Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Rutgers/Bias by Design An Analysis of Algorithm Development (Fall 2018)

An independent study

Week 1
Welcome to your Wikipedia project timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia project, with links to training modules and your workspaces on Wikipedia.

You have 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.)

Exercise
Review the Wikipedia article about algorithmic bias and another of your choosing. Summarize your findings in your Sandbox, using the exercise below to guide you.

Evaluate an article

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 4
Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Exercise
Practice your editing skills by making a few small changes to the article you plan to improve. If you plan to write a new article, practice these skills on one of the articles you evaluated earlier in the project.

Add a citation to your article

Copyedit your article

Week 5
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Biographies

Books

Environmental Sciences

Films

History

Political Science

Science Communication

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6
Use this week to 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 7
Request a review from both your instructor and the Wiki Education Content Expert assigned to your project.

Week 8
Once you have your feedback, consider the suggestions you received, and 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 9
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

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 11
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.

Week 12
You should have finished all of the work you'll do on Wikipedia.