Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Stanford Law School/Advanced Legal Research (Spring 2021)

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Course name
Advanced Legal Research
Institution
Stanford Law School
Instructor
Beth Williams
Subject
Legal research
Course dates
2021-03-29 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-06-05 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
18


The ALR Wikipedia article assignment is intended to provide students with an opportunity to edit or create an article on a legal topic. Students will provide substantive research and analysis, written for a general audience. The goal is to provide a meaningful public service while exploring information assessment, reliability and accessibility of the law and legal literature.

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 31 March 2021   |   Friday, 2 April 2021
Milestones

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.

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 7 April 2021   |   Friday, 9 April 2021
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 14 April 2021   |   Friday, 16 April 2021
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

History

Political Science

Week 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 21 April 2021   |   Friday, 23 April 2021
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

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Assignment - OPTIONAL
Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Assignment - OPTIONAL
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 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 5 May 2021   |   Friday, 7 May 2021
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

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 12 May 2021   |   Friday, 14 May 2021
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 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 19 May 2021   |   Friday, 21 May 2021
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!
In class - In-class presentation - Friday, March 8

Guiding questions

Week 9

Course meetings
Wednesday, 26 May 2021   |   Friday, 28 May 2021
Milestones

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

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