Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Rhode Island/445 Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination (Fall 2019)

The course is dedicated to an in-depth study of poverty, inequality, and discrimination, focusing on the United States. We will consider how poverty, inequality and discrimination are identified and measured (including some issues with these measurements), their causes and consequences both historically and into the present day, the policies that have been brought about ameliorate these, and the successes and failures of these policies. We will also consider how particular populations such as children, the elderly, immigrants, or minorities are impacted specifically.

This course is dedicated to an in-depth study of poverty, inequality, and discrimination, focusing on the United States. We will consider how poverty, inequality and discrimination are identified and measured (including some issues with these measurements), their causes and consequences both historically and into the present day, the policies that have been brought about ameliorate these, and the successes and failures of these policies. We will also consider how particular populations such as children, the elderly, immigrants, or minorities are impacted specifically.

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

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

What's a content gap?

Exercise
Add a citation

Week 6
Continue compiling sources for your chosen topic.

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Week 7
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8
Continue working on your contribution.

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 9
Guiding framework

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

Week 10
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 11
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 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!

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

Week 14
Final in-class presentation of entire project, including policy portion

Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic. First draft of this paper is due by Dec. 7the Saturday, via email, by 11:59 pm. Final draft is due Dec 16th Monday, via email, by 11:59 pm.