Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Howard University/Black Women and Popular Culture (Fall 2021)

This course is an examination of the representations of Black (African and African American) women that have dominated popular culture. The course looks at the history of those representations, especially in systems of colonialism and enslavement. These representations have fed tropes about Black women, tropes that have reinforced patriarchal structures, the silence around violence against Black women, and domestic policies that negatively impact Black women’s lives. The course also looks at how Black women are creating content to challenge those familiar tropes. The course considers how women create their own representations, which create spaces within patriarchal environments for women to exercise their agency and create counter-narratives.

Week 4
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' workspaces.

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
 * 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. Students should create a user page and add a sentence or two about themselves.

Week 5
In copyediting, improve the clarity of a sentence or two in an article related to the class.

Content coverage of Black women on Wikipedia (WikiProject Africa, WikiProject African diaspora, &amp; WikiProject Women)

Week 6
Biographies

Books

Films

LGBT+ Studies

Women's Studies

Week 8
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 9
Guiding framework

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

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 11
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 12
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
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 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.
 * Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Write a reflective essay (2–5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions using the following 5 prompts as guidance.

1. What did you learn about Wikipedia while creating the article?

2. How did you decide what to include in your article?

3. Include a summary of your contribution and why you felt they were a valuable addition to the article.

4. How do you now understand your own role within today's information landscape?

5. Feedback: Did you receive feedback from other Wikipedia editors, and if so, how did you respond to and handle that feedback?

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