Editing Online Communities and Crowds (Spring 2025)/Wikipedia assignment (section)

==== Assessment of weekly activities and Wikipedia contributions ====

The WikiEdu dashboard for the course will help keep track of all of the activities you do each week as part of the assignment. This includes various trainings, milestones, editing activities, peer reviews, etc.

I will use the following criteria as a rubric for assessing your work on these aspects of the Wikipedia Assignment:

# Substantial new article text demonstrates effort and fluency in Wikipedia norms — A student fluent in Wikipedia norms will have created an substantial article or brought an existing article at least one quality class higher in the eyes of most Wikipedia members by adding new encyclopedic text, adhering to policies on tone, adding references for statements from reliable third party sources, and so on.
# Peer reviews of other student were thoughtful, critical, and constructive.
# Deadlines for tasks #1-7 were met in a way that allowed for the interactive and collaborative aspects of the class (e.g., draft was published to allow for reviews, peer reviews were made on time, article was published live on time, and so on).

Because Wikipedia is a very public project, it is possible that your contributions may be questioned, deleted, or updated by other editors who are not members of the class. Please don't worry, this is a very normal part of working on Wikipedia (though it can be stressful and/or confusing and we can certainly talk about that). All of your edits are preserved and tracked by the Media Wiki software and through the WikiEdu dashboard. The assessment of your work will not be affected by the behavior of random strangers on the Internet.