Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Boston University/KHC 112 Fish (Spring 2020)

In this first-year writing and research seminar, students from Boston University's Kilachand Honors College will contribute Wikipedia content related to the topics of their semester-long research papers. Students represent many disciplines and will choose varying research topics accordingly, with resonance to the general course themes of citizenship, identity, social issues, innovation, reparations, reconciliation and memory.

Week 1
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

Week 2
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

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.)

Week 5

 * Potential articles to evaluate: Great Migration (African American), redlining, G. I. Bill, Indian Child Welfare Act, Rafael Trujillo, American Indian Boarding Schools, Washington Heights

Week 7
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Art History

Biographies

Books

Chemistry

Cultural Anthropology

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Films

Genes and Proteins

History

LGBT+ Studies

Linguistics

Medicine

Political Science

Psychology

Science Communication

Sociology

Species

Women's Studies

Required for students with relevant topics

Week 8
The very short exercises here are primarily informational. They explain how to assign yourself an article, once you've finalized your choice of contribution, and then go about planning your contribution.

Week 9
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

Week 11
Guiding framework

Week 12
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.

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

Week 13
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!