Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Emory College/Islam in Europe (Fall 2019)

Let’s start our European tour on April 30, 2013 at the abdication of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and the enthronement of her son the new King Willem-Alexander. The King was sworn in by the name of God Almighty and 90 percent of the members of Parliament of the first and second Chamber swore allegiance to the King in the name of God Almighty. Among the guests who were present was Sheikha Moza of Qatar, wearing a high fashion black dress and very elegant headgear with no reference to Islam, and the “Queen” of Morocco, Lalla Selma, was repeatedly shown on TV with comments about her Rita-Heyworth-like un-Islamic outlook. Next day, the headlines of all the Dutch newspapers had a picture of her with her “uncovered red hair” and her “beautiful dark green kaftan.”

Let's continue our journey in the same week to Belgium, where the State recognized Islam in the early 70s as an official religion and integrated the teaching of Islam in public school curricula. The Belgian minister of education appeared on TV that week, worried about young Muslim students who go to fight in Syria while they are still under the law of compulsory education. In French, Belgian and Dutch newspapers, politicians and civil organizations worry about the increasing numbers of young Europeans of Islamic decent who are recruited or go voluntarily to fight against the Syrian regime. The Belgian Minister of Interior spoke to imams and Muslim community leaders about ways to stop this kind of recruitment, especially when a young student disappeared for months and was found in Syria. Some of the measures discussed would result in stripping the recruits of their Belgian citizenship.

The next stops on our journey are France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Eastern Europe, and Turkey.

This course, taught by a former European congressman and scholar of European and pan-Arab societies, politics, and media, provides a useful lens through which to examine the presence of Islam in European Societies. A Europe that has been swept by several dynamic forces of change: the consolidation of the European Union, a massive influx of Muslim immigrants and refugees, and the rising voice of Islamic fundamentalism. The portents are clearly troubling—as evidenced by the murders of journalist Pim Fortuyn and filmmaker Theo van Gogh, after which riots broke out, mosques were burned, and Muslims were openly reviled by the public and the media, in addition to the notorious Danish cartoons, the massacres of the journalists of Charlie Hebdo and the multiple terrorist bombings in Paris and Brussels.

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.

Jennifer Sutcliffe is your class Wikipedia Expert. You can reach her through the Canvas course page or email at jennifer.sutcliffe@undefinedemory.edu.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

In-class visit with Jennifer Sutcliffe, Educational Analyst at Emory Libraries on 9/5. Please complete the training modules for Week 1 prior to class.

Topics Covered:


 * Discussion: What is Wikipedia?
 * The 5 Pillars
 * Wikipedia editing culture
 * Is Wikipedia accurate? Content gaps and article quality
 * Anatomy of a Wikipedia article

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 2
In-class visit with Jennifer Sutcliffe, Educational Analyst at Emory Libraries on 9/12. Please complete the training modules for Week 2 prior to class.

Topics Covered:


 * Editing with the Visual Editor
 * Adding citations
 * Using the Sandbox
 * Editing Talk pages using Wikicode
 * In-class group editing activity

Week 3
In this class session, a librarian from Woodruff Library will lead a discussion about evaluating and selecting quality resources.

Start thinking about what topics you are interested in editing. Research Wikipedia articles and select one or more that you would be interested in editing. Eventually you will narrow it down to one for the assignment.

Week 4
As an exercise for this week, you will take what you have learned about Wikipedia, citations, and quality sources and evaluate an article.

By the end of this week, you should have a topic selected and let Dr. Cherribi know.

Optionally, you can add images to your article. This module will show you how.

Week 5
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

You will have class time on 10/3 to work on your article edits. Ms. Sutcliffe will be available to answer questions during this working session.

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6
Keep working on your article in your Sandbox in preparation for next week's peer review process.

Week 7
Follow the peer review process to review one other student's article draft and leave comments in their sandbox.

While you complete the peer review, you should also continue working on your own article this week.

Week 8
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 start moving your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot; This will be an ongoing process in the next couple of weeks as you finalize your content.

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; or add images and other media.

Week 10
It's the final week to develop your article.


 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.

Your reflective essay is also due with your final Wikipedia edits. Write a 700-word reflective essay that addresses the following questions:


 * 1) What article did you choose and why?
 * 2) What information was lacking in the article?
 * 3) What information was incorrect or missing credible references?
 * 4) What content did you add or change? How did you decide what content to edit?
 * 5) What steps did you take to ensure accuracy and an unbiased approach?
 * 6) Explain your reasoning for selecting the references you used to cite your edits.
 * 7) Describe your experience editing. How was it different from writing a research paper? Did you come across any roadblocks or challenges, and if so, how did you overcome them?
 * 8) Discuss the comment you left on the Talk page and why it contributes to the conversation. If you engaged with other editors, describe that experience.
 * 9) Has this editing experience changed your view of Wikipedia? Why or why not?
 * 10) What advice would you give to new Wikipedia editors – particularly if they want to edit an article on a controversial or highly divisive subject?