Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Indiana University/Entrepreneurship Law (Fall)

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Course name
Entrepreneurship Law
Institution
Indiana University
Instructor
Abbey Stemler
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Law
Course dates
2021-08-23 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-12-25 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


Since this course is designated by the University as an intensive-writing class, it involves extensive student research and writing. Through Wikipedia and its student-editing platform, Wiki Education, we will engage in writing exercises that will not only help you become a better writer but will contribute to the world's largest knowledge base. Through the Wiki Education, we will also have the opportunity engage in several rounds of peer and professor feedback.

In terms of the content you will write and contribute to Wikipedia, our goal with this project is to find gaps or weaknesses in the coverage and sourcing of entrepreneurship law-related Wikipedia articles.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Immount Operating agreement
Lauwande Low-profit limited liability company
Spamidi Flow-through entity
Foodielaw02 Sole proprietorship
Mafoley34
Mavandyk Employment contract
Jatherbe
Ajr1227
Dshergil General partner
Sussiestbaka
Lmhilty Special-purpose acquisition company
Peytbeck General partner

Timeline

Week 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
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.)

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 18 October 2021   |   Wednesday, 20 October 2021
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Assignment - Topic Selection One-Pager

Your edits to Wikipedia must add value to the knowledge base.  Therefore, you will have to either find an incomplete Wikipedia page (meaning you would be able to add at least 2,000 words of needed content to it) or prove the nonexistence of one related to an important entrepreneurship law topic of your choosing.  You will then have to write a one-page (single-spaced) justification of your selection. 

Your one-pager must answer the following questions:

  • Why is this topic important to entrepreneurs? How do you know this?
  • What have you done to ensure that this topic exists nowhere else on Wikipedia?

A group of your colleagues and I will assess whether or not your topic is appropriate or in need of revision. If it is in need of revision you, of course, must revise until it is approved by your colleagues and me.

10% of assignment grade.  If approved, student will receive full credit.  If revision needed, 10% of this component will be deducted for each round of revision.

This part of the assignment is due on Canvas.

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 25 October 2021   |   Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise
Assignment - Peer Feedback on Topic

Part of this assignment is learning how to effectively evaluate the quality and credibility of sources.  Therefore, you will spend time reading and giving feedback on others’ work on Canvas.  In particular for this round of feedback, you will need to provide a comment or two about your classmate's topic selection.  Think along these lines: Does the selected topic add value to Wikipedia?  Did you find other information on Wikipedia that already addresses the topic?  What would you contribute to the selected topic?  Evaluated on effort and completeness. 

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 1 November 2021   |   Wednesday, 3 November 2021
Milestones

Everyone's Topic Should Be Approved.

Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 8 November 2021   |   Wednesday, 10 November 2021
Assignment - Draft

Good writing for most mortals takes time and multiple iterations.  You will therefore need to submit a draft of your article. This will be evaluated by your peers using the same rubric that will be used for my final assessment of your work.  See Appendix A in the assignment memo.

Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Milestones

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.

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
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

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 15 November 2021   |   Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 29 November 2021   |   Wednesday, 1 December 2021
Assignment - Final Article

It's the week to submit 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!

Week 15

Course meetings
Monday, 6 December 2021   |   Wednesday, 8 December 2021