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Course name
African Sexualities and Cultures
Institution
Georgetown University
Instructor
April Sizemore-Barber
Wikipedia Expert
Elysia (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Women's and Gender Studies
Course dates
2019-08-28 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-20 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
10


The course will be covering contemporary issues in the field of Queer African Studies and researching theorists, artists, and activists whose work contributes to this field. As a secondary goal, I want students to become attentive to the geopolitics of knowledge production by noticing which topics and theorists get the most attention on wikipedia and which do not even get a stub.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Candisferrell The Nest Collective
Queerafricanstudies19 Zine Magubane
Ivdmeulen Mamela Nyamza
Dv380 Neo S. Musangi
Fatmaelh Zethu Matebeni
TrevorSKBrown Umlilo
Alisa0128 Inkanyiso
Kakazi
Angel90710 Nkunzi Nkabinde
Joan Kacyira Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí

Timeline

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 25 September 2019
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:


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 6

Course meetings
Monday, 30 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 7 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 9 October 2019
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Cultural Anthropology

Films

LGBT+ Studies

Sociology

Women's Studies

Week 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
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 9

Course meetings
Monday, 21 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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


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.

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 28 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 30 October 2019
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 - 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 11

Course meetings
Monday, 4 November 2019
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!


Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Milestones

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