Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Florida/American Women in Comics (Fall 2017)

Wikipedia Edits/Research Paper (30%, due 11/28): you will edit a Wikipedia entry on a chosen artist and post your edits to our course website. Building from this activity, you will write a 10-15 page research paper on the same topic. In a section of the research paper, you will reflect on the process of editing Wikipedia and the connections between the current representation of the topic and its significance.

Week 1
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the &quot;Get Help&quot; button on this page.

Week 2
Biographies

Women's Studies

Week 3

 * Enroll your usernames using your enrollment link here.
 * Assign yourself your comic creator next to your name on the Students tab above.
 * Please review the trainings linked below.

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 5
You've picked a topic. Now it's time to start reviewing your sources and drafting your recommended contributions.

Evaluation 


 * Take the &quot;Evaluating Articles and Sources&quot; training.
 * Then, evaluate your article using the skills described in the training. Think about what you can do to help improve your article.
 * In your sandbox, create a section called &quot;article evaluation and outline&quot; and begin by outlining the current article as it stands. What sections are already included? For the sections that you plan to create or expand, start drafting some ideas for what you want to include.
 * Once you're done with the evaluation, spend the rest of class drafting your contributions.

Tips for Improving an existing article:


 * Take the &quot;Sandboxes and Mainspace&quot; training.
 * Continue to identify what's missing from the current form of the article. Draft your improvements in your sandbox, making sure to add citations when needed. If you need additional help adding citations, review the &quot;Sources and Citations&quot; training below.
 * Resources: Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9


 * If you'd like a Wikipedia Expert to review your draft, you can request review after you've finished your draft in your Sandbox! Click the &quot;Get Help&quot; button in your sandbox to request notes.

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Finalize your draft so that it's ready for peer review. Then, take the peer review online training so that you're ready for our peer review workshop on Tuesday.

Remember: if you'd like a Wikipedia Expert to review your draft, you can request review after you've finished your draft in your Sandbox! Click the &quot;Get Help&quot; button in your sandbox to request notes.

Week 6

 * BEFORE YOU ARRIVE to class please take the &quot;Peer Review&quot; online training.
 * During class you will pair up with a classmate to peer review and copyedit each others work. On the Articles tab, find the article of your peers that you want to review. Then in the &quot;My Articles&quot; section of the Home tab, assign it to yourself to review.
 * Once you've selected partners and assigned your peer review topics to yourselves, read through and peer review your classmate's draft. Leave suggestions on the Talk page of the article, or sandbox, that your fellow student is working on. Other editors may be reviewing your work, so look for their comments! Be sure to acknowledge feedback from other Wikipedians.
 * As you review, make spelling, grammar, and other adjustments. Pay attention to the tone of the article. Is it encyclopedic?

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

Implement any peer review notes and finalize your draft so that it's ready to move live on Tuesday in class. You'll have two additional days next week after you've moved your work live to make last minute changes or adjustments.


 * Take the &quot;Plagiarism&quot; training and make sure your draft is following along with all the required recommendations.
 * Read Editing Wikipedia pages 12 and 14.
 * Return to your draft or article and think about the suggestions. Decide which ones to start implementing. Reach out to your instructor or your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 7
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

'''Tips for improving an existing article:

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 * 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' mode. This ensures that the formatting is transferred correctly.
 * For additional help feel free to review the &quot;Sandboxes and Mainspace&quot; training below.
 * Once your work is live, 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.

'''REMINDER: I've extended deadlines so both your research paper and Wikipedia contributions are due on Thursday, 11/30. '''

It's the final week to develop your article. Do additional research and writing to make further improvements.


 * Consider adding an image to your article. Wikipedia has strict rules about what media can be added, so make sure to take Contributing Images and Media Files training before you upload an image.
 * 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!

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

Week 8
We will spend our class time on December 5th with presentations.

Please answer the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment:


 * Critiquing articles: What did you learn about Wikipedia during the article evaluation? How did you approach critiquing the article you selected for this assignment? How did you decide what to add to your chosen article?
 * Summarizing your contributions: include a summary of your edits and why you felt they were a valuable addition to the article. How does your article compare to earlier versions?
 * Peer Review: If your class did peer review, include information about the peer review process. What did you contribute in your review of your peers article? What did your peers recommend you change on your article?
 * Feedback: Did you receive feedback from other Wikipedia editors, and if so, how did you respond to and handle that feedback?
 * Wikipedia generally: What did you learn from contributing to Wikipedia? How does a Wikipedia assignment compare to other assignments you've done in the past? How can Wikipedia be used to improve public understanding of our field/your topic? Why is this important?