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Course name
POL SOC 3062
Institution
Baruch College-CUNY
Instructor
Kyra Gaunt, Ph.D.
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Political Sociology
Course dates
2017-01-31 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-05-18 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
32


A cross disciplinary course focusing on the substantive concerns of political science and employing theoretical perspectives developed in sociology, including the analysis of political movements, political structures, political behavior, and contemporary issues. This course is equivalent to POL 3062. Students will receive credit for either SOC 3062 or POL 3062. These courses may not substitute for each other in the F grade replacement policy.

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Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 31 January 2017   |   Thursday, 2 February 2017

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 February 2017   |   Thursday, 9 February 2017

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 February 2017   |   Thursday, 16 February 2017

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 February 2017   |   Thursday, 23 February 2017

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 February 2017   |   Thursday, 2 March 2017

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 March 2017   |   Thursday, 9 March 2017

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 March 2017   |   Thursday, 16 March 2017
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia project

Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 March 2017   |   Thursday, 23 March 2017
Assignment - Practicing the basics
  • Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
  •  It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade. 
  •  When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page. 


Assignment - Copyedit an article

Choose an article. Read through it, thinking about ways to improve the language, such as fixing grammatical mistakes. Then, make the appropriate changes. You don’t need to contribute new information to the article.

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 March 2017   |   Thursday, 30 March 2017
Assignment - Add to an article

Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article. There are two ways you can do this:

  • Add 1-2 sentences to a course-related article, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
  • The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement.

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 April 2017   |   Thursday, 6 April 2017
Assignment - Critique an article

It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.

  • Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
  • Choose an article, and consider some questions (but don't feel limited to these):
    • Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
    • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
    • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
    • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
  • Choose at least 2 questions relevant to the article you're evaluating. Leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — ~~~~.

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 April 2017   |   Thursday, 27 April 2017

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 2 May 2017   |   Thursday, 4 May 2017

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 9 May 2017   |   Thursday, 11 May 2017