Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/Bishop's University/Memory, truth and reconciliation in the developing world (2013)/Grading
Existing Wikipedia articles on truth commissions
editWikipedia entry on Truth and reconciliation commissions
Full-length Wikipedia articles
editYou may not select a commission from this list for your assignment, but these articles serve as examples of full-length articles. As with all Wikipedia articles, they can be edited.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa)
Argentina - National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons
Brazil - National Truth Commission
Fiji - Reconciliation and Unity Commission
The Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission of Kenya
Poland - Institute of National Remembrance
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Solomon Islands)
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Korea)
Sri Lanka - Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission
USA - Greensboro, North Carolina TRC
Stubs and short entries
editYou may select one of these stubs to improve, but please consult if you wish to do one of the more developed articles (Guatemala, Morocco, Peru, Timor-Leste). (Please consult in any case, so no one duplicate the same topic as another student.)
Chile - Calum
Commission on the Truth for El Salvador
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Liberia) - Gareth
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Peru) - Melanie
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Sierra Leone)
Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor
Indonesia–Timor Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship - Nicholas
Truth commissions with no entry on Wikipedia
editEncouraged! (See Hayner for a start.) "Notability" can perhaps be established by linking from the truth commissions page.
Colombia - Erika
Ecuador
Ghana - John
Haiti - Julien
Mauritius
Paraguay
Philippines (paragraph in main truth commissions article but no separate entry) - Alayna
Togo - Joshua
Uganda
Have you heard of others?
See also
editCanada - Residential Schools TRC
Truth commissions digital collection -- this link includes truth commissions or similar bodies not mentioned above eg Honduras, D.R. Congo etc.
Grading
editWikipedia essays will be graded approximately as follows:
- 10%: Draft summary paragraph(s) and outline for remainder of article (due week 5)
- 20%: First draft of full article (due week 7)
- 10%: Peer reviews and collaboration with classmates
- 10%: Presentation of work in class
- 50%: Quality of main Wikipedia contributions (final article due week 11), evaluated in light of reflective essay
New articles produced by students in this course
editThe Haitian National Truth and Justice Commission
Indonesia–Timor Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship
Truth and Reconciliation in Colombia