Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Hobart and William Smith/PHIL 390 Contemporary Philosophy (Spring 2023)

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Course name
PHIL 390 Contemporary Philosophy
Institution
Hobart and William Smith
Instructor
Gregory Frost-Arnold
Wikipedia Expert
Brianda (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Course dates
2023-01-24 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-05-12 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
16


This course is about academic philosophy in the Twentieth Century. I wanted to have a project where students (try to) improve the Wikipedia pages for the figures and texts we study in the course.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Mnusom Non-cognitivism The Foundations of Arithmetic
Erinkluge Alice Ambrose Rose Rand
ES8592 Principia Ethica Alice Ambrose
Trossi01 Analytic philosophy Principia Ethica
Nkanfer G. E. Moore Expressivism
Melodyalvarado Principia Ethica Open-question argument
Igetthaloot Open-question argument G. E. Moore
PJanes16 Non-cognitivism, The Foundations of Arithmetic, Logical positivism Frege's puzzles
SimplyErinM19 Frege's puzzles Principia Ethica
Rrobertrowan The Foundations of Arithmetic, G. E. Moore, Frege's puzzles, Naturalistic fallacy, Open-question argument, Principia Ethica Analytic philosophy
Mrkilmer Expressivism Alice Ambrose
CB8783 Rose Rand Non-cognitivism
Mratner20 Alice Ambrose Rose Rand
Avadauer123 G. E. Moore, Principia Ethica Naturalistic fallacy

Timeline

Week 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
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 5

Course meetings
Monday, 20 February 2023   |   Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 27 February 2023   |   Wednesday, 1 March 2023
In class - Discussion

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 6 March 2023   |   Wednesday, 8 March 2023
Assignment - Make a small edit

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 13 March 2023   |   Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 27 March 2023   |   Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Assignment - Finalize your topic and find sources

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 3 April 2023   |   Wednesday, 5 April 2023
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 10 April 2023   |   Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion
Milestones

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

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 17 April 2023   |   Wednesday, 19 April 2023
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 13

Course meetings
Monday, 24 April 2023   |   Wednesday, 26 April 2023
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

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 1 May 2023   |   Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Assignment - Finish 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.

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!