Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/The Peabody Institute at the Johns Hopkins University/Music Bibliography (Fall 2018)

Students will be improving Wikipedia articles to familiarize themselves with the content and policies of Wikipedia, as well as practicing their research skills. This will entail working in groups to make substantial improvements to a C-Class Wikipedia article in music. Substantial improvements can include, but are not limited to: adding sections deemed lacking on the article’s talk page, creating new content that your group thinks will improve the article, or a combination of new content and improved citations throughout the article. Students will also have the option of choosing Wikipedia as a platform for their final assignment.

Week 1
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.)

In class today, we will discuss Wikipedia as a resource and talk about your experiences and hopes for contributing to this encyclopedia.

We will also work on evaluating Wikipedia articles and adding citations to articles where needed. Groups will be assigned an article to work on.

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2
Your group will begin your project by choosing an article to evaluate and leaving feedback on the talk page. Use the exercise below to help walk you through the evaluation process, but when selecting a topic, feel free to use these category links:


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:C-Class_music_genre_articles
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:C-Class_Music_theory_articles
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:C-Class_Music_venues_articles
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:C-Class_musical_instruments_articles
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:C-Class_Musical_Theatre_articles
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:C-Class_biography_(musicians)_articles

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Class discussion today will focus on readings and evaluating some Wikipedia entries.

Grading contracts will be defined.

Week 3
Training modules and agenda for this week will be set based on class experience and areas of interest.

Week 4
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.