Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/LaGuardia Community College/Art in NY (Friday) (Fall 2019)

This course is meant to introduce students to the rich ecosystem of the visual arts in New York City. Witnessing / writing-about art objects 'in the flesh', glossing over the history of NYC art in the 20th century, and breezing over the language of art criticism are the central aspects of this course.

Throughout these discussions we constantly find ourselves questioning the values of cultural authorities (like the museum) in assessing the importance of some artists over others, in writing history. Unequal representation in the arts is a persistent issue, and also one of the most important themes that artists themselves address in the 21st century. The opportunity that Wikipedia offers to amend the public record, to fill out history with under-recognized artists is too good to pass up.

These Wikipedia exercises are meant to help us think about some of the gaps in our institutional narratives, and empower us to help advocate for those artists who are telling the stories most important to us.

Short Wikipedia exercises about every-other week will supplement our class assignments and build up to the final project, which will require the creation or substantial supplementing of the Wikipedia page of one of your three artists that you choose to write about.

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 4
Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Exercise
Add a citation

Week 5
What's a content gap?

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Week 6
Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Art History

Week 8
Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic.

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 9
Thinking about Wikipedia

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

Week 10
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Guiding framework

Week 11
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 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.

Week 12
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

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!

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!

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