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Course name
Critical Thinking 115
Institution
Asheville Buncombe Community College
Instructor
Kasey Baker
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Humanities
Course dates
2019-08-19 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-13 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


I will be focusing on my continued efforts to expand the articles from survivors of the Holocaust as I've identified that as an under-represented area of Wikipedia. The passcode is 1234.

I will be focusing on my continued efforts to expand the articles from survivors of the Holocaust as I've identified that as an under-represented area of Wikipedia.

The Social Science Department of AB-Tech and the North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians are excited to offer an “edit-a-thon” to provide hands-on training for using Wikipedia for research and editing articles to meet Higher Education standards. Kasey Baker, an AB-Tech’s instructor of Political Science and former Regional Ambassador for the Wikimedia Foundation, will teach participants how to critically analyze Wikipedia articles and contribute to Wikipedia pages.

The specific focus of this event will be to expand Jewish history of survivors of the Holocaust and the history of World War II. Featured guest and Holocaust survivor, Dr. Walter Ziffer, will join us as a fallow up to his lecture the evening before (at 6-8pm in Ferguson Auditorium on November the 8th).

This event is open to the public, students, faculty and staff and will be offered as professional development. Please RSVP as the event will be catered and a formal head count is preferred. Although computers are provided, we encourage participants to bring their own laptops.

Here are some other articles to edit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Holocaust_survivors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_ghettos_in_German-occupied_Poland?fbclid=IwAR29c4ktFPub8OzTeS_RLuOI9_EjJH0wF44lUDMsewzfGDFKxj80HhCXx3Q

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Axis_war_crime_trials

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Trials

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_in_the_Holocaust

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_resistance_in_German-occupied_Europe

Here are some more featured people: https://www.yadvashem.org/remembrance/archive/2004/torchlighters.html

Some of the featured articles from this event are:

Walter Ziffer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Ziffer
Solomon Radasky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Radasky
Magda Herzberger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magda_Herzberger

Student Assigned Reviewing
KTM079
F-R-O-S-T8888
Casa0711
Ianw2019
Jnwest

Timeline

Week 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 9 October 2019   |   Friday, 11 October 2019
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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 14 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 16 October 2019   |   Friday, 18 October 2019
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 21 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 23 October 2019   |   Friday, 25 October 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


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


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Political Science

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 28 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 30 October 2019   |   Friday, 1 November 2019
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

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.

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 4 November 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 November 2019   |   Friday, 8 November 2019
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


Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

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.


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 13

Course meetings
Monday, 11 November 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 November 2019   |   Friday, 15 November 2019
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!
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.