Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Hunter College, CUNY/Feminist research methods (Fall 2019)

This course will cover critical and feminist approaches to research and epistemology. We will begin by asking what makes research feminist and ethical (or not), how to apply theoretical concerns to field research, and what a feminist citation practice is. And scholars of Women and Gender Studies, students have much to offer Wikipedia, both by filling information gaps and by engaging in debates about what makes something a NPOV. Students will also gain experience doing literature reviews, understanding plagiarism, conducting collaborative work, and creating new media content.

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.)

Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

After completing the plagiarism exercise, what have you learned? How will you avoid plagiarism on Wikipedia? How might you recognize plagiarism if you come across it?

Week 3
Choose your topic / Find your sources

What's a content gap?

Art History

Biographies

Books

Films

History

LGBT+ Studies

Political Science

Sociology

Women's Studies

What articles did you find? Post links to five different articles you would like to contribute to or create. Explain why for each article. What's missing? How could it be improved? What can you bring to the entry?

Exercise
Add a citation

Copyedit an article

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

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6
Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 7
Guiding framework

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.

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

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

Exercise
Add links to your article

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. You can continue working in your Sandbox to create any additional content, or you can work live.

Consider media you can create or seek out that could improve your articles (or any others you were interested in).

Nominating your article for Did You Know

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!

Post at least three ideas for original media content or of things you have found that could be added to Wikipedia. Include any reservations you have re: licensing or public domain.

Week 11
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 12
Add your images, tables, etc to Wikipedia.

Guiding questions

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