Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Tennessee, Knoxville/Women in the Atlantic World (Fall 2021)

“Women Worthies” Atlantic History Showcase--in the first two weeks of class, you’ll choose one of the optional biographies about a “worthy woman” (an old-fashioned term used to describe women who made it into the history books, which I’ve used ironically to help us think about whose stories make it into historical consciousness, and why). You'll use that book as the main text for your investigations into What Historians Do (how we Read/Think/Research/Write) and how to adapt what you learned to better teach a Wikipedia audience who that woman was, within an Atlantic History context.

We're contributing to a larger Women's History WikiProject, meant to redress some of the persistent problems with Wikipedia’s gender imbalance. You'll learn how to engage with a huge reading public (anyone in the English-speaking world!), and also gain the technical know-how to participate in a crowd-sourced knowledge database.

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.

Week 4
Identify the Wikipedia entry that corresponds to your &quot;Worthy Woman&quot;

Biographies

History

Week 6
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

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7
Guiding framework

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

Week 8
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 9
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

Week 10
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 11
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 12
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 13
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.