Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Millikin University/Women in Illinois (Fall 2018)

Women are vastly underrepresented in Wikipedia entries but in our class we will work to rectify this inequality. Your assignment is to create a Wikipedia entry for a women scientist, historian, artist, political figure etc that did not exist previously. You can start by looking at the Women Scientists Project on Wikipedia for ideas on acceptable subjects for your entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_scientists. Then you will thoroughly research and write an entry for Wikipedia citing all reference materials.

Week 8
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.

Exercise
Select two biographies from the &quot;List of People from Decatur, Illinois&quot; on Wikipedia to evaluate. Map out what sections the biographies included, which were missing, what was good or bad about each, and start making a plan for the biography you plan to write.

Evaluate an article

Week 10
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

Biographies

Political Science

Women's Studies

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 11
Please turn in a complete first draft by Friday, Nov 9th. This is 50% of your grade for this assignment. To receive full credit, you need to have completed each of the previously assigned trainings. You can track your own progress on the Students tab above.

Week 12
You now have some feedback on your draft. Consider the 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 14
It's the final week to develop your article. At this point, your work should be moved live on Wikipedia.


 * 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.