Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Bard College/Dura-Europos and Archaeological Archives (Fall 2022)

The final project in this class will entail the creation/substantial enhancement of a Wikipedia article about an object/building/archival document of your choice from Dura-Europos. Early in the semester you will have a chance to choose “your” object, and through a series of homeworks and in-class discussions throughout the following weeks, you will “get-to-know” the “adopted object” that will eventually be the subject of your Wikipedia article. Important milestone (graded) assignments that will lead up to the final Wikipedia article include: Annotated Bibliography: a list of scholarly sources (books, articles, and documents), where each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph (the annotation). The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited. Lightning Presentation: you will give a brief in-class presentation about your “adopted object” on Oct. 26. The purpose of this presentation is to share what you have learned so far about your object and get help and feedback from peers and instructor about any difficulties you’ve encountered in your research. Draft and Peer Review: upload a digital copy + bring hard copy of draft to class on Nov. 16; you will read and comment on your peers’ drafts.

Week 2
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

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.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 4
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 5

 * 1) Work through all Wikidata training modules.
 * 2) For more detail on specific areas:
 * 3) * Wikidata Tours (work through the &quot;basics&quot; sections, plus as many of the &quot;activities as you have time for with special preference for images, coordinates, and inception date)
 * 4) Once you have the basics, this tutorial will get you familiar with querying data in WD: Wikidata query service

Week 6
In preparation for the Library Workshop, think about and list at least three themes/topics tangential to your &quot;adopted object&quot; that you could research to provide further context for your object. Come prepared to the library visit with your list of ideas. Bring your laptops to the library visit--you will be researching the topics on your list during class time.

There is a public Zotero bibliography on Dura-Europos available here: https://www.zotero.org/groups/2824042/dura-europos/library

Art History

Biographies

Books

Cultural Anthropology

History

Week 7
Complete a Cradle worksheet to upload a new bibliographic item related to Dura-Europos.

Add a citation to a Wikidata item AND a Wikipedia article associated with your chosen topic. Remember that YUAG item records often have bibliographic entries associated with each object--these would be ideal resources to add as citations.

Week 8
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

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 10
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.

READ:

Wikipedia: Writing your first article

Wikipedia: Writing Better Articles

Week 11
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!

Week 12
Guiding framework

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 13
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

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.

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!

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.