Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/Duquesne University/UCOR 143 (Spring 2014)/Timeline

January 23/ January 28

 * In class
 * Overview of the assignment
 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
 * Handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)


 * Training
 * Start the online student orientation. During this training, you will create an account, make edits in a sandbox, and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

January 28/February 4: Editing basics

 * In class
 * Basics of editing
 * Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
 * Tips on finding the best articles to work on for class assignments
 * Handouts: Using talk pages, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality, Wikimarkup cheatsheet
 * Training
 * Complete the online training for students.
 * Create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page.
 * To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to any Wikipedians helping your class (such as a Wikipedia Ambassador), and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.


 * Milestone:
 * All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.

Additional Resources

 * Handouts: Advice for choosing articles and How to get help
 * Handout: Moving out of your sandbox
 * Handouts: “Uploading images” and “Evaluating Wikipedia article quality” (handed out originally in week 2)

Due on Feb 4/Feb 11
Please send an email when complete. A sample follows

Dear Dr. Cavanaugh 1. The Wikipedia page I edited was called “Krishna” 2. The link for the page is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna 3. I used the user name: Gregrechner 4. I edited In the West[edit] In 1965, the Krishna-bhakti movement had spread outside India when its founder,Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, (who was instructed by his guru, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura) traveled from his homeland in West Bengal to New York City. A year later in 1966, after gaining many followers, he was able to form the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), popularly known as the Hare Krishna movement. The purpose of this movement was to write about Krishna in English and to share the Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy with people in the Western world by spreading the teachings of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (an incarnation of Lord Sri Krishna according to the Bhavishya Purana). In an effort to gain attention, followers chanted the names of God in public locations. This chanting was known as hari-nama sankirtana and helped spread the teaching. Additionally, the practice of distributing prasadam or “sanctified food” worked as a catalyst in the dissemination of his works. In the Hare Krishna movement, Prasad was a vegetarian dish that would be first offered to Krishna. The food’s proximity to Krishna added a “spiritual effect,” and was seen to “counteract material contamination affecting the soul.” Sharing this sanctified food with the public, in turn, enabled the movement to gain new recruits and further spread these teachings.[117][15][118] 5. I used, Dwyer, Graham. 2010. "Krishna prasadam: the transformative power of sanctified food in the Krishna Consciousness Movement." Religions Of South Asia 4, no. 1: 89-104. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials, EBSCOhost

Extra Credit
Peer review two of your classmates' articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages. Email the professor details of your comments and a response to the question, "What is the potential impact and limits of Wikipedia?"

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