Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/The College of Wooster/Adding Immigrants Quantitative Sources for Latino Immigration History (Spring 2023)

This course examines the history of Latinx immigration to the U.S., considering both federal efforts to shape immigration policy to serve national elites AND the lived experiences of immigrants. We'll analyze U.S. immigration from the late 19th century to the present, providing a complex historical framework for contemporary immigration debates. We will consider how and why federal immigration records are constructed and maintained; the role of quantitative arguments in formulating racially motivated immigration quotas; what quantitative records can and cannot tell us about immigrant communities; and how statistics have been selectively applied in debates about what it means to be “American.”

Week 1
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. Must of our work-in-progress will be shared on our course Moodle site.

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

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account and join our course page.

Week 2
Now that you're thinking about what makes a &quot;good&quot; Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.






 * Wikipedians often talk about &quot;content gaps.&quot; What do you think a content gap is, and what are some possible ways to identify them?
 * What are some reasons a content gap might arise? What are some ways to remedy them?
 * Does it matter who writes Wikipedia?
 * What does it mean to be &quot;unbiased&quot; on Wikipedia? How is that different, or similar, to your own definition of &quot;bias&quot;?

Week 3

 * It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Above, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take; complete them before class on Friday 1/27.  New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.

Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article. There are two ways you can do this:


 * Add a sentence to your choice any ANY Wikipedia article, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
 * The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement.

Week 8
Today is the deadline for picking your Wikipedia Article to improve with relevant, well-sourced quantitative information that meets Wikipedia's standards for evidence. You can sign up for one of the &quot;available articles&quot; listed on this site, or you can suggest ones that I haven't included. More than one student can work on longer articles: just make sure you coordinate your editing plans!

History

Political Science

Sociology

It's time to think critically about Wikipedia's coverage of immigration. For this assignment, you'll write a forum post  critiquing your chosen article and share it on Moodle before class on Wednesday, March 1. You're not limited to these questions, but this is a good place to start:


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * 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?
 * What kinds of quantitative information is included?  Are these neutral sources?
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * 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?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Week 9
Before class on Friday, March 10 write a Moodle forum post with research annotations for yout two quantitative sources:

1 peer-reviewed article + 1 reliable Web source

Annotation Guidelines:

Share the full  Chicago Bibliography-style citation for each of your sources.

Your annotation is a paragraph that in about 1-2 sentences each:


 * Summarizes the topic of the book/article
 * Evaluates the authority or background of the author
 * Explains the author’s main argument.
 * Explains the author's use of quantitative and qualitative evidence.  BE SPECIFIC.
 * Explains how this research illuminates your research project (in this case, your Wikipedia article).

Week 10
It's the final week to add your quantitative source evidence to your article:


 * How are you doing in meeting our assignment specifications?
 * 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!

Add a summary of your contributions to our Wikipedia Showcase on google slides (linked from Moodle)

This 2 to 3 page memo should devote a paragraph to each of the following seven questions:


 * 1) Why did you select this Wikipedia entry (or section from a larger article) to improve? What is the larger historical significance of this entry, and how does your work make it better?
 * 2) What state was the Wikipedia entry in before your intervention? What perspectives were represented?  What types of evidence (qualitative, quantitative) were presented?
 * 3) How did you choose the quantitative sources you used as evidence for this Wikipedia entry?  Why were these the best choice of evidence for improving your entry?
 * 4) Discuss the specific content you have learned through the Wikipedia project. For example, have you gone deeper in a topic and/or learned new material? Give particular tasks you performed or examples of things you did in this digital project and discuss how they helped in your learning of the material.
 * 5) Discuss the specific skills you have learned through the Wikipedia project. For example, have you further developed skills and/or learned new ones? Give particular tasks you performed or examples of things you did in this digital project and discuss how they helped in your development of old and/or new skills.
 * 6) Discuss how you think you will use the specific content and skills you developed through this digital project in the future. Give examples of courses, projects, or other areas where you think they could be of use.
 * 7) Did the fact that your Wikipedia contributions will be publicly available affect how you approached its design and execution? Give examples of discussions you had, considerations/decisions you made, or ways you anticipated others would use it.

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