Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/UC Berkeley/Global Poverty and Practice (Fall 2021)

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Course name
Global Poverty and Practice
Institution
UC Berkeley
Instructor
Clare Talwalker
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Course dates
2021-08-25 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-12-25 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


This is an assignment for a core course of the Global Poverty and Practice (GPP) Minor at UC Berkeley -- the course during which students prepare for their "practice experience" (PE). Each student will contribute to at least two Wikipedia articles – one focused on an aspect of the history/sociology of their PE site (eg. a country such as the U.S., Chile, Kenya, Malaysia ... or a city or region such as Lima, Peru or the San Francisco Bay Area); and the second focused on an aspect of key debates/approaches present in their PE sector (eg. water sanitation, community health, microfinance, worker-cooperatives, collective action, food justice, affordable housing).

Students enrolled in this course have been bringing material on global poverty and inequality to Wikipedia for eight consecutive semesters (since Fall 2017) -- this will be the ninth.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Michelleho1100
Grace.jana07 Tribal sovereignty in the United States, Environmental racism in the United States Education of immigrants in the United States, Educational inequality in the United States, Newcomer education
Kangaboo Outreach, Homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area Newcomer education, Education of immigrants in the United States, Educational inequality in the United States, Refugee Children
Jennanand Refugee Children, Newcomer education Asylum in the United States, Migrant education
Nicole Lizbeth Governance, Public participation, Affordable housing by country Outreach, Homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area, Newcomer education, Refugee Children
SjolieW1 IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, Financial inclusion Urban agriculture in West Oakland, Homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area, Outreach
Reethespiethes Asylum in the United States Governance, Public participation, Refugee law, Right to asylum
Cameronkalantar Migrant education, Newcomer education Environmental racism in the United States, Tribal sovereignty in the United States, Community service, Service-learning
Ericklemusss Education of immigrants in the United States, Educational inequality in the United States Environmental racism in the United States, Tribal sovereignty in the United States, Governance, Public participation
KautharIbrahim Service-learning, Community service Asylum in the United States, Migrant education, Newcomer education
Kalinatodorov Urban agriculture in West Oakland, Urban agriculture, Gill Tract IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program
Imanqadir Refugee law, Right to asylum Financial inclusion, IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, Urban agriculture in West Oakland
Yasminemahm. Refugee children, Newcomer education Community service, Service-learning, Refugee law, Right to asylum

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
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 2

Course meetings
Monday, 30 August 2021   |   Wednesday, 1 September 2021

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 6 September 2021   |   Wednesday, 8 September 2021

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 13 September 2021   |   Wednesday, 15 September 2021

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 20 September 2021   |   Wednesday, 22 September 2021

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 27 September 2021   |   Wednesday, 29 September 2021

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 4 October 2021   |   Wednesday, 6 October 2021

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 11 October 2021   |   Wednesday, 13 October 2021

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 18 October 2021   |   Wednesday, 20 October 2021

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 25 October 2021   |   Wednesday, 27 October 2021

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 1 November 2021   |   Wednesday, 3 November 2021

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 8 November 2021   |   Wednesday, 10 November 2021
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 15 November 2021   |   Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 22 November 2021   |   Wednesday, 24 November 2021
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. Keep in the mind this grading rubric:

 

105Wiki grading rubric:

  • 30% — The clarity of your plan for adding to Wikipedia (it's appropriateness for the Wikipedia articles and its relationship to your research this semester), detailed on the area/sector Google doc
  • 30% — The quantity and quality/relevance of the scholarly sources you cite on Wikipedia, and how substantially you use them in your drafting
  • 40% — Final drafting (this will be evaluated for quality not quantity -- albeit with the loose guideline of 500 words or 10-12 sentences each for area and sector); for including both facts and concepts/arguments, for how well it fits with the existing Wikipedia article text, and for its overall contribution to the Wikipedia article); your final drafting should include some area text and some sector text (though not necessarily exactly 50-50).

Week 15

Course meetings
Monday, 29 November 2021   |   Wednesday, 1 December 2021
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

Week 16

Course meetings
Monday, 6 December 2021   |   Wednesday, 8 December 2021
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

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.

Keep in the mind this grading rubric:

 

105Wiki grading rubric:

  • 30% — The clarity of your plan for adding to Wikipedia (it's appropriateness for the Wikipedia articles and its relationship to your research this semester), detailed on the area/sector Google doc
  • 30% — The quantity and quality/relevance of the scholarly sources you cite on Wikipedia, and how substantially you use them in your drafting
  • 40% — Final drafting (this will be evaluated for quality not quantity -- albeit with the loose guideline of 500 words or 10-12 sentences each for area and sector); for including both facts and concepts/arguments, for how well it fits with the existing Wikipedia article text, and for its overall contribution to the Wikipedia article); your final drafting should include some area text and some sector text (though not necessarily exactly 50-50).

Week 17

Course meetings
Monday, 13 December 2021   |   Wednesday, 15 December 2021
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!

Keep in the mind this grading rubric:

 

105Wiki grading rubric:

  • 30% — The clarity of your plan for adding to Wikipedia (it's appropriateness for the Wikipedia articles and its relationship to your research this semester), detailed on the area/sector Google doc
  • 30% — The quantity and quality/relevance of the scholarly sources you cite on Wikipedia, and how substantially you use them in your drafting
  • 40% — Final drafting (this will be evaluated for quality not quantity -- albeit with the loose guideline of 500 words or 10-12 sentences each for area and sector); for including both facts and concepts/arguments, for how well it fits with the existing Wikipedia article text, and for its overall contribution to the Wikipedia article); your final drafting should include some area text and some sector text (though not necessarily exactly 50-50).
Milestones

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

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