Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Western Ontario, Anthropology/Language revitalization in practice (Summer 2 2016)

At a time when linguistic diversity is confronting one of the greatest challenges in modern times, with over 50% of languages worldwide threatened or endangered, many communities are embarking on language revitalization activities. Language revitalization has the goal of creating more fluent speakers among those community members whose language is endangered or asleep. In this course students will be engaged in language revitalization activities alongside community members and interested parties. Each student will participate in a project proposed by the language community that can be completed in two weeks (weeks 2 and 3 of the course). In order to achieve this, collaborations and possible projects have been identified by community members: that is, these projects are community-driven. The exact set of projects will be determined in collaboration with the community and after assessing the specific skills the students bring. In some cases students will work alongside community members so that there is an exchange of knowledge and skills. These projects may span many different activities from recording elders to digitizing documents for archives to creating lesson materials, recognizing that there are many skills and activities inherent in language revitalization endeavors.

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.

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

To get started, please review the following handouts:


 * Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

[http://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia

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 * Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
 * It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
 * When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.

You should add a small contribution to an article related to your class, or add a citation to a claim that doesn't have one.


 * Complete the &quot;Sources and Citations&quot; training (linked below).
 * When you make a small claim, clearly state the fact in your own words, and then cite the source where you found the information.
 * The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles.
 * First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement.