed during the semester. I strongly recommend revising an existing article, but creation of a new article is definitely acceptable if you want to tackle that. The power of Wikipedia is in your hands and what you choose to do and how much time you want to spend on it is completely up to you.

Please note that this is an assignment similar to ones I have used in my other courses. Please see the links below for examples of Wikipedia articles created by other KU students.

Your article and/or editing should be in the style of current Wikipedia content, including relevant headings and subheadings, hyperlinks, and (especially) references. It will be graded on the basis of overall appearance as well as the value of its content and the degree to which it contributes to the value of the resource. Please note that you are NOT required to include digital images, although you are encouraged to do so if you are comfortable with the necessary permissions and procedures. The value of your contribution will depend not only on the information content you provide, but how well it is integrated into Wikipedia via hyperlinked text. (This part is very important!) If you create a new article, please note that it is good procedure to make minor edits to other existing entries so that they link back to your own entry when it ultimately goes "live".

Please use this space for asking any questions you might have about the assignment. I'll answer if I can, but there may also be some answers from others. Please remember to sign your posts by adding four tildes to the end!

Getting Started
To begin this assignment, you must first login to Wikipedia with a valid user account. Please click on the "Create account" link in the upper right-hand corner to begin. Once you have chosen a userid and password and logged in to Wikipedia, please edit your userpage (by clicking on your username) and add a few sentences about yourself.

If you are editing an existing Wikipedia article, please add a hyperlink to your userpage to identify it. I will provide comments and answer questions on your own talk page. Please be sure to check the talk page of the article for past and new comments from others about the editing of the article. Note that any changes you make will be logged along with your username if you have correctly signed in to Wikipedia.

If you want to develop a new Wikipedia article for this assignment (on a topic that does not yet exist in Wikipedia), please set up a dedicated user subpage for it and save the link on your main userpage. You would do this by creating a name consisting of a backslash followed by the proposed article title (or "Draft" or any text). It should be coded like this: [[/Article title]]. Click on that link to create the new subpage, which will be created at User:Username/Article title. You can then add some text, save it, and then continue.

For convenience, you can transclude your working draft subpage onto your main userpage so it's visible from there by adding  User:Username/Article title  to the main userpage somewhere.

For references, it is best to start out using the particular referencing system wikipedia calls WP:CITESHORT. You can then build a separate bibliography of sources towards the end of the article (in a separate section called either "References" or "Bibliography". Within the body of the text itself, you can then cite individual statements with shortened cites that correspond to some entry in the bibliography. This is easily done by adding cites in the form of  after the statement to be cited.

When your assignment is complete and ready to be graded, please notify me of that via email.

KU Student Editors in ANTH 177 (Fall 2022)
Please click "edit source" for this section of my talk page and sign this list (with an asterisk followed by four tildes) once you've created your Wikipedia user account. You should also add a short statement about what entry you'll be creating or working on. (When you've done this correctly, it should look like the first entry below.)
 * Hoopes (talk) 21:30, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Basic Wikipedia Principles
Neutral point of view, verifiability, and no original research are Wikipedia's three core content policies. Together, these determine what type and quality of material will be acceptable in Wikipedia articles. Be sure to familiarize yourself with all three. The principles upon which these policies are based cannot be superseded by other policies or guidelines, or by editors' consensus. If you violate these policies, your article may be subject to sharp criticism, correction, and even deletion! It is strongly recommended that you review the Wikipedia Neutral Point of View Tutorial to understand what is meant by a neutral point of view in Wikipedia articles.

Comments and Procedures
Instead of developing your article on you userpage or user talk page, please set up a user subpage for it by saving a link on their main userpage consisting of a backslash followed by the proposed article title (or "Draft" or any text, really), like this: [[/Article title]]. Then just click on that link to create the new subpage, which will be created at User:Student username/Article title. Add some text, save it, and away you go. For convenience, you can transclude your working draft subpage onto their main userpage so it's visible from there, by adding to the main userpage somewhere.

Citing Sources
It is very important to provide citations for the sources you are using I urge you to go to the information on citing sources for information about how to do it. To see how it's done, look at models in other Wikipedia entries. A particular referencing system that is good when you're just starting out is one Wikipedia calls WP:CITESHORT. To use this style, build a separate bibliography of sources towards the end of the article (in a separate section called "References"). Within the body of the text itself, make individual citations using shortened cites that correspond to an entry in references section by adding cites in the form of  after the statement to be cited. Your references will appear in a section called "Notes" followed by the list of references. For an example of how this is used, look at the code in the entry on Inca Empire.

Please, PLEASE read WP:VERIFY and WP:RS for basic Wikipedia policy. For help on inline citations, which you need to use, see Help:Referencing for beginners. Don't forget you need page numbers for books! Hoopes (talk) 21:26, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Examples of Articles for Editing (for ANTH 177)
None of these are perfect, but nonetheless good models for the kind of articles that it would be appropriate to edit. Of course, you can also edit articles about the "lost city" that you have been researching.
 * Dora and the Lost City of Gold
 * The Lost City of Z (book)
 * The Lost City of Z (film)
 * Lost City of Z
 * La Ciudad Blanca
 * Ciudad Perdida
 * David Grann
 * Douglas Preston
 * Sarah Parcak
 * Kuhikugu
 * Lidar

Articles edited by KU Student Editors in ANTH 177 in Previous Semesters
Please click "edit source" for this section of my talk page and sign this list (with an asterisk followed by four tildes) once you've created your Wikipedia user account. You should also add a short statement about what entry you'll be creating or working on. (When you've done this correctly, it should look like the first entry below.)
 * Amarna
 * Atlantis
 * Atlantis of the Sands
 * Bagerhat
 * Cahokia
 * Calleva Atrebatum
 * Caral
 * Carthage
 * Ciudad Perdida
 * Destiny 2
 * Dunlap, Kansas
 * Greensburg, Kansas
 * Hampton-on-Sea
 * Herculaneum
 * Kalibangan
 * Kuhikugu
 * Kweneng' Ruins
 * Lyonesse
 * Mesa Verde National Park
 * Niani, Guinea
 * Paititi
 * Percy Fawcett
 * Petra
 * Ravensbrück concentration camp
 * Tiwanaku
 * Ubar
 * Uzès
 * Yamatai

Comet Research Group has been moved to article space
It could use some section headers. I've added a couple of categories. Doug Weller talk 14:02, 22 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks a bunch! Hoopes (talk) 23:51, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Additional Instructions for "Ancient American Civilizations: The Central Andes" (ANTH 508/HIST 572) at KU (Fall 2022)
Your assignment, due by midnight on Friday, December 8, is to make a meaningful contribution of at least 1000 words (not counting the code that includes relevant hyperlinks) to Wikipedia in the form of either a new article relevant to the archaeology of the Central Andes or a revision of an existing article in that subject area. You may get some ideas for these by visiting the page for WikiProject Mesoamerica, but please note that Mesoamerica is a different archaeological region. You may find WikiProject Peru to also be a useful source.

Your article and/or editing should be in the style of current Wikipedia content, including relevant headings and subheadings, hyperlinks, and (especially) references. It will be graded on the basis of overall appearance as well as the value of its content and the degree to which it contributes to the value of the resource. Please note that you are NOT required to include digital images, although you are encouraged to do so if you are comfortable with the necessary permissions and procedures. The value of your contribution will depend not only on the information content you provide, but how well it is integrated into Wikipedia via hyperlinked text. Please note that it is good procedure to make minor edits to other existing entries so that they link back to your own entry when it ultimately goes "live".

Please use this space for asking any questions you might have about the assignment. I'll answer if I can, but there may also be some answers from others. Please remember to sign your posts!

To develop your article for this assignment, please set up a dedicated user subpage for it and save the link on your main userpage. You would do this by creating a name consisting of a backslash followed by the proposed article title (or "Draft" or any text). It should be coded like this: [[/Article title]]. Click on that link to create the new subpage, which will be created at User:Student username/Article title. You can then add some text, save it, and then continue.

For convenience, you can transclude your working draft subpage onto your main userpage so it's visible from there by adding to the main userpage somewhere.

Start out with using the particular referencing system wikipedia calls WP:CITESHORT. You can then build a separate bibliography of sources towards the end of the article (in a separate section called either "References" or "Bibliography". Within the body of the text itself, you can then cite individual statements with shortened cites that correspond to some entry in the bibliography. This is easily done by adding cites in the form of  after the statement to be cited.

If you are going to be revising an existing Wikipedia article, please considering making a printed or PDF copy before you make any changes so that it will be easier for me to see what additions and revisions you've made.

Possible Entries for "Ancient American Civilizations: The Central Andes"
The following is a partial wish list of just some of the entries that I would like to see created (in red) and/or improved (in blue). Please feel free to add additional entries that you would like to see! (I'll be adding more, too, as I find time.) If you decide to take one of these, please sign after it (with four tildes) so other students will know it's already taken.

Archaeological and Historical Sites
Note that there will need to be disambiguations for some of these entries!


 * Real Alto (Archaeological Site)
 * Loma Alta (Archaeological Site)
 * Cahuachi
 * Huaca El Brujo
 * Serranía La Lindosa
 * Palpa
 * Cerro Colorado (Archaeological Site)

Archaeological Regions and Cultures

 * Inca
 * Tiwanaku
 * Wari culture
 * Valdivia culture
 * Chinchorro mummies
 * Norte Chico civilization
 * Chavín culture
 * Nazca culture
 * Paracas culture
 * Recuay culture
 * Moche cultureAnuney (talk) 17:17, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Chimú culture
 * Chachapoya culture
 * Sican culture

Archaeologists, Indigenous Personalities, and Others

 * Julio C. Tello
 * Wendell C. Bennett
 * John Howland Rowe
 * Gordon Willey
 * Anne Paul
 * Helaine Silverman
 * John Janusek
 * Michael Moseley
 * Jeffrey Quilter
 * Tom Dillehay

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