Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/New College of Florida/Art since 1945 (Spring 2017)

This course is a survey of the themes, contexts, and theories of modern and contemporary art from 1945 to the present, beginning with the post-WWII emergence of New York City as the new artistic capital, and finishing with the global networks of contemporary practice. Emphasis will be placed on the increasing diversity of artistic media, practices (whether film and video, installation, or performance), and purposes, a diversity that opened up space for explorations of the charged realms of politics, race, gender, and sexuality, and placed increasing pressure on the category of art itself. Students help bring the course to a close by presenting on key contemporary artists, both highlighting their connections with earlier artistic movements and situating them within current artistic trends.

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.

This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.

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

Week 2

 * 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! These trainings are required for your course.
 * When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate's Talk page.

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

 * On the Students tab, assign your chosen topic (your contemporary artist) to yourself.
 * Check the Talk page of the your artist's article to see what other Wikipedians might be doing.

It's time to think critically about your artist's Wikipedia article. You'll evaluate the entry, and leave suggestions for improving it on its Talk page.


 * Complete the &quot;Evaluating Articles and Sources&quot; training (linked below).
 * Consider some questions (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 over-represented, 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?
 * Choose at least 2 questions relevant to the article you're evaluating. Leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:37, 25 May 2017 (UTC).

Now that you're thinking about what makes a &quot;good&quot; Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.


 * Wikipedians often talk about &quot;content gaps.&quot; What do you think a content gap is, and what are some possible ways to identify them?
 * What are some reasons a content gap might arise? What are some ways to remedy them?
 * Does it matter who writes Wikipedia?
 * What does it mean to be &quot;unbiased&quot; on Wikipedia? How is that different, or similar, to your own definition of &quot;bias&quot;?

Week 4
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to your artist's article.


 * Add 1-2 sentences to the article, and cite that statement with a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.

Now that you've finished your research journal discussion posts, organize the ideas/arguments you found in your sources by creating a matrix equivalent to that described in the handout entitled “Using a matrix to help organize your notes for faster writing (lit review),&quot; which is available in the Writing and Research Resources module on our Canvas course. This should help you to identify possible contributions to your artist's Wikipedia page. Remember that there are some sources that may be acceptable for the research journal and oral presentation that may not be acceptable for Wikipedia articles.

Week 5

 * Blog posts and press releases are considered poor sources of reliable information. Why?
 * What are some reasons you might not want to use a company's website as the main source of information about that company?
 * What is the difference between a copyright violation and plagiarism?
 * What are some good techniques to avoid close paraphrasing and plagiarism?

'''Creating a new article? '''


 * Write an outline for your artist's article in the form of a standard Wikipedia article's &quot;lead section.&quot; Write it in your sandbox.
 * A &quot;lead&quot; section is not a traditional introduction. It should summarize, very briefly, what the rest of the article will say in detail. The first paragraph should include important, broad facts about the subject. A good example is Ada Lovelace. See Editing Wikipedia page 9 for more ideas.

'''Improving an existing article? '''


 * Identify what's missing from the current form of the article. In order to do so, review your conclusions when you critiqued the article as well as the matrix you created of the points of view found in your sources. Make notes for improvement in your sandbox.

Draft a proposal of the changes you plan to make, their rational, and an annotated bibliography of the sources you'll cite to support your proposed additions.


 * Before the April 21st Wikipedia workshop, make sure a draft of your Wikipedia proposal and annotated bibliography is present in your sandbox.
 * Once you've completed the review of the draft proposal in class, write a few sentences about what you plan to contribute to the selected article, and your main proposed sources, to the actual article's Talk page, as well. Later, you'll want to check the Talk page to see if anyone has advice about what you wrote.

Week 6

 * Before finalizing your proposal, make sure to check the Talk page of your artist's article to see if anyone had advice about what you wrote there after your initial draft of the proposal and bibliography.
 * Complete the proposal and bibliography according to the guidelines of the Canvas Assignment and submit it there.
 * Post the main elements of the proposal (your proposed changes and their rationale, plus the annotated bibliography) to the Talk page of the Wikipedia entry on your artist. This will allow any other editors of the page to see your planned changes and provide feedback on these changes and your bibliography.

You've submitted a proposal and received some feedback. Now it's time to start drafting your proposed contributions in your sandbox.

Keep reading your sources, too, as you begin your draft.

Resources: Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.


 * What do you think of Wikipedia's definition of &quot;neutrality&quot;?
 * What are the impacts and limits of Wikipedia as a source of information?
 * On Wikipedia, all material must be attributable to reliable, published sources. What kinds of sources does this exclude? Can you think of any problems that might create?
 * What do you see as the difference between your Wikipedia contributions and the content of your upcoming oral presentations?

Week 7

 * Keep working on transforming your article into a complete first draft.

Week 8

 * First, take the &quot;Peer Review&quot; online training.
 * You will be partnered up with one or more of your discussion group members for an in-class peer review. Prior to the in-class review, you must read the article to which your classmate is planning to contribute. On the Articles tab, find the article that you want to review, and then assign it to yourself in the Review column. Check out the article's Talk page to see if there's feedback from other Wikipedians on your classmate's previous notes.
 * Bring your computer to class the day of the peer review. In class, you will exchange peer reviews of your drafts using a similar method to that used for the formal analysis assignment peer review. Pay attention to the tone of the article. Is it encyclopedic?
 * The student whose work is reviewed should use their Sandbox to write up an &quot;Action plan&quot; of changes they plan to make to their draft.
 * As you review, do note any recurring spelling, grammar, and other issues, so that your peer will know to look for them as they revise and finalize their draft.

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

You have an &quot;Action plan&quot; for revisions based on your peer's feedback, and possibly some feedback from other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!


 * Read Editing Wikipedia pages 12 and 14.
 * Return to your draft or article and think about the suggestions. Decide which ones to start implementing. Reach out to your instructor or your Content Expert if you have any questions.

Week 9
Once you've made improvements to your draft based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the &quot;mainspace.&quot; Before doing so, get someone else to copy edit the draft version of your changes (perhaps at the Writing Center).

'''Editing an existing article? '''


 * NEVER copy and paste your draft of an article over the entire article. Instead, edit small sections at a time.
 * Copy your edits into the article. Make many small edits, saving each time, and leaving an edit summary. Never replace more than one to two sentences without saving!

'''Creating a new article? '''


 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 13, and follow those steps to move your article from your Sandbox to Mainspace.
 * You can also review the Sandboxes and Mainspace online training.


 * Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
 * Work on formatting your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards.
 * Remember to contact your Content Expert at any time if you need further help!
 * Optional: read Editing Wikipedia page 12 to see how to create links from your article to others, and from other articles to your own. Where relevant, try to link other entries, and link to your entry from other entries.

Week 10
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 Content Expert at any time!
 * Finalize your changes for my review.
 * In addition to making your changes in the Wikipedia article, you must also submit to Canvas a document where you have copied the article (or sections of the article) prior to your proposed changes, and then made your additions using Word’s “track changes” function or the equivalent, so that I can easily see the impact and extent of your changes.

Write a reflective essay (2–5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.

Consider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment:


 * Critiquing articles: What did you learn about Wikipedia during the article evaluation? How did you approach critiquing the article you selected for this assignment? How did you decide what to add to your chosen article?
 * Summarizing your contributions: include a summary of your edits and why you felt they were a valuable addition to the article. How does your article compare to earlier versions?
 * Peer Review: If your class did peer review, include information about the peer review process. What did you contribute in your review of your peers article? What did your peers recommend you change on your article?
 * Feedback: Did you receive feedback from other Wikipedia editors, and if so, how did you respond to and handle that feedback?
 * Wikipedia generally: What did you learn from contributing to Wikipedia? How does a Wikipedia assignment compare to other assignments you've done in the past? How can Wikipedia be used to improve public understanding of our field/your topic? Why is this important?

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