Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Southern Illinois University Edwardsville/ANTH 420 Museum Anthropology (Spring 2023)

From the syllabus: "This course situates anthropology museums among the various types of museums, examines the roles of museums in the history of anthropology, and explores contemporary issues in museum anthropology in three fields of anthropology (archaeology, biological and cultural). The course will emphasize international issues and relations between museum anthropologists and Native Americans, while providing hands-on skills development in research and writing for Wikipedia."

Wikipedia assignments will include four components: 1. completion of the training exercises; 2. finding a suitable topic; 3. an annotated bibliography of sources; 4. editing or creating new articles that deal with museum anthropology; and 5. peer review. Suitable topics will include: repatriation (internationally and in the USA), significant museum anthropology exhibits, biographies of people important to the history of museum anthropology, types of non-Western art/artifacts, institutional histories of anthropology museums, and other relevant topics that emerge from student interest.

Student	Assigned	Reviewing
Rlev97
Adonels	Exhibit design
Lfz319	Repatriation and reburial of human remains
FruitXipe	Aleš Hrdlička
Abbymar1416	Coffin of Nedjemankh, Dendera Temple complex
ArinLeighB	Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Harrowinglife	National Museum of the American Indian
Gryphonheart13	Field Museum of Natural History
NevaehSenob	Yoruba art
SIUMA 23
DinoTron02	Jade burial suit

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings

Tuesday, 17 January 2023

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

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:

Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
Evaluating Wikipedia

Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia - T1 and T2

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.)

Week 3

Course meetings

Tuesday, 24 January 2023

Assignment - WA1: Evaluate Wikipedia - T3 and T4; Exercise 3

At the start of this week, everyone should have already: 1) created an account and joined the course; 2) read the introductory brochures assigned for Week 2; and 3) completed Wikipedia Trainings 1 and 2.

This week you are assigned Trainings 3 and 4, both due at midnight on Friday Jan. 27th in Wikipedia.
You also have Exercise 3, which is due at midnight on Friday Jan. 27th in Wikipedia.

These Wikipedia activities all prepare you to complete Wikipedia Assignment 1: Evaluation a Wikipedia Article, which is due at midnight on Friday Feb. 3rd. For this assignment, you will first choose an article to evaluate, complete the Word doc template supplied, run spell and grammar check on it, then copy it into the Wikipedia form and also upload it to Blackboard.

Select an article from the Available Articles list or from the C-Class articles about museums: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:C-Class_Museums_articles. Choose one that fits within the parameters of the topic choices for the course.

Here is a link to the Evaluate an Article assignment that I did for the Penn Museum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Coryannyyz/Evaluate_an_Article?veaction=edit&preload=Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org_evaluate_article

Week 4

Course meetings

Tuesday, 31 January 2023

Assignment - T5 Finding your article

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Complete this training before attempting E4 Find Potential Articles.

Assignment - E5 Find Potential Articles

This week we turn our attention to narrowing down our topics and finding some articles that might work for our chosen topic.

1. Step One: Complete the T5: Finding your article training (see above) Due Saturday Feb. 4th, midnight

2. Step Two: Begin Exercise 5 by choosing among one or two of the topic areas: Due Saturday Feb. 4th, midnight

A. repatriation (internationally and in the USA); could be concepts or case studies, the latter might require beginning a new article.
B. significant museum anthropology exhibits (probably must begin new articles for this one)
C. biographies of people important to the history of museum anthropology (extra precautions needed if you select a living person)
D. types of non-Western art/artifacts (this is virtually limitless, but should be discussed with the instructor before beginning serious searches)
E. institutional histories of anthropology museums
F. Topic of your choice to be negotiated with the instructor

3. Step Three: Using the template provided on your Article Selection page (find link in the E, find five articles that fit within your topic area(s) (even if you're doing a topic choice for which there is no article yet, find articles with similar themes). Aim for articles with Stub or Start ratings, although C-Class can be acceptable in some cases.

4. Step Four: Under the Evaluate section for each article, explain why you chose the article and how it relates to museum anthropology. Provide brief evaluations of each of your five articles, referring to the questions in the Evaluate Wikipedia assignment. Aim to highlight the areas where the article may need improvement.

5. Step Five: Using the Lovejoy Library catalogue, journal databases, and newspaper databases, search for at least three reliable sources for each of your five articles. Copy the bibliographic information for each article into the form on Wikipedia.

6. Step Six: Publish your completed list.

Here is a link to the Finding articles assignment that I did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Coryannyyz/Choose_an_Article?veaction=edit&preload=Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org_choose_article

Week 5

Course meetings

Tuesday, 7 February 2023

Milestones

Everyone must have an article approved by the instructor. Using the Blackboard Assignment tool, type the title and copy the link to your article in the open text box of this assignment tool.

I will provide feedback, which may be yes, no or maybe to the proposed article for your Wikipedia project.

Week 6

Course meetings

Tuesday, 14 February 2023

In class - E8 Discussion

Assignment - E9 Make a small edit

Exercise 9: You will have already had your article approved when you began E7. If you have chosen to improve an existing article, you can make the small edit to your chosen article. Follow the instructions in the E9 Make a small edit module for copying a portion of text into your sandbox for editing.

To complete your E9, post a summary of the small edit you made to your Talk page. The edit and the summary are due Friday Feb. 17th, midnight.

Here is a link to a section in the AMNH article that I edited in my sandbox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Coryannyyz/sandbox. I added three references with new content to the Hall of Pacific Peoples section. I also added several links to other Wikipedia articles and copyedited existing text to blend into the new additions. I also added two images that I took of this gallery in the AMNH when I was there in 2019. I have also posted a notice in the article's Talk page asking for feedback before moving it into the main article.

These edits are much more than you need to do on your first go round for E9! I particularly do not recommend uploading images before taking the training for that task in Week 10! However, you should "be bold" and make all text changes you can with your sources while you have them in hand (or in mind). The more you do now, the less you'll need to do in the next phase!

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Art History

Biographies

Cultural Anthropology

History

LGBT+ Studies

Science Communication

Women's Studies

Week 7

Course meetings

Tuesday, 21 February 2023

Survey

Thank you all for completing the survey! Now onward to editing!

Assignment - WA2 Project Proposal: T6, E6 (completed in class) and E7

In this assignment you will build upon your previous work in the E5 Find Potential Articles exercise and E6 Library worksheet, while following the E7 Building your bibliography module and completing the WA2 Word document template. The grade for E7 will be based on the bibliography and citations on your Wikipedia bibliography page (1%). WA2 will be graded based on your Word document submission on Blackboard (10%). WA2 is DUE Friday February 28th, midnight (10%).

WA2 Components:

WA2 consists of WT6 Adding citations, E7 Building your bibliography and a Word document template in Blackboard. You must have your article approved by the instructor before completing this assignment.

In this assignment you will build upon your previous work in the E5 Find Potential Articles exercise and E6 Library worksheet, while following the E7 Building your bibliography module and completing the WA2 Word document template. The grade for E7 will be based on the bibliography and citations on your Wikipedia bibliography page (1%). WA2 will be graded based on your Word document submission on Blackboard (10%).

Some of the sources you find will not be suitable. Do NOT settle with the first sources you happen to find. Some sources may take some time to arrive through interlibrary loan. Begin the search for sources immediately after library instruction!

Procedure:

1. Step One: Download the WA2 Word template from Blackboard and fill in Section A with web links to your article and your sandbox pages.

2. Step Two: For Section B of the WA2 template, write several paragraphs that describe:

i. what you plan to contribute to the improvement of your article.

ii. a justification for each proposed contribution based on your preliminary evaluation of the article.

iii. an evaluation of the quality and relevance of the sources you found.

iv. the challenges you anticipate in contributing to or creating your chosen article.

v. (Grad students only) the issue of ownership or representation that this article will enable you to address in your final essay (WA7a and b).

3. Step Three: Section C of the WA2 template will be completed in the Wikipedia Bibliography assignment sandbox. Type or copy relevant sources for your approved article into your sandbox. You may find these sources on your E6 Library worksheet and/or in your Potential Articles Template. Find new sources to make up a total of 6 highly relevant sources. Make sure each source is properly cited according to the fields, punctuation and order used in Chicago author/date style.

4. Step Four: In square brackets after the citation, note what kind of source it is (i.e. book, chapter in edited volume, journal article, newspaper article, etc.).

5. Step Five: Write annotations for each one that encapsulate what they will contribute to your article. This should include:

i. which section or sections you will use them in, and why this section needs improvement.
ii. which facts they will help you convey, with page number references to the place in the source where the information is found.
iii. and (in some cases) which perspectives they will provide. This will be the case when there are differing opinions or the subject is controversial and can be seen from different sides.

CAUTION: You must READ all of these materials before writing your annotations.

6. Step Six: Create citations for each bibliographic entry using the cite wizard tool. Make sure each source is properly cited according to the fields needed for that type of source. Wikipedia provides templates for sources, but sometimes these need to be edited - for example, for a book chapter, you would select the "book" template, then click on the buttons to add editors and the chapter title.

7. Step Seven: Upload your completed WA2 template to BB.

Here is a link to the WA2 Annotated Bibliography I am working on for the Penn Museum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Coryannyyz/University_of_Pennsylvania_Museum_of_Archaeology_and_Anthropology/Bibliography?veaction=edit&preload=Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org_bibliography. Note that I have included sources that are NOT included in the required count of 6 peer reviewed articles. When I began my edits, as noted in the editorial plan at the top of this page, I found that I needed to find additional sources to complete just one section. Be careful when compiling your sources that they will help you complete a coherent editorial plan! Or, be prepared to seek and find additional sources for your plan!

Evaluation Criteria:

1) Presentation - follow exactly the format outlined in the instructions.

2) Technical – grammar; proper use of author/date citation and bibliography style.

3) Thoroughness - extent to which you have found appropriate sources and have articulated their application to a well-formulated Wikipedia contribution plan.

4) Feasibility and appropriateness - the extent to which your project has potential to yield satisfactory results, including practical and academic considerations.

5) Insight, creativity - quality, complexity and depth of topic and questions.

Assignment - Start drafting; T7 Plagiarism; T8 Drafting in the sandbox

There is no separate assignment for this draft of your article. However, by Friday Feb. 28th (Week 7), you should have turned in WA2 and begun writing your draft article edits.

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

Week 8

Course meetings

Tuesday, 28 February 2023

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article edits or drafts.

Here is a link to my first edits on the Penn Museum article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Coryannyyz/University_of_Pennsylvania_Museum_of_Archaeology_and_Anthropology?preload=Template%3ADashboard.wikiedu.org_draft_template. I've made changes to the header for the Collections section and rewritten the Asia section. I've also started changing the organization to include all the collection areas under the proper headings.

Week 9

Course meetings

Tuesday, 14 March 2023

Week 10

Course meetings

Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Assignment - WA3 - Draft Article Edits (5%)

The goal of WA3 is to have two to three paragraphs of editorial and new writing done on your chosen article, using at least 3 of your peer reviewed sources. Additionally, you must explain what you’ve done on the article on the talk page of the article.

Procedure:

1. Open the page for your article in a tab on your browser; click into edit mode.

2. Follow the link on your Wiki dashboard to the “Sandbox Draft” for your article; click into edit mode.

3. On the article page copy the section or sections that you want to start working on. Paste them into the Sandbox Draft page. There are more detailed instructions for this process in an information box at the top of this page. In that box, you can also find a link to your Sandbox Bibliography page where you completed WA2. You must NOT be in edit mode if you want to use the links in this box. Go back to the article page and publish changes. In the pop up box explaining changes, say “copied section” and click “This is a minor edit.”

4. Now you’re ready to work on your editing/writing. Working originally in the Wiki sandbox is recommended for this assignment.

A. Editorial actions to consider (not all of which may apply to the particular section you’re working on):

i. Fix any obvious errors of grammar, spelling and citations.

ii. Fix issues with tone, addressing words, phrases, sentences or even entire paragraphs, that are not written in a neutral tone supported by reliable citations.

iii. Add internal links where appropriate; remove dead or missing links.

iv. Fix incorrect use of heading font; and/or rearrange sections to fit a more logical order, making sure the heading font is correct for the level of the section.

B. New writing (including sentences inserted into existing sections and new paragraphs or sections):

i. Make sure your headings are in the right font style.

ii. Make sure your citations are complete and correct.

iii. Make sure your tone is neutral and covers all perspectives objectively.

iv. Make sure your coverage balanced. That is, don’t add three paragraphs on one obscure detail of the topic, while ignoring others. (Of course, if you also plan to add additional sections that will balance the particular one you work on for this draft, you should mention this in the explanation of changes on the article’s talk page.)

5. Go back to the article’s page, which should still be open in your browser tab, and click into the talk page. Complete the following:

i. Write an explanation for what you’ve changed.

ii. Provide links to your article and bibliography sandboxes.

iii. Invite feedback from Wiki editors at large.

iv. Sign your name by typing four tilde symbols (“Brianda (Wiki Ed) (talk) 23:23, 15 May 2023 (UTC)” – found as upper case in the far upper left of your keyboard). This will automatically show your user name and create a link to your user page.[reply]

6. Copy all of your work (i.e. edited sections and talk page discussion) into a Word document and upload it to the Blackboard WA3 assignment tool.

Submission Details:

1. On Wiki: Selected sections on your Article Sandbox page consisting of two to three paragraphs of edited and/or newly written contributions, supported by at least three peer reviewed sources, and an unlimited number of other reliable sources.

2. On Wiki: Explanation on your article’s talk page.

3. In Blackboard: Word document copy of both components in Wiki above.

Evaluative Criteria:

1. Technical: Grammar, spelling and follows instructions accurately; correctly identifies and cites sources.

2. Accuracy: Extent to which the draft edit correctly expresses and cites the facts represented in the sources.

3. Relevance: Extent to which the draft edit applies Wikipedia concepts, principles, policies and protocols.

4. Tone and balance: Extent to which the draft edit is written in a neutral tone, while providing a balance of perspectives among sources.

5. Creativity and effort: Evidence of exertion to learn Wikipedia standards and apply them to your work; evidence of creative insight into the contribution needs of the article.

Resources:

Here is a link to the Talk Page of the article I am editing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:University_of_Pennsylvania_Museum_of_Archaeology_and_Anthropology. Note that I have not explained what I changed in the first edit because I wrote this before modifying the WA3 assignment.

Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 11

Course meetings

Tuesday, 28 March 2023

Week 12

Course meetings

Tuesday, 4 April 2023

Assignment - E11 Continue improving your article; T9 Contributing images

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. For E11 the specific task is to add links to other Wikipedia pages and links from other Wikipedia pages to your article. To complete the exercise, write a summary of your new links on your Talk page. Copy the talk page summary into a Word doc and upload to Blackboard.

For the next two weeks, you will work towards W4: Final Article. Continue working on the improvements that you had first recommended, as well as responding to the feedback you have received about your first draft.

You may need to do more research and find missing information. For WA4, you will add either 4 more sources (with accompanying information), or add 2 or more images (ensuring they meet copyright standards), or a combination of 2 new sources and 1 image.

Additional improvements might include rewriting the lead section to represent all major points; reorganizing the text to communicate the information better; or fixing issues with existing sources and citation.

Week 13

Course meetings

Tuesday, 11 April 2023

Assignment - T10 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

Tuesday, 18 April 2023

In class - WA6 Oral Presentation (Grad Students)

Your presentation is due in class on Tuesday April 18th.

Week 15

Course meetings

Tuesday, 25 April 2023

Assignment - WA5 Reflective Essay

Assignment - WA6 In-class presentations (undergrads)

Your presentation is due in class on Tuesday April 25th.

Assignment - WA4 Final article

It's the final week to develop your article. WA4: Final Article is due Friday April 28th, midnight.

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!

Your WA4: Final Article will consist of your contributions posted to the live Wikipedia article and a post to your Talk page that: 1) lists and summarizes the changes that you made to the article; and 2) describes any improvements that you think remain to be addressed in the article.

Assignment - WA5 A&B Original analytical paper - Grad students only!

Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic.

Milestones

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