Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/UCLA/History 187D-1 Migrant Politics (Fall 2018)

The 2016 U.S. presidential election thrust immigration policy into the center of America’s ongoing culture wars with huge ramifications for millions of Californians. In this class, we look to the past (and writing about the past) to gain perspective on the contemporary moment. We survey the changing ways scholars have written about migration, citizenship, ethnicity, and race over the past century, and develop more informed assessments of the contemporary situation. We explore the ways immigrants have shaped, and been shaped by American culture, federal and local policy, the character of immigrant community institutions, and the wider context of global migration. We then use our knowledge to improve Wikipedia, one of the most widely used information sources on the planet.

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.

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Week 4
Choose your topic / Find your sources

What's a content gap?

Biographies

Books

Films

History

Sociology

Women's Studies

Week 5
See Handout for more information

Exercise
Add a citation

Copyedit an article

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 6
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts. Drafts must be ready for peer review by November 12 (no class on that day).

Guiding framework

Thinking about Wikipedia

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed (November 15)

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.

Week 7
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.

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 9
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!

Guiding questions

Week 10
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.