Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/The George Washington University/Embodied Inequality-Rhetoric of Race and Racism (Fall 2018)

Scientific writing about human variation has created and upheld racialized inequality for centuries. In this course, we will critically read and write on the histories and futures of race and racism through natural and social sciences. In the first half of the semester we will read and interpret scientific studies on human biocultural variation and the history of scientific racism (race is not a biologically identifiable category). The second half of the course examines the biological impacts of racism. Readings from biology, public health, and anthropology will model scientific research design and discourse. Assignments include responses to readings and peer writing, original research writing, collaborative and independent revision, and graphical display of information (tables, charts, and infographics). Students will rhetorically evaluate scientific arguments and respond to them in socially relevant ways.

Week 1
WikiProjects address problems in the coverage on Wikipedia and provide a space for editors to collaborate to flag articles deserving of attention. This can be a good place to start when looking for articles you can evaluate, edit, and augment.

WikiProject Discrimination

WikiProject Evolutionary Biology

WikiProject African Diaspora

WikiProject Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

WikiProject Human Genetic History

Week 2
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.)

Exercise
Evaluate an article - note the requirement to write responses in your sandbox

Exercise
Choose a topic - Not required and not graded (go through the parts of this that are helpful to you if you are still choosing)

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Hunting for missing citations with the Citation Hunt tool is one way to identify articles that are missing citations. They will only be tagged if a Wikipedian has noticed and decided one is needed (in other words, you will still be able to find articles needing citations even in the absence of the tag). Browse and read if the tool doesn't work well for you.

You may wish to use this for your future assignment on &quot;Adding a citation.&quot;

Week 5
Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Exercise
Add a citation - add one citation to an article of your choice by Mon. 10/1 at noon (check out the citation hunt tool described in Week 3 if you can't find anything). Graded for completion.

Copyedit an article - by noon on Mon. 10/1 copyedit an article of your choice. Find at least three things to improve about the writing in the article. Graded for completion.

Week 6
Note that you may change your topic for each Wikipedia assignment. You may also stick with a single article, so long as the article you're working with relates to our UW1020 course theme.

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Cultural Anthropology

Environmental Sciences

Genes and Proteins

History

Medicine

Political Science

Psychology

Science Communication

Sociology

Species

Women's Studies

Week 7
This is where you will be adding substantive text to a Wikipedia article (minimum of 500 words added). 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

Everyone has begun writing their article addition drafts. The draft and final versions will be a minimum of 500 words added. (Drafting should occur in your sandbox and final version should be added to the live Wikipedia article after responding to your peer reviews. Don't forget Wikipedia's &quot;neutrality.&quot;)

Week 7 is about drafting in the sandbox. And the following is how your final Wikipedia contributions will be evaluated (out of 100 possible points):

- Adding to an article that is relevant to our course - 10%

- Submitting a draft for review by due date - 20%

- Reviewing the drafts of two peers on time - 15%

- Adding at least 500 words to the live entry (does not have to be continuous prose - can be spread throughout the Wikipedia entry) - 20%

- Citing your research according to Wikipedia standards - 10%

- Additions are organized well and do not undermine the organization of the original article (or they improve the article's organization) - 10%

- Writing in a clear and accessible way with few errors in punctuation, syntax, and spelling - 15%

Week 8
'''You can ignore the instructions to &quot;assign&quot; yourself an article. Just work on the instructions related to writing the review in your peer's sandbox.'''

Guiding framework

Week 11
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.

Be sure to go back and review the final version requirements laid out in Week 7 above.

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.

Be sure to format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Read  Editing Wikipedia   page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.

Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!