Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Oregon State University/Systems of Oppression in Women's Lives (Fall 2019)

WGSS 414 Explores the ways different systems of oppression and discrimination impact women’s lives. Examines sexism, classism, racism, and anti-Jewish oppression, as well as discrimination against queer women, older women, and those who differ in ability and appearance.

Week 1

 * 1) Set up your Wikipedia account.
 * 2) Put something personal on your User Page
 * 3) * log in to Wikipedia.
 * 4) * Click on your User ID in the top right corner to go to your user page
 * 5) * Click on &quot;Create&quot; to begin editing your user profile.
 * 6) * Type something about yourself here, such as that you are a student, or what you hope to work on on Wikipedia.
 * 7) Post the URL of your wikipedia page to the Wikipedia Discussion Group
 * 8) * Looks like: 'https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/users: &lt;yourusername&gt;'

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

Week 2
Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Week 3
What's a content gap?

Biographies

Cultural Anthropology

Films

History

LGBT+ Studies

Sociology

Women's Studies

Week 5
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6
Everyone has started drafting their articles in the sandbox

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 8


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





Spread out your efforts, to ensure that everyone in the class has their article peer reviewed at least twice. (group efforts may mean that there are more than two reviews).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org_peer_review

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 9
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!


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
 * Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
 * take note of the feedback you recieved, and use it to improve your article draft

Week 10
o     Post a 3-5 minute video about your Wikipedia edits, and your experience of editing on Wikipedia. What did you choose to edit and why? How does your work make a difference to the information on Wikipedia, and to Wikipedia’s representation of issues of oppression and power? How did your contribution   assist in redressing the imbalance of Wikipedia editors? Who will benefit from the information you added (even if it was deleted, and exists only in the history and talk records – who will benefit from knowing that you did this work?) Has the way you look at Wikipedia changed? What will you contribute to Wikipedia in future? What will you do if you notice that something on Wikipedia is wrong?





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.