User:OberMegaTrans/SS2020

Summer Semester 2020 - Corona Edition[edit]

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Fam is for Family

The "Two Rules" of wiki software:

Date	Number	Name(s)	Comments
16 July 2020	1	FluffyFidgetTranslates	"The Brave" because "the first".
Week 10	2	Ruby_dream	Silver Medal (for Bravery)
"	3	User:Imperator Romanus Magnus
"	4	BoratTheUnbeatable
"	5	Lady_Translation
"	6	heyiamthemoon
"	7	02lol50	working together with 8
"	8	NJnymous	working together with 7
23 July 2020	1	Cleo1942	If no. 8 finishes before the hour is up, no. 1 will be ready to present.
Week 11	2	Yungpanci
"	3	Notthebeemovie
"	4	LeBrainzSpirit	Working with LeBrainzBrain
"	5	LeBrainzBrain	Working with LeBrainzSpirit
"	6	Robcsi22
"	7	Solanaceous20
"	8	LiLuTrans

a) problems with our first translation

pay attention if your article is already translated! If yes, try to find something that is missing from the English article
link the articles to specific German words, that you can´t translate, e.g. "Bächle"
if you feel like you could improve the German original article, do it!
feel free to do more than the minimum task requirements to improve your translated article (e.g. a few more sentences for details)
organize your group: who does what by when? e.g. who proof-reads who´s work, who translates which part of the article... this will be important for the next bigger task
put your group translation together on one userpage and proof-read again. Does everything still make sense? Is it coherent?
is the Anglo-American world interested in certain details of your chosen German article? Ask yourself when you translate, decide if some parts are irrelevant and leave them out
Look up technical terms etc., it´s an important part of translating
you can create drafts for non-existing articles, creating new pages is a bit hard but you can try

b)next translation

200 words each, groups of three
Upload onto Wikipedia proper until 16th June, you might receive messages concerning your article. If you do respond, please be polite.
Adding links to your article adds value to it.
Creating a new article might be a bit dificult.You could use the link function. As in "this page doesn't exist" and then go on to create page. Check Mr. Woodfin's page for a template
WikimediaCommons is a good source to add pictures to your articles and not violate copyright agreements: [1] or add your own pictures.
Keep your work logs up to date, as well as recommendations for translations
General rule for us to translate articles: exact meaning but not exact wording

put your translation into Wikipedia proper, don´t be upset if something gets deleted. We can talk about such things in the next session. Be polite, even if comments on your article are not!
create a page if you translated something completely new
translate 200 words each in your group
Upload your work onto Wikipedia proper until 16th June. Don't forget to proofread your article a second time. Once you put everything together some parts might need adjustment.

a) Concerning Wikipedia - Challenges taking the first steps and new enlightenments

b) History of Page COVID-19 pandemic

Sheer amount of people contributing to this article, and reading it again and again and again
Specializing in Wikipedia: Writing, Taking down vandalism, Translation, Adding pictures, Checking references....
Who's powerful on Wikipedia, could this power be put to ill-use?
Danger for new users: Stuff you're writing gets deleted, just for being a new user!

c) About Music

English: focus on joy ; German: focus on classification - different languages focus on different things
some languages kept the articles very short
historical and cultural backgrounds of the languages are reflected in the articles

d) Other articles

other articles showed that the cultural background of the language is reflected
Are all Wikipedia articles subjective? Can they be objective? What is objective?
Example: article on LGBTQ+ -> in Russian it is very short and has terminology criticism; other languages included more information and even pictures
Wikipedia articles should be neutral!?
Wikipedia articles will ideally represent a NPOV

Create your own Userpage
Link your Userpage to our project page (i.e. this page)
Explore Wikipedia on your own, esp. "behind the scenes" and our Userpages (esp. past semesters) (keyword: Explore)
Find 3 articles that have text that seem worth translating and link to these on your Userpage (keyword: Suggestions)
Take a look at COVID-19 pandemic, especially the history of this article (keyword: History)
Take a look at the articles on music in as many languages as you can. Note any similarities/differences. (keyword: Cultural difference)
Do the same as above with a topic of your own choosing (but try to find something "universal" - keyword: Cultural difference)
Keep an eye on ilias for updates, etc. (keyword: Communication)
Keep track of how long it takes you to do what on your Userpage. Here are some examples - User:Rafaelfredyk01 and User:AnnaWas1 - that are pretty good of what this might look like - and I'd call it a Work Log (not Study Plan) and it doesn't necessarily have to Problems - I'd prefer Challenges or Comments (or both: Challenges & Comments). If tables seem too complicated, try something different - this method, for instance.