Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Loyola Marymount University/Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Contemporary Society (Fall 2016)

Week 1
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the &quot;Get Help&quot; button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:


 * Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia


 * Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
 * It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
 * When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.

Week 2
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.


 * I recommend that you complete the &quot;Evaluating Articles and Sources&quot; training (linked below).
 * Consider some questions with regard to your article (but don't feel limited to these):
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * Follow the instructions in the Social Media Assignment prompt, and submit your 2-page critique of the article to the folder in the Assignments section of our Brightspace page before our class on Friday 11/18.
 * Be sure to take a screenshot of your Wikipedia page (i.e. what it looks like now, prior to your edits).

Week 3
Following the guidelines in the Social Media Assignment prompt, conduct research to improve your article. Divide up the labor, decide who will contribute what, and begin to edit the article. Each of you should:


 * Add a few sentences to a course-related article, and cite a reliable source for each claim (as you learned in the online training).
 * Contribute information that corrects for bias, adds nuance and complexity, elaborates on vague claims, uses research to support (or refute) unsubstantiated claims, etc.
 * Use the Citation Hunt tool, which shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement.

Week 4
In Week 15, present to the class - explain how/why your group selected the page you've edited, how you conducted your research, what you learned, what you added to the page and why, who contributed what during the process, and any obstacles you encountered.

Use visual aids. I recommend showing the screenshot of how your page looked at the beginning of the process, and also showing us how the article looks after your editing.

In class, you will evaluate your own and your group members' contributions to the process.

Week 5
Each group member will individually submit a report detailing your contributions to the editing and reflecting on the process.