Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Berkeley/Theater R1B--002 (Spring 2017)

Undocumented Subjects: Performance and Immigration in/outside the United States

Week 1
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the &quot;Get Help&quot; button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:


 * Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

'''Due Thursday 4/20 '''


 * Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
 * It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your participation grade.
 * When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.

Week 2
Due Tuesday, 4/25

It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.

Part 1


 * Complete the &quot;Evaluating Articles and Sources&quot; training (linked below).
 * Create a section in your sandbox titled &quot;Article evaluations&quot; where you'll leave notes about your observations and learnings from this part of the assignment.
 * Review page 6 of your Editing Wikipedia guidebook THEN
 * Look up 3-5 potential topics related to your individual research projects that you might want to update on Wikipedia (this should be the play, actor, or authors, for example).
 * Review the content of the articles and check the Talk pages to see what other Wikipedians are already contributing. Identify one or two areas from each that you could improve.
 * From that list, choose 2-3 potential articles that you will fully evaluate. You should post links to the articles and take notes about what you might improve in your sandbox.

Part 2


 * Read the articles. As you read, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these):
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * 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?
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * Optional: Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Iskysun96 (talk) 19:21, 27 April 2017 (UTC).

Due Thursday, 4/27 before class

Finalize one of your topics whose article is in most need of improvement (hint: check out this Evaluating Wikipedia handbook for signs of a bad quality article. You should also check the Talk page of your articles to see what they are rated. Try working on only stub, start, or C class articles).

On the Students tab, assign your chosen topic to yourself.

In your sandbox, write a few sentences about what you plan to contribute to your selected article.


 * Think back to when you did an article critique. What can you add? Post some of your ideas to the article's talk page, too.
 * Compile a list of relevant, reliable books, journal articles, or other sources. Post that bibliography to the talk page of the article you'll be working on, and in your sandbox. Make sure to check in on the Talk page to see if anyone has advice on your bibliography.

Resources: Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9

'''In class on Thursday 4/27

'''Today in class we will make live improvements to your articles.

You should bring to class on April 27 a brief statement on the content gap that exists in Wikipedia of the themes, artists, and performances that you are researching for your final paper. Use the evaluating Wikipedia assignment from last week to help you with this.

If you want to move some of your work from your sandbox draft live remember:


 * NEVER copy and paste your draft of an article over the entire article. Instead, edit small sections at a time.
 * Copy your edits into the article. Make many small edits, saving each time, and leaving an edit summary. Never replace more than one to two sentences without saving!
 * Be sure to copy text from your sandbox while the sandbox page is in 'Edit' or 'Edit source' mode. This ensures that the formatting is transferred correctly.

Once your improvements have been made live, continue improving the article:


 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 12 to see how to create links from your article to others, and from other articles to your own. Try to link to 3–5 articles, and link to your article from 2–3 other articles.
 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.