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This course introduces students to key topics in Ethnic Politics. Students have a "term project" to individually improve wikipedia regarding ethnic politics topics in a country of interest (outside the USA) .
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account. (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.)
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.
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What types of pages exist regarding ethnic politics in a few countries you are interested in? One way to think about this is to examine what pages exists for on ethnic politics in prominent countries in the Global North, where pages are more developed and compare to your country/countries of interest. It might be helpful to have a few ideas in mind for the library session, so you can follow along the librarian with some of those topics to see if resources exist.
For each idea, list at least 4 scholarly resources that you could use to create your page; also list why it is important to do the topic for the country, and why it is a good topic based on building on your personal interests
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
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
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
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
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.
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
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!
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:
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!
It's the final week to develop your article.
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.