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This is an assignment for a core course of the Global Poverty and Practice (GPP) Minor at UC Berkeley -- the course during which students prepare for their "practice experience" (PE). Each student will contribute to at least two Wikipedia articles – one focused on an aspect of the history/sociology of their PE site (eg. a country such as the U.S., Chile, Kenya, Malaysia ... or a city or region such as Lima, Peru or the San Francisco Bay Area); and the second focused on an aspect of key debates/approaches present in their PE sector (eg. water sanitation, community health, microfinance, worker-cooperatives, collective action, food justice, affordable housing).
Students enrolled in this course have been bringing material on global poverty and inequality to Wikipedia for nine consecutive semesters (since Fall 2017) -- this will be the tenth.
Monday, 17 January 2022 | Wednesday, 19 January 2022
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.
Monday, 24 January 2022 | Wednesday, 26 January 2022
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.
Week 3
Course meetings
Monday, 31 January 2022 | Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Week 4
Course meetings
Monday, 7 February 2022 | Wednesday, 9 February 2022
Week 5
Course meetings
Monday, 14 February 2022 | Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Week 6
Course meetings
Monday, 21 February 2022 | Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Week 7
Course meetings
Monday, 28 February 2022 | Wednesday, 2 March 2022
Week 8
Course meetings
Monday, 7 March 2022 | Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Week 9
Course meetings
Monday, 14 March 2022 | Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Week 10
Course meetings
Monday, 21 March 2022 | Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Week 11
Course meetings
Monday, 28 March 2022 | Wednesday, 30 March 2022
Week 12
Course meetings
Monday, 4 April 2022 | Wednesday, 6 April 2022
Week 13
Course meetings
Monday, 11 April 2022 | Wednesday, 13 April 2022
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Assignment - Add to an article
Week 14
Course meetings
Monday, 18 April 2022 | Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Assignment - Exercise
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.
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts. As you do, it may be useful to keep this rubric in mind:
105Wiki grading rubric:
30% — The clarity of your plan for adding to Wikipedia (it's appropriateness for the Wikipedia articles and its relationship to your research this semester), detailed on the area/sector Google doc
30% — The quantity and quality/relevance of the scholarly sources you cite on Wikipedia, and how substantially you use them in your drafting
40% — Final drafting (this will be evaluated for quality not quantity -- albeit with the loose guideline of 500 words or 10-12 sentences each for area and sector); for including both facts and concepts/arguments, for how well it fits with the existing Wikipedia article text, and for its overall contribution to the Wikipedia article); your final drafting should include some area text and some sector text (though not necessarily exactly 50-50).
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
Week 16
Course meetings
Monday, 2 May 2022 | Wednesday, 4 May 2022
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.
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
Assignment - Continue improving your drafting in your sandbox or sandboxes
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 - 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."
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! Here's the rubric again:
105Wiki grading rubric:
30% — The clarity of your plan for adding to Wikipedia (it's appropriateness for the Wikipedia articles and its relationship to your research this semester), detailed on the area/sector Google doc
30% — The quantity and quality/relevance of the scholarly sources you cite on Wikipedia, and how substantially you use them in your drafting
40% — Final drafting (this will be evaluated for quality not quantity -- albeit with the loose guideline of 500 words or 10-12 sentences each for area and sector); for including both facts and concepts/arguments, for how well it fits with the existing Wikipedia article text, and for its overall contribution to the Wikipedia article); your final drafting should include some area text and some sector text (though not necessarily exactly 50-50).
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.
