Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Maryland, College Park/Researching Environment and Culture (Spring 2019)

This course covers methods used by ecological and environmental anthropologists in the field. Our focus for the term is wildlife trafficking and trade in Africa for belief use and bushmeat. Students will research the role of culture in the harvest, trade, and consumption of wildlife and wildlife parts in Africa (as opposed to markets outside the African continent). This work will contribute to a larger international and interdisciplinary scientific synthesis project regarding connections between wildlife trafficking and trade and vulture species population declines in Africa. However, it is important to share scientific findings with a wider general audience to raise awareness about wildlife population declines and human contributions to such to seek appropriate and just solutions. As a result, students will be required to transform what they have learned into Wikipedia content.

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.

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Exercise
Evaluate an article

What's a content gap?

Week 4
Choose your topic / Find your sources

Cultural Anthropology

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Species

Copyedit an article

Exercise
Add a citation

Week 6
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 7
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 8
Guiding framework

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

Week 9
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 10
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.

Week 12
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 13
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!

Week 14
Guiding questions

Guiding questions

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