Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Oregon State University/Women, Self, and Society (Fall 2017)

In this course, we will explore and analyze the status of women in the United States through critical examination of the ways in which institutions such as family, education, work, media, government, the economy, and law shape women’s lived experiences. As part of this process of exploration, we will also inquire into the ways race, class, sexuality, age, and ability structure women’s position in society.

Week 1
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for WGSS 223-400.

This 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 on the Week 6 Unit page.
 * It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online training modules you'll need to complete. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete training modules will be reflected in your grade.
 * When you finish the training modules, 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 related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.

 Complete the &quot;Evaluating Articles and Sources&quot; training (linked below). Read a minimum of three of the articles listed below:   Women's Studies  Feminism Gender White Feminism Black Feminism Women of Color</li> <li>Second Wave Feminism</li> <li>Social Inequality</li> <li>Oppression</li> <li>Homophobia</li> <li>Sexism</li> <li>Genderqueer</li> <li>Intersectionality</li> <li>Masculinity</li> <li>Exploitation of Women in the Mass Media</li></ul> </li> <li> Create a section in your sandbox titled &quot;Article evaluation&quot; where you'll leave notes about your observations, thoughts, critiques, and reviews. </li> <li> As you read each article, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these): <ul> <li>Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?</li> <li>Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?</li> <li>Are there viewpoints that are over-represented, or under-represented?</li> <li>Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?</li> <li> Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? </li> <li>Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?</li> <li> Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? </li> <li>How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?</li> <li>How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?</li></ul> </li> <li>Choose at least 1 question relevant to one of the articles you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Helaine (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:58, 22 November 2017 (UTC). </li></ul>

Week 3

 * Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding to an article.
 * Select an article on a topic that is related to our course content and assign it to yourself.
 * Choose to complete any three of the following tasks with the article you have selected:
 * Add 1-2 sentences to the article, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
 * Update the references or citations included in the article.
 * Copy-edit a paragraph.
 * Re-write a paragraph to improve ease of comprehension.