Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/California State University Sacramento/Baroque Art (Spring 2023)

In this assignment, students will choose a Wikipedia article that is in need of improvement, edit and expand the article using reliable academic sources, and actually publish their improvements on Wikipedia. Student should select articles that are related to the themes and topics of the course, but are rather short, poorly researched, and/or contain incomplete/incorrect information. There will be several stages to this project, including the completion of tutorials on Wikipedia best editing practices and Wikipedia’s editing interface. We will start this project early during the semester and work on it steadily through the entire course. Small assignments will be due on a weekly basis. After publishing their articles, students will also turn in a reflective essay about the experience.

Week 3
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

What's a content gap?

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
Choose your topic / Find your sources

Exercise
We will go to the library today and work on adding content to Wikipedia.

Week 6
Art History

Week 7
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

Email your instructor to set up at least one meeting between Weeks 7 and 14!

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8
Spend this week reading the sources you found, finding more sources, and beginning to edit.

Edit the article in your sandbox so that it has headings for all the sections and subsections that you plan to organize the information into. In addition, add five sources (books, journal articles, etc) to the Sources/Resources/Further Reading section of the article in your sandbox. If your article doesn't already have a Sources/Resources/Further Reading section, add one and make sure it has at least five sources.

Week 9
By this point, you should be accomplishing basic tasks like checking and correcting the existing facts in your article, adding citations to uncited facts, fixing the grammar and organization of the article. You must have added about 3000 characters (about 500 words) of new content to your article by this point.

Week 10
Guiding framework

Week 11
This week, you have nothing specific to do on Wikipedia. If you are behind, use this as an opportunity to catch up. If not, use this time to make sure you meet next week's goal of 1000 words and getting close to a polished article!

Week 12
By this point, you will be continuing to add new content to your article. You must have added at least 6000 characters (about 1000 words) of new content to your article by this point. Respond to feedback from your peers at this stage. Other tasks to work on include doing more research and finding missing information, rewriting the lead section to represent all major points, reorganizing the text to communicate the information better, adding images and other media.

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; You must get approval from your instructor via email before moving your work from your sandbox to the Wikipedia article.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 14
It's the final week to develop your article.


 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
 * Proofread carefully for grammar, typos, and formatting errors. Because this is work that will available to the public,  your grade depends heavily on producing a polished final product.
 * Respond to any last feedback from Wikipedia editors and from your instructor.
 * 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.