Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Bryn Mawr College/Urban Renewal and Neighborhood Change (Spring 2022)
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- Course name
- Urban Renewal and Neighborhood Change
- Institution
- Bryn Mawr College
- Instructor
- Jennifer Hurley
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Course dates
- 2022-01-18 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-05-14 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 9
This course explores physical, social, economic, and political aspects of neighborhood change, with a particular emphasis on the 1950-1970 urban renewal and interstate highway programs in the US. These large-scale government-led efforts will be compared with more incremental neighborhood change from neighborhood-based community development efforts, gentrification, market actors, and grassroots advocacy. The major assignment for this course is to substantially revise an existing Wikipedia article or draft a new Wikipedia article for a topic related to urban renewal. The topic must be one that is underdeveloped on Wikipedia but that also has significant coverage in reliable, scholarly sources.
| Student | Assigned | Reviewing |
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| Ksoutherla | West Ninth Street | |
| ColdPotato | ||
| Eehenderson | Nashville's Capitol Hill Urban Renewal Project | |
| Lgoltz |
Timeline
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 15 February 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.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia - about 45 min
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 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 22 February 2022
- Assignment - Finalize your topic and find sources
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 15 March 2022
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions - about 20 min
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
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 29 March 2022
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 April 2022
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 19 April 2022
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 26 April 2022
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
- 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 - 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.