Long Term Assignments
These projects will be refined within the first two weeks and made exact by Feb 8th 2011.
Midterm Wikipedia Roadmap Assignment
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a 200 word proposal posted on your wikipedia user talk page with:
- Specific Wikipedia article(s) to be edited chosen by your group. Ratio of at least 1 article per 2 group members.
- One or more sources as potential Wikipedia article reference that you are bringing to your groups
- Summary or Transcript of communication with an online ambassador or Campus Ambassador.
This assignment will comprise 25% of your grade.
Final Wikipedia Assignment
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a contribution to a Wikipedia article having:
- At least 2 major edits from your Wikipedia account
- be active on the discussion page of the article.
- The aggregated edits of your group must be sufficient to raise the quality scale grade by at least one level (I.e. from Stub to Start, Start to C, C to B, B to Good, Good to Featured). If the group creates a stub, it must be raised at least two levels.
Also turn in a 250 word final paper which includes:
- Summary of contact with your online or campus ambassador(s) during the revision process for additional advice/feedback.
- A letter grade for each other member of your group.
- What you learned from working with Wikipedia, both about your experience crowdsourcing, and the subject of your article.
This assignment will comprise 30% of your grade.
You may automatically complete the Semester Project and pass the class if at any point you either:
- are a main contributor to an article that becomes a Did you know? article or
- prove to be a dedicated Wikipedian by contributing 50 constructive edits, and 3 sources to WP:USPP in total.
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