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Welcome to the Wikipedia project for ‘Classics in Linguistics’. This page will guide you through the steps we will folow as we complete this project.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content 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, and bring questions to class on Thursday 2 February.
Due Thursday Feb 2nd.
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Due Thursday Feb 9th.
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. In this exercise, you'll survey and evaluate 3 Wikipedia articles about important figures in the history of linguistics. In material terms, you will carry out a close evaluation of 1 of those 3 articles, eventually leaving suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
Due Thursday Feb 16th.
Due Thursday 2/23.
Once I have confirmed your 1st choice of target figure for your article (probably by email, and I hope before Monday 20 February), assign that person to yourself the Students tab.
Will you be writing a bio of a LIVING linguist? If so, Wikipedia asks you to take special precautions. Make sure you have read the text 'Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons' (shortcut: within Wikipedia, type 'WP:BLP'). And the training module from Week 1 (re-)linked below is worth re-reading, whether your bio is about a living or a dead figure
Do you know how to use Google Scholar? This is an essential source at this point. Use the 'Advanced search' function to get more relevant leads. Aim to assemble a library of publications by, and about, your target figure, which balances a range of assessments of his or her contributions.
Due Thursday 3/2.
You've picked a topic and found at least some basic sources. I understand that this a busy week, but let's just push the project forward a little bit. Before going off on Spring Break...
First, make sure you are up-to-date with the tasks posted under Weeks 1 through 4, including the 'training modules' and other texts you need to read as linked above
Second, IF you haven't done so already—and several of you already have...
Resources: Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Due Thursday 3/16.
Important! Make sure that before beginning work this week, you:
Type 'Wikipedia:No original research" into the Wikipedia search function. Scrutinize this text closely, as we will discuss it in class. We all need to master the distinctions Wikipedia points out here.
Is your target figure still living? If so make sure you read the email I received back from WikiEdu in response to my query about using interviews as sources for Wikipedia articles. I posted it in Canvas under Wikipedia assignment > Response to my Q to WikiEdu abt...
Now, about Week 7...
Due Thursday 3/23.
Due Thursday 3/30.
Due Thursday 4/6.
Follow up on peer editing
Re-read
Editing Wikipedia pages 12 and 14.
Return to your article and think about the suggestions of MT and your peer editors. Decide which ones to start implementing, and do so. Reach out to MT or your Content Expert if you have questions.
Hints from WikiEdu for editing your article
Add images
Read the training module "Contributing Images and Media Files". Then find and post at least one relevant graphic inside your article: a photo, chart, figure, drawing, map, etc.
Add links
Read
Editing Wikipedia page 12 to see how to create links from your article to others, and from other articles to your own. Try to link to 3–5 articles, and link to your article from 2–3 other articles.
Due Thursday April 11th.
Before you go off on Easter Break ensure that you have completed ALL of the steps up to listed under Week 10—and any earlier steps as well!
Due Thursday April 20th.
Continue to expand and improve your article, and to format it to match Wikipedia's tone and standards.
Revisit the two classmates' articles that you peer-edited. Leave a message on the Talk page if you see anything amiss—or congratulate the authors on a job well done!
Due Thursday April 27th
Write a reflective essay (2–4 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions. Hand this text in to me in class.
WikiEdu asks you to organize your reflection on this Wikipedia assignment around the following questions. But I present them merely as as suggestions: you may focus your essay on any subset of these questions about which you feel you have the most valuable feedback to contribute
Check to see if there is any new activity on your Talk page, and if so, respond
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
This Course
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Wikipedia Resources
|
Connect
Questions? Ask us:
contact |
![]() | This course page is an automatically-updated version of the main course page at dashboard.wikiedu.org. Please do not edit this page directly; any changes will be overwritten the next time the main course page gets updated. |
Welcome to the Wikipedia project for ‘Classics in Linguistics’. This page will guide you through the steps we will folow as we complete this project.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content 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, and bring questions to class on Thursday 2 February.
Due Thursday Feb 2nd.
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Due Thursday Feb 9th.
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. In this exercise, you'll survey and evaluate 3 Wikipedia articles about important figures in the history of linguistics. In material terms, you will carry out a close evaluation of 1 of those 3 articles, eventually leaving suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
Due Thursday Feb 16th.
Due Thursday 2/23.
Once I have confirmed your 1st choice of target figure for your article (probably by email, and I hope before Monday 20 February), assign that person to yourself the Students tab.
Will you be writing a bio of a LIVING linguist? If so, Wikipedia asks you to take special precautions. Make sure you have read the text 'Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons' (shortcut: within Wikipedia, type 'WP:BLP'). And the training module from Week 1 (re-)linked below is worth re-reading, whether your bio is about a living or a dead figure
Do you know how to use Google Scholar? This is an essential source at this point. Use the 'Advanced search' function to get more relevant leads. Aim to assemble a library of publications by, and about, your target figure, which balances a range of assessments of his or her contributions.
Due Thursday 3/2.
You've picked a topic and found at least some basic sources. I understand that this a busy week, but let's just push the project forward a little bit. Before going off on Spring Break...
First, make sure you are up-to-date with the tasks posted under Weeks 1 through 4, including the 'training modules' and other texts you need to read as linked above
Second, IF you haven't done so already—and several of you already have...
Resources: Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Due Thursday 3/16.
Important! Make sure that before beginning work this week, you:
Type 'Wikipedia:No original research" into the Wikipedia search function. Scrutinize this text closely, as we will discuss it in class. We all need to master the distinctions Wikipedia points out here.
Is your target figure still living? If so make sure you read the email I received back from WikiEdu in response to my query about using interviews as sources for Wikipedia articles. I posted it in Canvas under Wikipedia assignment > Response to my Q to WikiEdu abt...
Now, about Week 7...
Due Thursday 3/23.
Due Thursday 3/30.
Due Thursday 4/6.
Follow up on peer editing
Re-read
Editing Wikipedia pages 12 and 14.
Return to your article and think about the suggestions of MT and your peer editors. Decide which ones to start implementing, and do so. Reach out to MT or your Content Expert if you have questions.
Hints from WikiEdu for editing your article
Add images
Read the training module "Contributing Images and Media Files". Then find and post at least one relevant graphic inside your article: a photo, chart, figure, drawing, map, etc.
Add links
Read
Editing Wikipedia page 12 to see how to create links from your article to others, and from other articles to your own. Try to link to 3–5 articles, and link to your article from 2–3 other articles.
Due Thursday April 11th.
Before you go off on Easter Break ensure that you have completed ALL of the steps up to listed under Week 10—and any earlier steps as well!
Due Thursday April 20th.
Continue to expand and improve your article, and to format it to match Wikipedia's tone and standards.
Revisit the two classmates' articles that you peer-edited. Leave a message on the Talk page if you see anything amiss—or congratulate the authors on a job well done!
Due Thursday April 27th
Write a reflective essay (2–4 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions. Hand this text in to me in class.
WikiEdu asks you to organize your reflection on this Wikipedia assignment around the following questions. But I present them merely as as suggestions: you may focus your essay on any subset of these questions about which you feel you have the most valuable feedback to contribute
Check to see if there is any new activity on your Talk page, and if so, respond
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.