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Course name
Honors World Religions
Institution
Riverside City College
Instructor
Kirsten Gerdes
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Religion and Humanities
Course dates
2022-08-22 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-12-09 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


This is an honors section of an introductory religion/humanities course that covers the major world religions. It includes readings from both primary and secondary sources, research, and writing, all geared toward student understand of diverse worldviews and cultures. This project is designed to help get them more in-depth about specific practices and beliefs from within one religious tradition.

Student Assigned Reviewing
FriendJen Buddhism and Eastern religions Cognitive science of religion
Adelaahh Charismatic Christianity Nondenominational Christianity
Jad Mada Hinduism in India Cognitive science of religion, Buddhist symbolism
Scarmack94 Buddhist symbolism
Sfgadsden Buddhist symbolism Polygamy in North America
Dilrajg2004 Hindu iconography Hinduism in India
Niese05 Cognitive science of religion Women in Islam, Christian feminism
44HB.SS44 Prayer for the dead Buddhism and Jainism
Minu1208 Christian feminism Hindu iconography
Isabellavrj Polygamy in North America Charismatic Christianity
SunnyWooKim Goddess Christian denomination
AggieGM Women in Islam Ancient Egyptian religion
AllisonManley Buddhism and Jainism Christian denomination
Devbehl Prayer for the dead
Therealalejandrodiaz Exotheology
Madelgdowski01 Nondenominational Christianity, Christian denomination Hinduism in India
AlexxisBreanna Exotheology Cognitive science of religion
Hotdogjon1233 Nondenominational Christianity
Bag0hchipz Ancient Egyptian religion Goddess

Timeline

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 6 September 2022   |   Thursday, 8 September 2022
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 4

Course meetings
Thursday, 15 September 2022
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Books

Cultural Anthropology

History

LGBT+ Studies

Women's Studies

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 20 September 2022   |   Thursday, 22 September 2022
Assignment - Preparing to Find an Article to Evaluate and Edit
Assignment - Choosing an Article & Beginning Research

Choose your topic / Find your sources

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 27 September 2022   |   Thursday, 29 September 2022
Assignment - Continue building bibliography & Start drafting in sandbox

You should have already completed the Sandboxes, talk pages, and watchlists training a few weeks ago, but you can refresh your memory about the purpose of these pages as you move into completing a draft of your article/section edit.

Be sure your bibliography has at least 2-3 sources that pertain to the section/article you are editing and that you are working to summarize these sources in your article drafts in your sandbox.

Assignment - Small edit
add a citation to an article

Note that your "small edit" doesn't need to be on your chosen article, though it can be if you choose. This is intended merely to have you practice the technical aspects of editing Wikipedia, so you can choose to edit something as minor as fixing a typo or rewording one sentence that might be awkwardly written. This should not require you to research sources to add to an article. 

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 October 2022   |   Thursday, 6 October 2022
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts in your sandbox. (Note that you should not be adding anything to the live Wiki article yet.)

Assignment - Training for Peer review of two classmates' articles

Guiding framework

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 11 October 2022   |   Thursday, 13 October 2022
Assignment - Rough draft of your contributions completed

By the beginning of this week, your article draft in your sandbox should be complete. 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 should be working on peer reviewing two classmates' article drafts.

Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

Over the course of this week, you'll revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite any parts that need to be better paraphrased in your own words; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 October 2022   |   Thursday, 20 October 2022
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 - 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 - 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 - 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!
Milestones

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