Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Miami/Weather Analysis (Spring 2017)
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- Course name
- Weather Analysis
- Institution
- University of Miami
- Instructor
- Brian Mapes
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Meteorology
- Course dates
- 2017-01-23 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-05-19 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 8
We use data visualization to understand the structure and mechanisms of weather events
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 11 April 2017 | Thursday, 13 April 2017
- In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia project
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 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:
- Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Step 1
- Get started on Wikipedia
- Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
- 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.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 18 April 2017 | Thursday, 20 April 2017
- Assignment - Step 2
- Evaluate a Wikipedia article
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
- Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
- Create a section in your sandbox titled "Article evaluation" where you'll leave notes about your observations and learnings.
- Read the Wikipedia article about Hurricane Katrina (with special focus on the Meteorological History) or the article about Hurricane Irene and then pick another Weather Event stub from this list.
- As you read, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these):
- 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?
- Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
- Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
- 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?
- Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
- 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?
- How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
- 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 — Samantha (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:43, 8 June 2017 (UTC).
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 25 April 2017 | Thursday, 27 April 2017
- Assignment - Step 3
- Contribute content to your weather event stub
Assign yourself your weather event stub on the Students tab above.
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation and making a small change to the weather event stub you selected. At a minimum, you should add 1-2 sentences to your topic and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
For this part of the project you will be working LIVE - make sure you save your edit and add an edit summary at the end.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 2 May 2017 | Thursday, 4 May 2017
- Assignment - Step 4
- Illustrate your weather event stub
You'll want to find or create an appropriate photo, illustration, or piece of video/audio to add to your weather event article.
- Before you start, review the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook, or see Editing Wikipedia pages 10–11.
- When you've reviewed those pages, take the training linked below.
- To find which images already exist on Wikipedia: remember: Never grab images you find through an image search, or those found on Instagram, Tumblr, Reddit, Imgur, or even so-called "Free image" or "free stock photo" websites. Instead, you'll want to find images with clear proof that the creator has given permission to use their work. Many of these images can be found on search.creativecommons.org or commons.wikimedia.org. Search for your weather event and see what you find.
- If you want to create an image for your weather event: Don't just upload an image to Wikipedia. Instead, upload it to Wikipedia's sister site for images, Wikimedia Commons. For instructions, read through the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook.