Wikipedia:India Education Program/Courses/Fall 2011/Development Economics Year 3 Group A#Students
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|title = Symbiosis, Pune
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|institution_name = Symbiosis School of Economics
|course_name = Development Economics
|instructor_name = Meenal Annachatre and Pallavi Tak Rai
|course_year = Year 3, Group A
|students_count = 45
|project_course = Development Economics
|assignment_start_date = {{Start date|2011|07|24}}
|assignment_end_date = {{End date|2011|10|14}}
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Class Description
This is a description of this class.
Assignment Overview
Over the course of the semester the students in this class will be completing a series of tasks that will allow them to familiarize themselves with the Wikipedia community and practices, understand the highly developed style of Wikipedia, complete research on a focused topic of the student's choice, and write (or substantially revise) a Wikipedia article. Students should choose articles related to development economics.
Article Selection
- The Directory of WikiProjects is a good place to begin your search. In addition, the WikiProject for Economics is located here.
- For more specific classification explore these sources:
- Subcategories in Economics
- Pages about development economics
- Pages about economic development
- An Article About the Economic History of India
Assignment Timeline
=Due July 24=
- Create a username
- Post your username to the students section of this page
- Complete [https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGdObnRxemhPdTJhTzNjVGFnLUc5Nnc6MQ this] form
- Complete the practice assignment located on the class discussion page
=Due July 24-31=
- Explore help resources
- Practice the following six editing skills in your sandbox: add text, add headers & subheaders, create a bulleted list, add a link to a Wikipedia article, add a link to an external page on the internet, format text (bold & italics), create a table
- “Like” the Wikipedia On Campus Facebook page (optional)
=Due August 7=
- Leave a comment on a classmate’s Talk page
- Identify at least three articles related to your topic of choice
- Make a minimum of 20 edits (comments, copyedits, references, etc.) to articles related to your proposed topic
- Select an article
- Post your article topic beside your username on the Wikipedia course page
=Due August 7-21=
- Conduct in depth research on your topic and gather sources
- On your article’s talk page (discussion page), list a bibliography of sources and proposed changes you’d like to make to the article or concepts you would like to include
- Add the following code to the top of your article’s talk page to mark it as the subject of your assignment. Note: You must retrieve the code from the "edit" space of this page.
- Inform your campus ambassador of your activities by writing on his or her talk page
- Begin editing/writing the article based on your proposed changes and other conversation with Wikipedians
=Due August 21-September 30=
- Ask your campus ambassador for feedback about your contributions to the article
- Nominate your article for “Did You Know” status
- Continue research on your topic
- Work on your article with the help of your professor and your campus ambassador
=Due October 1-8=
- Continue expanding and making changes to your article based on suggestions from Wikipedians, your campus ambassadors, and your professor
=Due October 8-14=
- Present Wikipedia article during class
- Complete Wikipedia article due Oct 14
Students
{{See also|Wikipedia:India Education Program/Students#Development Economics Year 3 Group A (section)}}
This is a list of the usernames of the students in this class and the articles each selected to edit.
NOTE: In order to maintain the student and article data in a single place, the list has been merged and moved into the master table on 2011-11-04/2011-11-08. Please continue to maintain the table in the new location.