Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Portland State University/Byzantine Art (Fall 2017)

This course surveys the art and architecture of the Byzantine period. We open with the founding of Constantinople by Constantine the Great in 330 and ends with the conquest of the city by the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Byzantium's visual traditions offer the chance to explore many interesting questions. How does the rise of Islam affect Byzantine Art (and indeed the very idea of what art is, through Iconoclasm)? How do violent disputes such as Iconoclasm both reflect and shape medieval visuality? What does the transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages mean in an eastern Mediterranean context? What is the relationship of politics to art? In additional to this broader overview, we’ll take a more detailed look as several specific topics, such as political rhetoric, the Church of Hagia Sophia, and the changing meanings of Byzantine icons.

Week 1
Before you take the first training, make sure you have created an account and joined this course page, using this enrollment link.

Week 2

 * Please read through the Editing Wikipedia and the Evaluating Wikipedia handouts as well.

Week 4
This is posted on our course D2L site


 * Review page 6 of your Editing Wikipedia guidebook.
 * For your selected topic, use the &quot;Evaluating Articles and Sources&quot; training to help you determine what you want to improve.
 * Create a section in your sandbox titled &quot;Article evaluation&quot; and leave your notes. This will help you practice your Wikipedia editing.
 * Create an additional section titled &quot;Bibliography&quot; and start working on your bibliography there as well. Compile a list of relevant, reliable books, journal articles, or other sources. Post that bibliography to the talk page of the article you'll be working on, and in your sandbox. Make sure to check in on the Talk page to see if anyone has advice on your bibliography.

Week 8
You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to work on writing your draft. Your full draft should be written in your sandbox under a section called &quot;Article Draft&quot; - here are some tips for getting started.

'''Creating a new article?

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 * Write an outline of that topic 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?

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 * Identify what's missing from the current form of the article. Think back to the skills you learned while critiquing an article. Make notes for improvement in your sandbox.

'''Exand your draft

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 * Keep working on transforming your article into a complete first draft. Get draft ready for peer-review.
 * If you'd like a Wikipedia Expert to review your draft, now is the time! Click the &quot;Get Help&quot; button in your sandbox to request notes.
 * Keep reading your sources, too, as you write your content.
 * Resources: Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9

Week 9

 * First, take the &quot;Peer Review&quot; online training.
 * Select two classmates’ articles that you will peer review and copyedit. On the Articles tab, find the articles that you want to review. Then in the &quot;My Articles&quot; section of the Home tab, assign them to yourself to review.
 * Peer review your classmates' drafts. Leave suggestions on on the Talk page of the article, or sandbox, that your fellow student is working on. Other editors may be reviewing your work, so look for their comments! Be sure to acknowledge feedback from other Wikipedians.
 * As you review, make spelling, grammar, and other adjustments. Pay attention to the tone of the article. Is it encyclopedic?

Week 10
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly 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 Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

'''Editing an existing article?

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 * 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!
 * Be sure to copy text from your sandbox while the sandbox page is in 'Edit' mode. This ensures that the formatting is transferred correctly.

'''Creating a new article?

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 * 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.

Once you've moved your work live

Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.


 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 12 to see how to create links from your article to others, and from other articles to your own. Try to link to 3–5 articles, and link to your article from 2–3 other articles.
 * Consider adding an image to your article. Wikipedia has strict rules about what media can be added, so make sure to take Contributing Images and Media Files training before you upload an image.
 * 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!