Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/American women writers fall 2010

Course description

 * Please describe the course, to give Wikipedians some idea of the context of this assignment

This is an upper level English department course taught by User:Jentuser.

Wikipedia assignment plans

 * Please describe the assignment, and what you have in mind in terms of help from Online Ambassadors. The below is copied from User_talk:Jentuser, but can replaced.

"To add to the theory and criticism sections (or, in some instances, create them) for some of the Nineteenth-Century American women writers whose work already appears on the site (Fanny Fern's Ruth Hall; Harriet Wilson's Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black; Edith Wharton's Bunner Sisters, and perhaps one or two others). Students have already posted short critical summaries to the talk page of Ruth Hall. We are still editing the contributions for clarity and style. We would appreciate any feedback and suggestions." Jentuser (talk) 19:47, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

First steps

 * 1) Make your own account and add your name to the list below when you are logged in (always log in before editing).
 * 2) Choose a mentor from the list below, and ask them to mentor you.
 * 3) Try editing a live page! You can edit Ruth Hall or another page and add information directly to it, maybe a spelling fix or a sentence or two with a citation to your source  – there's plenty of helpers watching, so there's no need to worry about doing it right. Feel free to ask for help or advice from your mentor or any of the ambassadors if you need it.
 * 4) If you want to test out some code, try creating a sandbox to try things out in. (Here is video help.)

Students
In this section, participating students should list themselves, the articles they are working on, and (once they connect with mentors) who their mentors are. Note to students: Please remember to log in before you edit, so you get the benefits of having an account. Thanks! -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:59, 21 October 2010 (UTC) (online ambassador)
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 * - working on The Cheerful Brutality of Capitalism (Mentor: Undecided)
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 * - working on Our Nig (Mentor: Undecided)
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Available mentors
These are the Online Ambassadors who are ready to serve as mentors for students. If you'd like one of them to serve as a mentor, just ask them!