Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Vanderbilt University/Representation & Accountability (PhD) (Fall)

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Course name
Representation & Accountability (PhD)
Institution
Vanderbilt University
Instructor
Kristin Michelitch
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Representation and Accountability
Course dates
2019-08-22 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-07 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
10


For the pages on representation and accountability, we will be updating/making subsections from political science scholarly work.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Gioroggia
Shashwat.vanderbilt
Smccarthy1 Clientelism
LMChoj
Rfirestone
Divingem12 Representation (politics)
Hendrimike Accountability
Memclain
Dylan.Irons

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Thursday, 29 August 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:


Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Political Science


Assignment - Exercise

Copyedit an article

Week 2

Course meetings
Thursday, 5 September 2019

Week 3

Course meetings
Thursday, 12 September 2019

Week 4

Course meetings
Thursday, 19 September 2019

Week 5

Course meetings
Thursday, 26 September 2019
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.


Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13


Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 6

Course meetings
Thursday, 3 October 2019
In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 7

Course meetings
Thursday, 10 October 2019

Week 8

Course meetings
Thursday, 17 October 2019

Week 9

Course meetings
Thursday, 31 October 2019

Week 10

Course meetings
Thursday, 7 November 2019

Week 11

Course meetings
Thursday, 14 November 2019

Week 12

Course meetings
Thursday, 21 November 2019

Week 13

Course meetings
Thursday, 28 November 2019
Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
  • Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.