Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Brigham Young University/Modern Britain (Winter 2020)

Course covers British history since 1485. It includes all of the British Isles as well as connections with its empire.

Students will make small edits as they learn how to edit in Wikipedia and they will contribute either a new article, or substantially improve an existing stub article. They will be encouraged to contribute to articles about immigration/emigration, race/ethnicity, women, and the poor. They will be discouraged from writing about monarchs or famous Brits.

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

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 3
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 4
Begin looking for secondary sources you could use in your article. Consider class readings and using the Library's British History Research Guide: https://guides.lib.byu.edu/britishhistory

Week 5
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

Art History

Biographies

Books

Cultural Anthropology

Films

History

LGBT+ Studies

Linguistics

Sociology

Women's Studies

Submit article bibliography, begin research and writing. Bibliography must have 25 secondary sources. These can be class readings, articles, academic websites, newspapers, databases. At least 10 of them need to be 10 peer-reviewed academic publications (typically books or articles).

Use Chicago Manuals of Style or Turabian for bibliographic citation style.

Week 6
Also submit the draft to LearningSuite. Prof. Harris will also review it and give feedback.

Week 7
Complete peer reivew of another's article

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.

Week 8
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 9
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. Add at least two images/charts/maps or other media.

Week 10
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 11
Make an appointment to meet with a Writing Lab TA between 9 and 27 March. Have them read your article helping you polish grammar, tone, and word choice. Also see if they have suggestions for places to expand it, provide more sources, or add media.

Week 12
In-class. Report on your topic, why you chose it, what research challenges it posed, how it changed over time, what your big takeaway is, etc.

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!

Week 14
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.