Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/UCLA/Environmental Justice (Winter 2023)

This course introduces students to Environmental Justice (EJ) as a wide-ranging field of study and practice. We discuss different ways of defining “justice” and “the environment,” and how terms such as environmental justice and environmental racism have developed and been contested. We cover the emergence of environmental justice movements in the United States in historical and global context, as well as key approaches to theorizing EJ in relation to current debates (around topics such as disasters and climate change, the role of the state, research ethics, and multispecies justice). Environmental Justice is a field centered on the knowledge and experience of underrepresented groups. These groups have been excluded from &quot;mainstream&quot; environmentalism and environmental science. The Wikipedia assignment will allow students to contribute to building and broadening public knowledge of people, organizations, events, and places that have played a notable role in environmental justice activism, policy, and theory.

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.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 4
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 6
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Biographies

Cultural Anthropology

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

History

LGBT+ Studies

Political Science

Science Communication

Sociology

Women's Studies

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8
Guiding framework

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.

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

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

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.

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 10
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!

In class on March 14

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