Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Texas Christian University/Introduction to African Politics (Fall)

This course offers a broad overview of the regional trajectory of politics in Africa. The purpose of this course is not to provide you with detailed accounts of particular countries in Africa, but rather to provide you with the tools and analytical frameworks to understand political trends on the continent. The course is divided into three parts. In the first part we will examine the role of pre-colonial and colonial legacies on shaping contemporary African politics and the particular kind of rule that we observe in the region. In the second part, we examine the challenges to democratization, including the persistence of authoritarian rule and the challenges of state building. The third section turns to examining contemporary challenges and opportunities of ‘development’ on the continent, with attention paid to particular country cases and issues.

Week 7
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.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

What's a content gap?

Exercise
Add a citation

Copyedit an article

Week 11
Finalize your topic / Find your sources

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

Political Science

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 13
Thinking about Wikipedia

Guiding framework

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 14
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.

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 16
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 17
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!

Nominating your article for Did You Know

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.