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Week 4
Wikipedia week! Please read the items listed on the Class schedule page for Tuesday. You will also need to create an account on Wikipedia.org by Tuesday. On Thursday, response paper #1 is due. Check the assignment guidelines in the syllabus and look in the shared Dropbox folder (in the response papers folder) for samples so you can see what I am looking for.
On Thursday, meet in Bronstein Hall for a Wikipedia workshop with Dr. Famiglietti. By Thursday, you should choose your article or articles that you will work on for the Wikipedia project. In addition, I am asking you to bring 2-3 possible sources you could reference as you contribute to your Wikipedia article(s). The sources could be links, books, photocopies of library books, PDF files, or something -- you need to actually have them with you on Thursday. Sources may not include works of your own original research, other Wikipedia articles, or anything from social media except in special cases. Wikipedia has outlined what counts as a reliable source here. Remember your goal is to provide a neutral summary of knowledge that already exists on a topic -- not contribute analysis or create new knowledge.
Upcoming events and important dates
February 9 in the Banquet Hall in Campion, SJU will host a Beautiful Me workshop, which is a self-esteem program designed to educate women by promoting appreciation for their genuine qualities, accurate self awareness, and the satisfaction of helping others. You have to RSVP by Feb. 5, and here's the link. This program is provided free of charge from the Hance Family Foundation.
February 9: The event above is related to the Love Your Body Fair Tuesday Feb. 9 in Campion during free period. Please check out both events!
February 11: Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders and Stuck in the Middle With You will be speaking at Saint Joseph's University on Thursday, February 11, 2016. You have two opportunities to hear her: [1.] Her talk "Trans and the Church" will happen at 11:00 AM (Free Period) in Foley Center. Lunch will be provided. [2.] Her reading from She's Not There will happen at 6:30 PM in Foley Center.
February 10: The Sister Thea Bowman Lecture Series presents The World According to She. Feb. 10 at 4pm in Forum Theater. More info here.
February 19: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: Tropes vs. Women in Video Games: Anita Sarkeesian on Gaming Culture, Friday, February 19, 4:00 PM. Paley Library Lecture Hall, 1210 Polett Walk, Ground Floor. Join media critic Anita Sarkeesian as she discusses sexism in gaming, ranging from the portrayal of female characters in popular video games, to the culture of harassing and excluding women from gaming communities, particularly online. More info
February 27: Michelle Moravec + Wikipedia edit-a-thon
March 8: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: Thinking Historically About Game Representation: Adrienne Shaw on Gaming Production, Audiences, and Texts. Tuesday, March 8, 3:30 PM. Digital Scholarship Center, Paley Library, 1210 Polett Walk, Ground Floor. Join Adrienne Shaw, assistant professor of Media Studies and Production at Temple University, for a conversation on her latest research: a feminist and historical analysis of gender in gaming production, audiences, and texts. More info
Wiki help
- Here is a really helpful "wiki markup cheat sheet" that you can use to remember how to format things on this wiki: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Wiki_markup_cheatsheet_EN.pdf
- Here is an explantation of stuff in the editing toolbar: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_toolbar
- There is also a general Wikimedia user help page here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents (Wikimedia is the software that I am running for this wiki. Wikipedia also uses Wikimedia software. I know that is confusing!!)
