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Wikipedia Assignments for "Archaeological Myths & Realities" (ANTH 212) at KU (Fall 2023)

Your assignment, due by 5 pm on Friday, November 17, is to make a meaningful contribution of at least 1000 words (not counting the code that includes relevant hyperlinks) to Wikipedia in the form of either a new article or the revision of an existing article relevant to the themes of pseudoscience, pseudoarchaeology, or critical thinking. I strongly recommend revising and improving an existing article through the addition of information, hyperlinks, and references. However, creation of a new article is definitely acceptable if you would like to tackle that. (It is not that complicated.) The power of Wikipedia is in your hands and what you choose to do and how much time you want to spend on it is completely up to you. Please note that this assignment is similar to ones I have used in my other courses. Please see the links below for examples of Wikipedia articles created by other KU students in the past and for suggestions of articles that could use improvement.

Your article and/or editing should be in the style of current Wikipedia content, including relevant headings and subheadings, hyperlinks, and (especially) references. It will be graded on the basis of overall appearance as well as the value of its content and the degree to which it contributes to the value of the resource. Please note that you are NOT required to include digital images, although you are encouraged to do so if you are comfortable with the necessary permissions and procedures. The value of your contribution will depend not only on the information content you provide, but how well it is integrated into Wikipedia via hyperlinked text. (This part is very important!) If you create a new article, please note that it is good procedure to make minor edits to other existing entries so that they link back to your own entry when it ultimately goes "live".

Please use this space for asking any questions you might have about the assignment. I'll answer if I can, but there may also be some answers from others. Please remember to sign your posts by adding four tildes to the end!

Getting Started

To begin this assignment, you must first login to Wikipedia with a valid user account. Please click on the "Create account" link in the upper right-hand corner to begin. Once you have chosen a userid and password and logged in to Wikipedia, please edit your userpage (by clicking on your username) and add a few sentences about yourself.

If you are editing an existing Wikipedia article, please add a hyperlink to your userpage to identify it. I will provide comments and answer questions on your own talk page. Please be sure to check the talk page of the article for past and new comments from others about the editing of the article. Note that any changes you make will be logged along with your username if you have correctly signed in to Wikipedia.

If you want to develop a new Wikipedia article for this assignment (on a topic that does not yet exist in Wikipedia), please set up a dedicated user subpage for it and save the link on your main userpage. You would do this by creating a name consisting of a backslash followed by the proposed article title (or "Draft" or any text). It should be coded like this: [[/Article title]]. Click on that link to create the new subpage, which will be created at User:Username/Article title. You can then add some text, save it, and then continue.

For convenience, you can transclude your working draft subpage onto your main userpage so it's visible from there by adding [[User:Username/Article title]] to the main userpage somewhere.

For references, it is best to start out using the particular referencing system wikipedia calls WP:CITESHORT. You can then build a separate bibliography of sources towards the end of the article (in a separate section called either "References" or "Bibliography". Within the body of the text itself, you can then cite individual statements with shortened cites that correspond to some entry in the bibliography. This is easily done by adding cites in the form of <ref>Smith 2008, p.123</ref> after the statement to be cited.

When your assignment is complete and ready to be graded, please notify me of that via email. I will review it online using the "View history" tab on either your userpage or the article that you indicate.

Your article and/or editing should be in the style of current Wikipedia content, including relevant headings and subheadings, hyperlinks, and (especially) references. It will be graded on the basis of overall appearance as well as the value of its content and the degree to which it contributes to the value of the resource. Please note that you are NOT required to include digital images, although you are encouraged to do so if you are comfortable with the necessary permissions and procedures. The value of your contribution will depend not only on the information content you provide, but how well it is integrated into Wikipedia via hyperlinked text. (This part is very important!) If you create a new article, please note that it is good procedure to make minor edits to other existing entries so that they link back to your own entry when it ultimately goes "live".

Please use this space for asking any questions you might have about the assignment. I'll answer if I can, but there may also be some answers from others. Please remember to sign your posts by adding four tildes to the end!

KU Student Editors in ANTH 212 (Fall 2023)

Please click "edit source" for this section of my talk page and sign this list (with an asterisk followed by four tildes) once you've created your Wikipedia user account. You should also provide hyperlink to the article that you are editing or the title of a new article that you are creating (with a draft on your userpage). (When you've done this correctly, it should look like the first entry below.) Note that you can use the Talk pages of other students to communicate about the assignment, ask for tips, and exchange information.

Basic Wikipedia Principles

Neutral point of view, verifiability, and no original research are Wikipedia's three core content policies. Together, these determine what type and quality of material will be acceptable in Wikipedia articles. Be sure to familiarize yourself with all three. The principles upon which these policies are based cannot be superseded by other policies or guidelines, or by editors' consensus. If you violate these policies, your article may be subject to sharp criticism, correction, and even deletion! It is strongly recommended that you review the Wikipedia Neutral Point of View Tutorial to understand what is meant by a neutral point of view in Wikipedia articles.

Comments and Procedures

If you will be creating a new article for Wikipedia, instead of developing your article on you userpage or user talk page, please set up a user subpage for it by saving a link on their main userpage consisting of a backslash followed by the proposed article title (or "Draft" or any text, really), like this: [[/Article title]]. Then just click on that link to create the new subpage, which will be created at User:Student username/Article title. Add some text, save it, and away you go. For convenience, you can transclude your working draft subpage onto their main userpage so it's visible from there, by adding {{User:Student username/Article title}} to the main userpage somewhere.

Citing Sources

It is very important to provide citations for the sources you are using I urge you to go to the information on citing sources for information about how to do it. To see how it's done, look at models in other Wikipedia entries. A particular referencing system that is good when you're just starting out is one Wikipedia calls WP:CITESHORT. To use this style, build a separate bibliography of sources towards the end of the article (in a separate section called "References"). Within the body of the text itself, make individual citations using shortened cites that correspond to an entry in references section by adding cites in the form of <ref>Smith 2008: 123</ref> after the statement to be cited. Your references will appear in a section called "Notes" followed by the list of references. For an example of how this is used, look at the code in the entry on Inca Empire.

Please, PLEASE read WP:VERIFY and WP:RS for basic Wikipedia policy. For help on inline citations, which you need to use, see Help:Referencing for beginners. Don't forget you need page numbers for books! Hoopes (talk) 21:26, 25 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Examples of Articles Created by Former KU Students in "Archaeological Myths and Realities

Wikipedia Assignment for "How to Find a Lost City" (ANTH 177) - Fall 2022

Your assignment, due by 5 pm on Friday, December 2, is to make a meaningful contribution of at least 1000 words (not counting the code that includes relevant hyperlinks) to Wikipedia in the form of either a new article relevant to the theme of the lost city in archaeology, literature, film, video games, etc. (for students in ANTH 177) or a revision of an existing article on a relevant topic. This can be an article on the "lost city" about which you have written (for students in ANTH 177) or the paper on an aspect of pseudoarchaeology (for students in ANTH 212), or any other related topic that we have discussed during the semester. I strongly recommend revising an existing article, but creation of a new article is definitely acceptable if you want to tackle that. The power of Wikipedia is in your hands and what you choose to do and how much time you want to spend on it is completely up to you.

Please note that this is an assignment similar to ones I have used in my other courses. Please see the links below for examples of Wikipedia articles created by other KU students.

Your article and/or editing should be in the style of current Wikipedia content, including relevant headings and subheadings, hyperlinks, and (especially) references. It will be graded on the basis of overall appearance as well as the value of its content and the degree to which it contributes to the value of the resource. Please note that you are NOT required to include digital images, although you are encouraged to do so if you are comfortable with the necessary permissions and procedures. The value of your contribution will depend not only on the information content you provide, but how well it is integrated into Wikipedia via hyperlinked text. (This part is very important!) If you create a new article, please note that it is good procedure to make minor edits to other existing entries so that they link back to your own entry when it ultimately goes "live".

Please use this space for asking any questions you might have about the assignment. I'll answer if I can, but there may also be some answers from others. Please remember to sign your posts by adding four tildes to the end!

Getting Started

To begin this assignment, you must first login to Wikipedia with a valid user account. Please click on the "Create account" link in the upper right-hand corner to begin. Once you have chosen a userid and password and logged in to Wikipedia, please edit your userpage (by clicking on your username) and add a few sentences about yourself.

If you are editing an existing Wikipedia article, please add a hyperlink to your userpage to identify it. I will provide comments and answer questions on your own talk page. Please be sure to check the talk page of the article for past and new comments from others about the editing of the article. Note that any changes you make will be logged along with your username if you have correctly signed in to Wikipedia.

If you want to develop a new Wikipedia article for this assignment (on a topic that does not yet exist in Wikipedia), please set up a dedicated user subpage for it and save the link on your main userpage. You would do this by creating a name consisting of a backslash followed by the proposed article title (or "Draft" or any text). It should be coded like this: [[/Article title]]. Click on that link to create the new subpage, which will be created at User:Username/Article title. You can then add some text, save it, and then continue.

For convenience, you can transclude your working draft subpage onto your main userpage so it's visible from there by adding [[User:Username/Article title]] to the main userpage somewhere.

For references, it is best to start out using the particular referencing system wikipedia calls WP:CITESHORT. You can then build a separate bibliography of sources towards the end of the article (in a separate section called either "References" or "Bibliography". Within the body of the text itself, you can then cite individual statements with shortened cites that correspond to some entry in the bibliography. This is easily done by adding cites in the form of <ref>Smith 2008, p.123</ref> after the statement to be cited.

When your assignment is complete and ready to be graded, please notify me of that via email.

Articles Created by KU Students in Previous Courses

Thematic Articles (ANTH 410 "Archaeological Myths & Realities)

Thematic Articles (ANTH 507 "The Ancient Mayas")

Thematic Articles (ANTH 603 "Shamanism Past & Present")

Biographical Articles (from ANTH 500, ANTH 507, and ANTH 701)

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