Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/San Diego State University/Women, Development and the Global Economy (Fall 2018)
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- Course name
- Women, Development and the Global Economy
- Institution
- San Diego State University
- Instructor
- Doreen Mattingly
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Women's Studies
- Course dates
- 2018-08-29 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-19 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 30
The paid and unpaid labor of women in the Global South is central to the organization of the global economy. Despite the centrality of their labor, the women who work in the global economy are generally have little decision making power. Hierarchies of gender and geography are a fundamental part economic processes, although they may not always be visible.
In this course we will examine the many connections between economic processes and institutions, on the one hand, and the gendered identities and lives of the people they affect. We will read theory, case studies, and documents produced by global institutions like the UN, and activist groups. Most of the case studies are from Asia and Central America, since these are the regions I know best.
Questions about gender and the global economy are deeply political and always influenced by the social and economic position of observers. Therefore, this class is as much about HOW we talk about issues, as the issues themselves. I have tried to assign both articles that explicitly talk about discourses, as well as those that present different frameworks for discussing the same issue. In addition the class project – writing or revising Wikipedia articles – will engage us in the work of thinking critically about discourse, information and perspective.
Learning outcomes:
• Demonstrate an understanding of development and globalization.
• Explain how economic and legal structures are gendered
• Articulate a way of looking at the world from the standpoint of diverse women internationally
• Analyze competing discourses about development and empowerment
• Contribute to Wikipedia’s content on gender and development
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 5 September 2018
- In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment
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.
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.
Before class, please review the following handouts:
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia
- 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.
- When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 12 September 2018
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article to see its strengths and weaknesses.
You will post your compete assignment in your Sandbox by 4 pm 9/19/2018
- Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked above).
- Choose one of the following articles to evaluation:
- Women and the Environment
- Gender and Development
- Write a 1000-word analysis that addresses some or all of these questions (but don't feel limited to these):
- FORMAT: Please write this as an essay with an introduction and conclusion. The questions below are for you to consider in crafting your review, but this should not be a laundry list or a Q and A. Part of your job is to figure out what is important to talk about.
- In terms of citations, if you refer to materials other than the page you are reviewing, please cite them fully. I do not care which format you use, but if you don't already have a preferance I recommend Chicago/Turabian style, Note and Bibliography system.
- For referencing specific passages in the Wikipedia page, please use paragraph number, as in the following example: "The crtitque of the GAD approach (para 14) points out...." It is an imperfect system but it will help me to know what you are talking about. If you are citing the talk page or other parts of the Wikipedia site, please just do your best to identify its location. The point here is not to adhere to a generally used format, but to make it possible for me to easily find what you are talking about.
- QUESTIONS ABOUT WIKIPEDIA PAGE TO CONSIDER IN YOUR REVIEW:
- Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
- Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
- Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
- Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
- Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
- Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
- Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
- Look for links to other Wikipedia articles. Can you think of more such links that are relevant and that you could add?
- Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
- Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
- How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
- What about your learning in WS 580 so far is different from how Wikipedia discusses this topic?
- Optional: Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Mattingly1010 (talk) 19:39, 29 November 2018 (UTC).
- In class - Discussion
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 19 September 2018
- Assignment - Add to an article
It is time to apply what you have learned. After completing the tutorial you are going to add a add a citation to an existing wikipedia article. This can be an article you reviewed, one you plan to make more revisions to, or something else. Follow the insturctions in the tutorial.
When you are done, write 2-3 paragraphs in your Sandbox explaining what you did and why you did it.
Must be completed by 4 pm on September 26
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 26 September 2018
- Assignment - Select an article to create or develop
The time has come to pick the Wikipedia article you will create or develop. Emailing or meeting with Dr. Mattingly to discuss your topic is recommended but not required.
One idea is to look for a "stub," which is a short version of a Wikipedia article that is in need of expansion. Unfortunately most are very focused on the US, but still you can have a look.
· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Feminism_stubs
· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Gender_studies_stubs
Another idea is to just start searing for tpopic that interest you, reading the pages, and seeing what they link to.
Undergraduates will select an article to improve. Your contribution should be a minimum of three (3) paragraphs added to an existing entry. You may do an original entry if you like. Your entry will require a minimum of six (6) sources
It can be one you have already worked with, or something different. Check out the Talk page of articles of interest to see what other Wikipedians are already contributing. Think back to how to evaluate an article. Look at the article's content, tone, and sourcing. What can you add? Consider posting some of your ideas to the article's Talk page.
Graduate students will identify a topic and create a new Wikipedia entry. Your final entry will be a minimum of five (5) paragraphs and an image. Your entry will require a minimum of (8) sources.
Before the start of class on October 3, post 1-2 paragraphs to your Sandbox identifying the article you plan to create or develop and how you think you will contribute.
- In class - Discussion
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 3 October 2018
- Assignment - Build a Bibliography
· Start a new section in your sandbox entitled "Bibliography". Here, for each article, begin lists of relevant, reliable books, journal articles, or other sources, and write a line or two for each source describing how it is relevant to your Wikipedia writing plans (highlighting both facts as well as concepts/frameworks/arguments you will reference). Do not paste a link to the electronic version of the article -- rather, instead, use Wikipedia's Citation Tool (doing so in your sandbox is good practice for when you eventually move to Mainspace). Keep in mind that you wuiwill eventually need at least 6 (undergrad) or 8 (grad) scholarly sources for the article you contribute to. You can use non-scholarly sources too, but they will not count towards your total required sources. For this assignment, list at least 3 scholarly sources. Under each source, please write 2-3 sentences about the source and how you plan to use it.
Note that the training module "Evaluating Articles and Sources" will nudge you away from overly specialized articles and away from strongly opinionated articles to overview/review articles. This is generally good advice. Review articles on the topics you've selected will serve you very well for this assignment, but it is also valuable to bring strong opinions and critical thinking to Wikipedia. The challenge is to do so in a neutral, encyclopedic tone, with proper citation, and with a view to reframing issues where necessary.
For example, the mainstream view of "human trafficking" would benefit from considering scholarship that reframes it as a form of migration since the former victimizes individuals and the latter highlights individual choices made/actions taken in difficult circumstances. A sentence stating as such (citing sources) would be a valuable addition to a Wikipedia article on human trafficking (see it's section "Problems with the concept").
Post your ideas for contributing and your beginning bibliography to the articles' Talk pages. Remember to check in regularly on the Talk pages to see if anyone has advice on your plans or bibliography.
Submit your Bibliography on or before October 10.
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 10 October 2018
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
- 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 8
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 24 October 2018
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Exercise
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.
You've picked articles and begun finding your scholarly sources. Now it's time to start writing. Specifically, it's time to begin summarizing and synthesizing sources while at the same time finding more sources as you need them.
As you begin to draft, you will likely find that you need to search for more sources. Update your Bibliography in your sandbox, as you find more sources. As you read new sources, add in lines describing what they say and how you might use them, mentioning both facts as well as concepts/frameworks/arguments you will reference. This is not merely a summary; this should be your notes to yourself to help your later drafting. Remember to use the Wikipedia citation tool (no link to articles).
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 31 October 2018
- Milestones
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 - 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 11
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 7 November 2018
- Assignment - Review one other article
- First, take the "Peer Review" online training.
- Select one classmate's article that you will peer review and copyedit. On the Articles tab, find the article that you want to review, and then assign them to yourself in the Review column.
- Peer review your classmate's draft. Leave suggestions on on the Talk page of the article, or sandbox, that your fellow student is working on. Other editors may be reviewing your work, so look for their comments! Be sure to acknowledge feedback from other Wikipedians.
- As you review, make spelling, grammar, and other adjustments. Pay attention to the tone of the article. Is it encyclopedic?
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 28 November 2018
- 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!
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 5 December 2018
- Milestones
On December 5, please turn in your complete entry IN YOUR SANDBOX ONLY.
You actually have until 8 am December 6 to finish it, because that is when I will start reading them. If you are done earlier and want my feedback, please send me an email and I will get to it as soon as I can.
I will give everyone feedback on content by December 8. You will be able to revise your content if necessary before you enter it on to the real Wikipedia page. You may want to also be working on making actual edits to Wikipedia before I give you feedback, just so you can become familiar with the process.
For undergraduates, your contribution should be a minimum of three (3) paragraphs added to an existing entry. You may do an original entry if you like. Your entry will require a minimum of six (6) sources.
For graduate students, you must do an original entry with a minimum of five (5) paragraphs and an image. Your entry will require a minimum of (8) sources.
Week 15
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 12 December 2018
- In class - Final Wikipedia entry turned in -- live and on paper
On December 12, your final Wikipedia entry will be due.
Please both make all of your edits on the actual Wikipedia page and turn in a hard copy as well. Include in the hard copy as much of the Wikipedia page as I might need to evaluate your contributions. Make sure the references are included as well. This is your insurance in case it gets changed.
Advice for putting your material on Wikipedia
- Review these resources provided by WikiEdu
- Training for Moving Work Out of the Sandbox.
- "Editing Wikipedia" guide
- Share your concerns/questions/suggestions with others in the class. I have created a discussion board on Blackboard for this.
- For other questions, there are links on the WikiEdu site to ask questions and get help.
Week 16
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 19 December 2018
- Assignment - Reflection essay due
Write a reflective essay on your Wikipedia contributions. Page length: 5-7 page (double spaced) for undergraduates, 10-12 for graduates. The format is up to you, but it should include at least the following:
1) A discussion of the topic you chose and what you learned about it. Include a summary of your edits and why you felt they were a valuable addition to the article. How does your article compare to earlier versions? How did your thinking about the topic change over the course of the assignment? What are the insights and information that did not end up as part of what you posted? This section should include citations.
2) A discussion of what you did in this assignment and what you learned from it. The following questions may be helpful:
· Critiquing articles: What did you learn about Wikipedia during the article evaluation? How did you approach critiquing the article you selected for this assignment? How did you decide what to add to your chosen article?
· Peer review: If your class did peer review, include information about the peer review process. What did you contribute in your review of your peers article? What did your peers recommend you change on your article?
· Feedback: Did you receive feedback from other Wikipedia editors, and if so, how did you respond to and handle that feedback?
3) A discussion about what you learned about Wikipedia generally: How has your assessment of Wikipedia changed as a result of this assignment? What do you think are its strengths and weaknesses as a source of information? How can Wikipedia and/or this assignment be improved? How do you see yourself using or contributing to Wikipedia in the future?
Please turn in a paper copy of your paper in class on December 19.