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* [https://www.mga.edu/directory/people.php?name=stanfield-deborah Deborah Stanfield], Macon Library}}
The [[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red|Women in Red Project]] attempts to decrease the [[w:Systemic bias|systemic bias]] of the “[[w:Gender bias on Wikipedia|content gender gap]]” on Wikipedia and addresses it in a positive way through [[metawikimedia:Wikimedia Foundation Values|shared values]]. The project focuses on creating content regarding women’s biographies, women’s works, and women’s issues. Women in Red aims to turn “[[w:Wikipedia:Red link|red links]]”—an indication of a missing article—into blue ones. We will help with one article this semester.
The [[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red|Women in Red Project]] attempts to decrease the [[w:Systemic bias|systemic bias]] of the “[[w:Gender bias on Wikipedia|content gender gap]]” on Wikipedia and addresses it in a positive way through [[metawikimedia:Wikimedia Foundation Values|shared values]]. The project focuses on creating content regarding women’s biographies, women’s works, and women’s issues. Women in Red aims to turn “[[w:Wikipedia:Red link|red links]]”—an indication of a missing article—into blue ones. We will help with one article this semester.


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We will choose our subject around midterm {{crossreference|(see [[NMAC 3108/Fall 2020/Lessons|Lessons]])}}.
We will choose our subject around midterm {{crossreference|(see [[NMAC 3108/Fall 2020/Lessons|Lessons]])}}.
==Georgia Resources==
{{A note}} All of the following are Galileo resources, so you will have to be logged in to use them.
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* [https://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=crsr&inst=mga1 Digital Library of Georgia]
* [https://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=znah&inst=mga1 Georgia Department of Archives and History]
* [https://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=ghna&inst=mga1 Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive]
* [https://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=gaeb&inst=mga1 Georgia History eBooks]
* [https://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zpgs&inst=mga1 Georgia Stories]
* [https://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=ngen&inst=mga1 New Georgia Encyclopedia]
* ''[https://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zuaj&inst=mga1 The Atlanta Journal Constitution]''
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Revision as of 11:10, 10 August 2020

This requirement we will create a new article on Wikipedia for the Women in Red Project. As a cohort of writers and editors, we will apply the skills we learned in our first project to constructing a well-written and well-sourced encyclopedia article. This Wikipedia contribution will be well-researched, supported, and written—adding an overall significant contribution to the wiki.

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Relevant Links
Course Librarian
Have a question about research? Contact our course librarian or ask her a question on the forum:

The Women in Red Project attempts to decrease the systemic bias of the “content gender gap” on Wikipedia and addresses it in a positive way through shared values. The project focuses on creating content regarding women’s biographies, women’s works, and women’s issues. Women in Red aims to turn “red links”—an indication of a missing article—into blue ones. We will help with one article this semester.

We will begin with a draft article that everyone will write and edit for the second part of the semester. By the end of the term, we should have a collaboratively written and edited article that is polished and ready to be transferred to the Wikipedia mainspace.

I am willing to entertain suggestions for a topic focus; i.e., we may choose whatever red link we’d like. The project lists many, but I’d like to suggest we keep it as local as we can by choosing a Georgia woman to research and write about. You might begin thinking about this at the beginning of the semester. Find a figure of interest and research her both via the web and Galileo. If there is enough secondary material, then she is notable enough to have an article on Wikipedia. Post your suggestion in our discussion as soon as possible.

We will choose our subject around midterm (see Lessons).

Georgia Resources

 note: All of the following are Galileo resources, so you will have to be logged in to use them.

Wikipedia Resources

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