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- Course name
- SOC 350
- Institution
- Fort Lewis College
- Instructor
- Rosalinda Linares
- Wikipedia Expert
- Elysia (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Sociology
- Course dates
- 2019-01-07 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-04-19 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 28
During this project, you will be participating in the Art+Feminism campaign, which aims to improve coverage of cis and transgender women, non-binary folks, feminism and the arts on Wikipedia.
You will meet with Social Science Librarian Rosalinda Linares for three library sessions. In the first library session, you will learn more about editing Wikipedia from a feminist perspective and develop sound research strategies for finding, evaluating, and using biographical sources. In the second library session, you will edit the Wikpedia articles of a person you have chosen based on individual research you've done on a particular cis or transgender woman and/or gender/sexual minority of your choice.
Your final assignment for this project will be the following:
- Add at least 3 sentences to your assigned article, and cite each statement to a reliable source
- Add at least 2 additional citations to existing statements in your assigned article
Timeline
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 24 January 2019
- In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment
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
- Milestones
By the library session on Thursday, January 24th, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
- In class - Library Session 1 (1/24)
- Get started on Wikipedia
In our first library session on Thursday, January 24th, we will go over the basics of Wikipedia, including editing articles and policies. We will also practice evaluating articles.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 29 January 2019 | Thursday, 31 January 2019
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 5 February 2019 | Thursday, 7 February 2019
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 February 2019 | Thursday, 14 February 2019
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 19 February 2019 | Thursday, 21 February 2019
- Assignment - Wikipedia Policy Review
- Assignment - Choose your Wikipedia article
Before our library session on Thursday, February 28th, complete the following assignment:
- Pick your article
- Complete the SOC 350 Wikipedia Pre-assignment. You will be asked to provide the following:
- Your name
- Your Wikipedia username
- Your Wikipedia article title & url
- A short statement on why you chose your article, and what you want to edit or change and why
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 26 February 2019 | Thursday, 28 February 2019
- In class - Wikipedia Editing Review
- Get in a group with the classmates in your row.
- Come up with a team name!
- Write your answers to the Wikipedia Editing Review.
- Milestones
By the beginning of our library session on Thursday, February 28th, everyone will have chosen an article to edit and completed the pre-assignment
- In class - Library Session 2 (2/28)
- Finding Resources
In our second library session on Thursday, February 28th, we will explore sources related to biographical research. You may bring your personal laptop to class, and/or/also we will have access to desktop computers in RL 131
- In class - Discussion
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 March 2019 | Thursday, 14 March 2019
- Assignment - Editing Articles Review
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 19 March 2019 | Thursday, 21 March 2019
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Contact your librarian, Rosalinda Linares, rhlinares
fortlewis.edu, if you have any questions
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 26 March 2019 | Thursday, 28 March 2019
- In class - Library Session 3 (3/28)
- Add to an article
Come to class on Thursday, March 28th prepared to copmlete the following assignment:
- Add at least 3 sentences to your assigned article, andcite each statement to a reliable source
- Add at least 2 additional citations to existing statements in your assigned article
- Milestones
By the beginning of our library session on 3/28, you will have a draft of your sentence contributions and the citations you will be using in your article