Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Vanderbilt University/Biology and Culture of Race (Spring 2023)

In class - Wikipedia essentials

Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:

• Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
• Evaluating Wikipedia

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Assignment - Learn the basics

• Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (To avoid hitting Wikipedia's account creation limits, this is best done outside of class. Only 6 new accounts may be created per day from the same IP address.)
• It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.

In class - Editing training for Wikipedia

In class - In-Class Critique of "Race and Genetics" on Wikipedia

As a conclusion to Part I of the course, we will be collectively reading and critiquing the Wikipedia page on "Race and Genetics" in light of what we have learned from the class.

Please take the time to read (or at least skim) "Writing Better Articles," an essay on Wikipedia.

In class - Plan out improvements to "Race and Genetics"

In class - [Graduate students only] Draft improvements to "Race and genetics"

In class - [Race and Genetics] Bring changes into main article space

Milestones

In class - Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Cultural Anthropology | Medicine | Science Communication

In class - Research and start drafting your contributions

Post a bibliography of ten sources to Wikipedia. (I highly recommend managing your citations using Zotero; see this video for guidance on using Zotero and Wikipedia together.)

Milestones

First checkpoint for writing will be by Tuesday, April 13. By then you should…

• Post a bibliography of at least ten sources.
• Write an initial lead section and a complete outline of the article (using section headers of various levels)

You can post these in your userspace.

Assignment - Draft your article

The second checkpoint for writing will be Wednesday, April 21. By then, you should write up as much of a full draft as possible.

• Ensure that your first-draft version of the full article has a lead that complies with WP:LEAD.
• Most or all of the sections of the article should be written rather than outlined, with appropriate citations.
• Your draft article should include specific facts directly referenced to at least five different sources.

Please treat this deadline very seriously so that each and every article can be peer-reviewed during Week 13.

Assignment - Peer review one article

In class - Peer reviews are complete

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Assignment - Continue improving your article

In class - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Assignment - Polish your work

Assignment - Final article