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Course name
WRIT 015-32- Banned and Challenged Books
Institution
Georgetown University
Instructor
Lisbeth Fuisz
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Books
Course dates
2020-08-26 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-12-18 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
15


This class examines censorship in U.S. public schools and libraries. Hundreds of challenges are made yearly to texts for containing sexually explicit material, violence, homosexuality, anti-family sentiment, offensive language and Satanic themes, amongst others. This class will explore what is at stake in these arguments over appropriate reading materials. Students will share their growing knowledge about book censorship with a wider audience through their contributions to Wikipedia.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Abair26 Walden
Max Langenbacher Book censorship in China
Cmswim18 Terry Mosher
Jhyde127 The Intelligent Investor
Marcoperez2024 Dominican Liberation Party
Nava0914 Festival of the Dead
Nicolelamp Judy Blume
Jbo33 Homosexuality in modern sports
SebastianG1002 The Plot Against America
Luke.perrino Sound City (film)
Aidepikiw3000 Puberty blocker
Car1000 Chief sustainability officer
Lal579 Fallen Angels (Myers novel)
Jmurrell123 Thirteen Reasons Why
Algburt Denis Mukwege

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 26 August 2020

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 31 August 2020   |   Wednesday, 2 September 2020

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 7 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 9 September 2020
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:

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. 

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 14 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 16 September 2020
Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 21 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 23 September 2020
In class - Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 28 September 2020   |   Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Assignment - Evaluate a Wikipedia article (Exercise)

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 5 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 7 October 2020

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 12 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 14 October 2020

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 19 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 21 October 2020

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 26 October 2020   |   Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Assignment - Edit to a Wikipedia article

Complete one activity in Wikipedia. This is worth 10 points towards your Wikipedia Project, Phase One grade. Pick one Wikipedia article to which to make a live edit.  Be sure that you are signed into your Wikipedia account. Pick a small issue to fix (italicize a title, put a period inside a quotation mark, fix a proofreading error, etc.). Or add a “citation needed” tag to a sentence that is not sourced. Directions for adding a citation needed tag are here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed (Links to an external site.).

To receive full credit, you must include an “edit summary” that explains what you did. What was your exigence for making this edit?

 

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 2 November 2020   |   Wednesday, 4 November 2020
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

 

Please complete this assignment by 11:59pm on Sunday, Nov. 1. That gives me time Monday morning to review the articles you are considering for Phase Two of the Wikipedia Project before we meet for our one-on-one conference. When we meet Monday morning, we will decide together which of the articles you will select to work on for the rest of the semester.

The training is worth 10 points and the exercise is worth 30 points towards the Wikipedia Project, Phase One.

In the "Choose your article" exercise, be sure that on page 3, you click on the the link to "Article Selection." Clicking that link opens a template with 5 options. Be sure that you click "publish changes" to save this page. Come up with five options of articles you would be willing to work on for Wikipedia Project, Phase Two. These should be articles rated stub or start class that have content gaps and other problems, offering you avenues to improve the article. In consultation with me on Monday, you will select one article to work on for the rest of the semester.

To find potential sources for the articles, please search in a database we have access to through GU, ProQuest Central: ProQuest Central. You must be logged in to GU to search this database.


Assignment - Add to an article

The training is worth 10 points and the exercise is worth 15 points towards the Wikipedia Project, Phase One. To get full credit for the exercise, you must add one-two sentences of new content, citations for the new content, and an edit summary that explains why you made the changes. 

 

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 9 November 2020   |   Wednesday, 11 November 2020
Assignment - Exercise
In class - Discussion
In class - Discussion
In class - Discussion

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 16 November 2020   |   Wednesday, 18 November 2020
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

This training is worth 10 points towards the Wikipedia Project, Phase One.

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 30 November 2020   |   Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

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.


Assignment - Continue improving your article

The training and exercise are worth 10 points each towards Wikipedia Project, Phase One.

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.

Week 15

Course meetings
Monday, 7 December 2020   |   Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia's mainspace

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 - 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!


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

Please see directions in Canvas.

Milestones

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