Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of British Columbia/FNH200 Exploring our Foods (Summer 2017)

An introduction to chemical and physical properties of foods; issues pertaining to safety; nutritive value and consumer acceptability of food, food quality and additives; food preservation techniques and transformation of agricultural commodities into food products; foods of the future.

Week 1
Welcome to our Wikipedia team project timeline for FNH200. The objectives of the team project are to enable students to delve deeper into a specific area of interest and to relate it to the topics explored in this course. Students will also gain experience working in an interdisciplinary team and examine the same topic from different perspectives. Each team will select a traditional food commodity and a related aspect of food science and technology that is of interest to the team.

This page will guide you through our Wikipedia project for the course. Please also reference the assignment handouts that I provided. This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones.


 * Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link that I sent you.
 * Below, you'll find the three online training modules you'll need to take, please completed them.

To get started, please review the following handouts:


 * Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

By the end of this week, everyone should have their teams formed.

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account and have enrolled for this project using the provided link.

Week 2
By this week, submit your team contract

A 'good' topic for this FNH 200 project should have minimal coverage on Wikipedia. Foods that have been explored in details may not be a good topic for this 2nd-year food science course.

For examples: Maple syrup is a good topic as it represents Canada. However, it has been covered quite extensively (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_syrup) and there may not be much left for you as students with only introductory level background in food science.

Soju, a Korean beverage, may be a good candidate for this project. Though there is quite a bit of info on soju on Wikipedia, the information are limited to history and consumption pattern of soju. Little information on processing is available. As students in FNH 200, you may want to expand on fermentation techniques, processing requirements, packaging needs, and Canadian regulations (if any) of soju on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soju

Keep exploring! It may take a while and some negotiations with your teammates before narrowing down to a couple topics. Consider this exploration part of the learning!

Handouts:, Evaluating Wikipedia

Select one group member whose Sandbox space you'll all share to draft your article. Each person should link to that shared Sandbox from their own Sandbox page. A sandbox is like any other page on Wikipedia, and anyone can edit it.

&quot;Standardized foods&quot; in Canada are described by the Food and Drug Regulations of The Food and Drugs Act of Canada or the Regulations under the Canada Agricultural Product Acts.

For this project, working with your team, you will review the Canadian legal standards of some foods and, if that information is missing from the food's corresponding Wikipedia article, you will add a short description and citation to the Wikipedia article.

Please work with a minimum of three different foods and contribute roughly 200 to 300 words on Wikipedia. Submissions will be evaluated on:


 * Completion of the ‘translation’ of three different foods from ‘legal description’ to ‘everyday, simple’ English
 * Citing sources
 * Hyperlinking, linking your contribution to other Wikipedia articles, external sites, and/or adding links to your contribution from other Wikipedia articles

Instead of three different foods, you may choose to look into the regulations from three different countries (one must be Canada) of one single food.

The Edit-a-thon will take place on July 13, after the mid-term and the Final Completion deadline is by July 16, at 3:59 pm.

- Handout: Complete Assignment Details

Week 3

 * Select one group member whose Sandbox space you'll all share to draft your article. Each person should link to that shared Sandbox from their own Sandbox page. A sandbox is like any other page on Wikipedia, and anyone can edit it.
 * Make sure everyone in the group is assigned to the same Wikipedia article on the Students tab of this course page.
 * Select one group member whose Sandbox space you'll all share to draft your article. Each person should link to that shared Sandbox from their own Sandbox page. A sandbox is like any other page on Wikipedia, and anyone can edit it.
 * Wikipedia doesn't allow multiple people to edit from different devices at the same time. If you're working together in person, one person should add the work to the Sandbox. If you are all working independently, make small edits and save often to avoid &quot;editing conflicts&quot; with classmates. Make sure that you're logged in under your own Wikipedia account while editing in your classmate's sandbox to ensure your edits are recorded.
 * Don't create a group account for your project. Group accounts are prohibited.


 * On the Students tab, assign your chosen topic to yourself.
 * In your team's sandbox, write a few sentences about what you plan to contribute to the selected article.
 * Think back to when you did an article critique. What can you add? Post some of your ideas to the article's talk page, too.
 * Compile a list of relevant, reliable books, journal articles, or other sources. Post that bibliography to the talk page of the article you'll be working on, and in your sandbox. Make sure to check in on the Talk page to see if anyone has advice on your bibliography.

You've picked a topic and have begun to find sources. Now it's time to start writing.


 * Identify what's missing from the current form of the article. Make notes for improvement in your team sandbox.
 * Keep reading and researching sources, too, as you prepare to write the body of the article.
 * Once you have determined that there are sufficient, reliable resources for your project topic, you should draft a potential outline and list your associated resources.
 * Post your outline with headings and subheadings on your team sandbox
 * Three to six subheadings should be about right at this stage; you can certainly dismiss some ideas and/or expands others as you research more
 * Provide relevant resources for each sub-topics you like to explore

Resources: Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 4

 * Keep working on transforming your article into a complete first draft.
 * If you'd like a Content Expert to review your draft, now is the time! Click the &quot;Get Help&quot; button in your sandbox to request notes.

Week 5
By now, you should have a mostly complete draft of your proposed edits. Post an introduction of your team project to the talk page of the Wikipedia article with a link to your sandbox. Ask for comments or feedback from the Wikipedia community.


 * Mentally prepare for feedback and potential criticisms from fellow Wikipedians
 * Politely thank them for their suggestions and sincerely consider their suggestions
 * When necessary, explain why the topics (and sub-topics) you are choosing are notable and how the resources you will be using are reliable
 * If comments are rude and aggressive, please notify me immediately (and I will notify the Wikipedia team!!!) They will mediate the situation with us :)

____ Resource: Using Wikipedia Talk Pages

Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.


 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 12 to see how to create links from your article to others, and from other articles to your own. Try to link to 3–5 articles, and link to your article from 2–3 other articles.

Week 6
It's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the &quot;mainspace.&quot; ''' '''


 * NEVER copy and paste your draft of an article over the entire article. Instead, edit small sections at a time.
 * Copy your edits into the article. Make many small edits, saving each time, and leaving an edit summary. Never replace more than one to two sentences without saving!
 * Be sure to copy text from your sandbox while the sandbox page is in 'Edit' or 'Edit source' mode. This ensures that the formatting is transferred correctly.

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Content Expert at any time if you need further help!

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