Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of British Columbia - Okanagan/ANTH474 - Pidgins, Creoles, and Created Languages (Term 1)

This course will consider anthropological approaches to the study of pidgins and creoles including: how they are formed, their linguistic features, the social context in which they are used, and whether or not they can ever be considered standard languages. We will also cover the development of new languages and some reasons for their creation including trade, unity, media, and secrecy.

Week 2
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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

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

What's a content gap?

Exercise
Add a citation

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

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Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Cultural Anthropology

Linguistics

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6
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

Nominating your article for Did You Know

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