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{{nutshell|For this project, students will contribute to the Wikipedia article ''[[w:The Faith of Graffiti|The Faith of Graffiti]]''.}} | {{nutshell|For this project, students will contribute to the Wikipedia article ''[[w:The Faith of Graffiti|The Faith of Graffiti]]''.}} | ||
{{notice|Before beginning, see | {{notice|Before beginning, see “[[Writing on a Wiki]]” and be sure to go through the appropriate WikiEdu training {{crossreference|(see the [[Writing and Publishing in Digital Environments, Spring 2020/Schedule|schedule]])}}.}} | ||
Revision as of 08:17, 13 December 2019
| CRN 26149 | nmac 5108.01 | online | Spring 2020 |
 | TL;DR: For this project, students will contribute to the Wikipedia article The Faith of Graffiti. |
 | Before beginning, see “Writing on a Wiki” and be sure to go through the appropriate WikiEdu training . |
This semester, we will research, write, and edit an article for Norman Mailer’s 1978 essay/book The Faith of Graffiti. Our goal by the end of the class is to have a polished, professional article that should achieve featured article (FA) status on Wikipedia. According to the criteria, this means that it should be an appropriate length, well-written, comprehensive, well-researched, neutral, stable, and consistent. We will also submit the page for Did You Know consideration.
I will work as the major editor, and you all will be my assistants. We will coordinate on the draft article’s talk page and work on the article consistently throughout the semester. So, unlike a traditional paper where you tend to write most of it in the last part of the class, you should get into the habit of editing Wikipedia daily with your additions and corrections.
We will begin by reading the essay. Next, we should populate the bibliography and write the synopsis. The rest of the sections should be assigned, with most of the emphasis placed on the Analysis section. We can use The White Negro as a model. Again, we can communicate and strategize further on the article’s talk page.
The project is not due until the end of the semester . I have already created the draft and have added some rudimentary information. This is a real project, and I will act as a real editor—removing and revising and critiquing any sub-standard work. Do not take offense when your additions are revised—especially at the beginning. We learn best by making mistakes. Just be sure you actually learn.
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