Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Texas AM University/Technical and Professional Writing (spring 2024)

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Course name
Technical and Professional Writing
Institution
Texas AM University
Instructor
Gwendolyn Inocencio
Wikipedia Expert
Brianda (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Course dates
2024-01-17 00:00:00 UTC – 2024-05-07 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
22


This is an applied course meant to prepare students to function as an editor in technical and professional venues. We will use Wikipedia to target certain less-tangible skills necessary for advanced editing: the ability to join a community of editors that already have standards in place, learn to read and improve writing within those conventions, and learn to facilitate good writing within this existing community. Rather than simply copyediting existing articles, creating new articles, or adding new content to existing articles, the students will focus on finding articles that have a good base of content but which need editorial intervention to help the larger community of potential editors continue to improve the articles. Students will focus primarily on issues of organization, appropriateness, and Wikipedia style, with the aim of significantly improving the existing content of an article. Students will be expected to work within the Wikipedia infrastructure, including engaging with current interested editors and leaving traces of their work to assist with future editing of the articles they worked on.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Siceli Strawberry Shortcake, Adaptations of A Christmas Carol
Emlynn18 Leesville, Texas, Disappearance of Leah Roberts
Lilycloud13 Formalist Film Theory, Flirting
Madtownsend New girl, Avocado toast
Wiki Helpful Edits Word-of-mouth marketing, List of Gilmore Girls characters
TwistedInThreads Spanish cuisine, Ticket to Ride (board game)
Blondeaggie Tomorrowland (festival), Sports betting
EldritchMaw Ocean colonization, Beeliar Wetlands
Virgocat444 Cat communication, Artificial intelligence and copyright
Sgvarg07 Airstream, I Want You (Marvin Gaye song)
Ari.za000 Bengali traditional games, Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack!
BMarie 212 Binary Coded Decimal, Inertial Frame of Reference
MountainsCalling Hiking equipment, Marathon world record progression
Bluefractal Dullahan, The Master Thief
Voidchicken Feminism in South Korea, Visual snow syndrome
Tamu2024 Service Learning, Technology Integration
ZacZig Computer Animation, Cassette Tape
Eelaraa Drag (physics), Cardiopulmonary bypass
Nickleback007 Kaos One, Carbon Footprint
Lightpinkpear Lectin-free diet, Angel food cake
GraceTaylorIV Beauty pageant, NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Italianmagnolia Barbie (film), Buc-ee's
P1clouds Anne Conway (philosopher), Theophany
Saanyalache FBI Criminal Investigative Division, Cameo murder
Editingenchilada Daydream, Fire Prevention