Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Yukon College/LANG 240 (2017 Winter)

This course is about language activism, or applying concepts they have learned previously about language revitalization in real life-situations. In this wikipedia assignment students will be editing articles relating to the Indigenous languages they have been studying and researching this semester.

Week 6
Research the language you want to study. Find academic sources and summarize them in an annotated bibliography (LANG 240 Class Assignment 1).

Week 8
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.


 * Complete the &quot;Evaluating Articles and Sources&quot; training (linked below).
 * Create a section in your sandbox titled &quot;Article evaluation&quot; where you'll leave notes about your observations and learnings.
 * Choose an article on Wikipedia related to your course to read and evaluate. As you read, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these):
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * Optional: Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Jami (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:49, 4 June 2018 (UTC).


 * Review page 6 of your Editing Wikipedia guidebook.
 * Find the article(s) relevant to the language you are researching. Does the language have it's own page or will you have to revise a page that it is mentioned on? Review the content of the article and check the Talk page to see what other Wikipedians are already contributing. Identify three areas from the article that you could improve.
 * Finally, present your choices to your instructor for feedback.

Week 9

 * On the Students tab, assign your chosen topic to yourself.
 * In your sandbox, write a few sentences about what you plan to contribute to the selected article.
 * Think back to when you did an article critique. What is missing from the article? What is inaccurate or outdated?
 * Using the sources you found for your annotated bibliography, find information that you can update the article with.

History

Linguistics

Week 10
You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing.

Improving an existing article:


 * Based on the critiques you had of the article, and the research available from your annotated bibligraphy, begin writing what you would add or change to the Wikipedia article. Make notes for improvement in your sandbox.

Keep reading your sources, too, as you prepare to write the body of the article.

Resources: Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9

Week 11
Write a reflective essay (2-3 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.

Consider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment:


 * 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?
 * 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?
 * 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?

Week 12
It's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the &quot;mainspace&quot; if you want your bonus mark!

Editing an existing article:


 * 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.