Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Rice University/Writing About and With Poetry (Spring)

Writing About and With Poetry is a public-facing writing seminar and workshop class. Each week, the 12 students in the seminar are divided into Writer/Editor groups to complete a different public-facing writing assignment: reviews, feature articles, short-form essays, etc. Each of our 6 assignments goes through 3 drafts and an intensive in-class peer review. Our class content centers on poetry with an emphasis on English poetry written before 1800. Our Wikipedia assignment will be a group assignment, managed in parts, and completed by the end of the semester (April 21, 2023). I have identified the Wikipedia entry on Andrew Marvell's poem, &quot;The Garden&quot; as an ideal article for our class to expand and develop. The students will work individually and in groups to add well-researched, well-written content to the existing entry.

Week 3
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.)

Week 7
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Guiding framework

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their 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.

Week 8
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!

Week 10
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

Week 12
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.