Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Kalamazoo College/Manga, Anime, and Gender in Modern Japan (Fall 2017)

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Course name
Manga, Anime, and Gender in Modern Japan
Institution
Kalamazoo College
Instructor
Noriko Sugimori
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Manga, Anime, and Gender
Course dates
2017-09-11 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-11-17 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


Student Assigned Reviewing
K15gg02 The Promised Neverland
Xiiiu
Wangbbella
Andy3067
FShojiramos Steins;Gate (anime)
K15ny01 Xam'd: Lost Memories
K17nn02

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 11 September 2017   |   Wednesday, 13 September 2017   |   Friday, 15 September 2017
In class - Wikipedia essentials
  • Overview of the course
  • Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
  • Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.



Handout: Editing Wikipedia

Assignment - Learn the basics

  

  • Begin the training modules assigned for your course. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
Assignment - Critique an article

  

  • Review pages 4-7 of the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure. This will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.  
  • Evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.  
  • A few questions to consider (don't feel limited to these):  
    • 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    • Is any information out of date?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?





Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 18 September 2017   |   Wednesday, 20 September 2017   |   Friday, 22 September 2017
Assignment - Add to an article

  

  • Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.
Assignment - Copyedit an article

  

  • Choose one article, identify ways in which you can improve and correct its language and grammar, and make the appropriate changes. (You do not need to alter the article's content.)