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{{cquote|This is a remarkable project, and a herculean task realized in the short time span of less than 15 weeks. Jon and his students are [a] model for thinking, sharing and contributing with[in] the open space of the internet. An important act of faith and intellectual responsibility. It is ever so impressive.||40px|Jim Groom[http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/brian/archives/045895.php Abject Learning]}}

{{cquote|Gives students real-world experience finding their way, collaboratively, to high standards of content and writing in their field. It's an incredible example of what college students and their inspired teacher can do, collaborating, reflecting, listening, revising.||40px|Barbara Ganley[http://mt.middlebury.edu/middblogs/ganley/bgblogging/2008/03/being_real_in_the_classroom_th.html bgblogging]}}

{{cquote|Over the course of the last few months I have learned so much about writing I cannot even express... and it shows. I have been a B+/A- student throughout my entire undergraduate career, and my last two papers have been A's! I think the grades speak for themselves.||40px|Monica Freudenreich[https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews_interviews_team_behind_the_2%2C000th_featured_Wikipedia_article Wikinews]}}

{{cquote|I will no longer allow my daughter to consider attending the University of British Columbia, so long as Murray is paid to teach there.||40px|Gregory Kohs[http://blog.citizendium.org/?p=296#comment-91993 Comment] on the Citizendium Blog}}

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The University of British Columbia's class SPAN312 ("Murder, Madness, and Mayhem: Latin American Literature in Translation") contributed to Wikipedia during Spring 2008. Our collective goals were to bring a selection of articles on Latin American literature to featured article status (or as near as possible). By project's end, we had contributed three featured articles and eight good articles. None of these articles was a good article at the outset; two did not even exist.

We had the unstinting support of the (in)famous FA-Team, who took this on as their first mission. We were also fortunate to have the support of members of Wikiproject Novels. The collaboration of other interested Wikipedia editors was of course very much appreciated. We would like to thank everyone for their hard work and incredible generosity.

Feel free to discuss this project. With the FA-Team, we are also now embarking on an analysis and post-mortem. You may also want to look at the following essay:

Goals

  • To improve Wikipedia's coverage of selected articles on Latin American literature, particularly those related to dictator novels.

::{{done}} Eight new good articles and one new B-class article.

::{{done}}

  • To increase the number of featured articles in this area.

::{{done}} Three new featured articles.

News

Articles and groups

= {{classicon|FA}} Featured articles =

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  • {{classicon|FA}} {{Art1|El Señor Presidente}} (Wikipedia Featured Article number 2000) (April 10, 2008). Appeared on Main Page May 5, 2008.

::(eecono, katekonyk, mfreud)

  • {{classicon|FA}} {{Art1|Mario Vargas Llosa}} (April 22, 2008). Appeared on Main Page November 6, 2008.

::(Isabel-clase, lincolnchan98, tommaso88)

  • {{classicon|FA}} {{Art1|The General in His Labyrinth}} (April 19, 2008). Appeared on Main Page June 29, 2008.

::(carlaty, eshiu, Paulleblanc)

= {{classicon|GA}} Good articles =

  • {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|Augusto Roa Bastos}} (April 12, 2008)

::(mariap7, nathanlusignan)

  • {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|Dictator novel}} (April 9, 2008)

::(Abarratt, basssrk, Juliemcd)

  • {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|Domingo Faustino Sarmiento}} (April 7, 2008)

::(aliyah, Lpotto, rosefinn)

  • {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|Facundo}} (April 17, 2008)

::(bessiec, Hector Argene, Mjlee27)

  • {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|Gabriel García Márquez}} (March 30, 2008)

::(arantxa.rap, jenbren, jgraworth)

  • {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|I, the Supreme}} (April 21, 2008)

::(kn310376, michaeltufaro, Powars)

  • {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|Latin American Boom}} (April 10, 2008)

::(Miriamcc, rabbitfast)

  • {{classicon|GA}} {{Art1|The Feast of the Goat}} (April 17, 2008)

::(Garethshort, jen.chim, sunnybeddow)

= [[Image:Symbol b class.svg|14px]] B-class articles =

Progress

A summary of how far we have come over the semester:

  • Augusto Roa Bastos: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Augusto_Roa_Bastos&oldid=189135464 4 February, 2008], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Augusto_Roa_Bastos&diff=204847641&oldid=189135464 396 revisions], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Augusto_Roa_Bastos&oldid=204847641 10 April, 2008]. GA status achieved.
  • Dictator novel: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dictator_novel&oldid=184889726 16 January, 2008], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dictator_novel&diff=204531632&oldid=184889726 451 revisions], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dictator_novel&oldid=204531632 9 April, 2008]. GA status achieved.
  • Domingo Faustino Sarmiento: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Domingo_Faustino_Sarmiento&oldid=188250104 31 January, 2008], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Domingo_Faustino_Sarmiento&diff=204315509&oldid=188250104 360 revisions], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Domingo_Faustino_Sarmiento&oldid=204315509 8 April, 2008]. GA status achieved.
  • El Señor Presidente: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=El_Se%C3%B1or_Presidente&oldid=184563569 15 January, 2008], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=El_Se%C3%B1or_Presidente&diff=204601220&oldid=184563569 1094 revisions], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=El_Se%C3%B1or_Presidente&oldid=204601220 9 April, 2008]. FA status achieved. Appeared on Main Page May 5.
  • Facundo: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Facundo&oldid=183859125 12 January, 2008], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Facundo&diff=206411232&oldid=183859125 926 revisions], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Facundo&oldid=206411232 17 April, 2008]. GA status achieved.
  • Gabriel García Márquez: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez&oldid=186290905 22 January, 2008], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez&diff=205377982&oldid=186290905 730 revisions], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez&oldid=205377982 13 April, 2008]. GA status achieved.
  • I, the Supreme: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%2C_the_Supreme&oldid=188754796 3 February 2008], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%2C_the_Supreme&diff=207097052&oldid=188754796 349 revisions], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%2C_the_Supreme&oldid=207097052 21 April, 2008]. GA status achieved.
  • Latin American Boom: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Latin_American_Boom&oldid=189144295 4 February, 2008], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Latin_American_Boom&diff=204753950&oldid=189144295 440 revisions], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Latin_American_Boom&oldid=204753950 10 April, 2008]. GA status achieved.
  • Mario Vargas Llosa: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mario_Vargas_Llosa&oldid=188296348 31 January, 2008], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mario_Vargas_Llosa&diff=207439679&oldid=188296348 1225 revisions], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mario_Vargas_Llosa&oldid=207439679 22 April, 2008]. FA status achieved.
  • Miguel Ángel Asturias: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Asturias&oldid=184564126 15 January, 2008], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Asturias&diff=205346858&oldid=184564126 609 revisions], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Asturias&oldid=205346858 13 April, 2008]. B-Class status achieved.
  • The Feast of the Goat: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Feast_of_the_Goat&oldid=189138098 4 February, 2008], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Feast_of_the_Goat&diff=206274318&oldid=189138098 348 revisions], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Feast_of_the_Goat&oldid=206274318 17 April, 2008]. GA status achieved.
  • The General in His Labyrinth: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_General_in_His_Labyrinth&oldid=188901500 3 February, 2008], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_General_in_His_Labyrinth&diff=206770953&oldid=188901500 1034 revisions], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_General_in_His_Labyrinth&oldid=206770953 19 April, 2008]. FA status achieved. Appeared on Main Page June 29.

See our archive of earlier progress reports.

Planning and resources

Statistics

= Article traffic =

Article traffic statistics demonstrate the size of the public for our work. These are the figures for March, 2008:

  • [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez Gabriel García Márquez]: 62,170 views.Total figure includes [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Gabriel_Garcia_Marquez Gabriel Garcia Marquez], [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Gabriel%20Garc%C3%ADa%20Marquez Gabriel García Marquez], [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Garcia_Marquez Garcia Marquez], [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Gabriel%20Garcia%20M%C3%A1rquez Gabriel Garcia Márquez], [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Gabriel%20Marquez Gabriel Marquez], [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez García Márquez], [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Gabo Gabo], and [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Gabriel%20Garcia%20Marques Gabriel Garcia Marques]. Or c. 740,000 views per year.
  • [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Mario%20Vargas%20Llosa Mario Vargas Llosa]: 11,869 views.Total figure includes [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Mario_Vargos_Llosa Mario Vargos Llosa]. Or c. 140,000 views per year.
  • [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Domingo%20Faustino%20Sarmiento Domingo Faustino Sarmiento]: 5,142 views.Total figure includes [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Domingo%20F.%20Sarmiento Domingo F. Sarmiento], [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Domingo_Sarmiento Domingo Sarmiento], and [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Sarmiento%2C%20Domingo%20F. Sarmiento, Domingo F.]. Or c. 61,000 views per year.
  • [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Miguel%20%C3%81ngel%20Asturias Miguel Ángel Asturias]: 4,892 views.Total figure includes [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Miguel%20Angel%20Asturias Miguel Angel Asturias]. Or c. 58,000 views per year. NB [http://stats.grok.se/en/200805/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Asturias 5,400 clicked through] the day El Señor Presidente was on the main page.
  • [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/facundo Facundo]: 4,416 views. Or c. 52,000 views per year.
  • [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/The%20General%20in%20His%20Labyrinth The General in His Labyrinth]: 4,119 views.Total includes [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/El%20general%20en%20su%20laberinto El general en su laberinto].. Or c. 49,000 views per year.
  • [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/El%20Se%C3%B1or%20Presidente El Señor Presidente]: 3,345 views.Total includes [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/El_Senor_Presidente El Senor Presidente] and [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/The%20President%20%28novel%29 The President (novel)]. Or c. 40,000 views per year. NB: [http://stats.grok.se/en/200805/El_Se%C3%B1or_Presidente 16,900 clicked though] the day it was on the main page.
  • [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Latin%20American%20Boom Latin American Boom]: 3,319 views.Total includes [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Latin_America_novel_boom Latin America novel boom]. Or c. 39,000 views per year.
  • [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Dictator%20novel Dictator novel]: 2,143 views.Total includes [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/The%20Dictator%20Novel The Dictator Novel] and [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/List%20of%20books%20depicting%20Latin%20American%20caudillos List of books depicting Latin American caudillos] (!). Or c. 25,000 views per year. NB [http://stats.grok.se/en/200805/Dictator_novel 3,900 clicked through] the day El Señor Presidente was on the main page.
  • [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/The%20Feast%20of%20the%20Goat The Feast of the Goat]: 2,031 views.Total includes [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Feast%20of%20the%20Goat Feast of the Goat], [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/The%20Feast%20of%20the%20Goat%20%28novel%29 The Feast of the Goat (novel)], and [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/La_fiesta_del_chivo La fiesta del chivo]. Or c. 24,000 views per year.
  • [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Augusto%20Roa%20Bastos Augusto Roa Bastos]: 1,558 views.Total includes [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Roa_Bastos Roa Bastos] and [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Roa_Bastos%2C%20Augusto Roa Bastos, Augusto]. Or c. 18,000 views per year.
  • [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/I%2C%20the%20Supreme I, the Supreme]: 1,176 views.Total includes [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/I%20the%20Supreme I the Supreme], [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Yo%2C%20el%20Supremo Yo, el Supremo], and [http://stats.grok.se/en/200803/Yo%20el%20Supremo Yo el Supremo]. Or c. 14,000 views per year.

Some of these page views will be from group members working on the articles.Indeed, there was a marked bump for March compared to February. In part this is also because we have been drawing attention to these pages, which is not a bad thing. But not all. Especially for the more popular pages! So there are people out there reading our work.

= Google page rank =

More information to underscore the significance of this assignment. These are each article's Google page ranks, using the most likely search parameters:So I've eliminated quotation marks or accents: Gabriel Garcia Marquez rather than "Gabriel García Márquez", for example.

  • [http://www.google.ca/search?q=dictator+novel Dictator Novel]: google rank #1 on first page of results
  • [http://www.google.ca/search?q=facundo Facundo]: google rank #1 on first page of results
  • [http://www.google.ca/search?q=Feast+of+the+Goat Feast of the Goat] (also [http://www.google.ca/search?q=Goat+Feast Goat Feast]): google rank #1 on first page of results
  • [http://www.google.ca/search?q=General+in+his+Labyrinth General in his Labyrinth] (also [http://www.google.ca/search?q=General+Labyrinth General Labyrinth]): google rank #1 on first page of results
  • [http://www.google.ca/search?q=Latin+American+Boom Latin American Boom] (also [http://www.google.ca/search?q=Latin+America+Boom Latin America Boom]): google rank #1 on first page of results
  • [http://www.google.ca/search?q=Roa+Bastos Roa Bastos]: google rank #1 on first page of results
  • [http://www.google.ca/search?q=el+senor+presidente El Senor Presidente]: google rank #2 on first page of results
  • [http://www.google.ca/search?q=yo+el+supremo Yo el Supremo]: google rank #1 on first page of results
  • [http://www.google.ca/search?q=gabriel+garcia+marquez Gabriel Garcia Marquez]: google rank #1 on first page of results
  • [http://www.google.ca/search?q=domingo+sarmiento Domingo Sarmiento]: google rank #2 on first page of results
  • [http://www.google.ca/search?q=mario+vargas+llosa Mario Vargas Llosa]: google rank #2 on first page of results
  • [http://www.google.ca/search?q=miguel+angel+asturias Miguel Angel Asturias]: google rank #3 on first page of results
  • [http://www.google.ca/search?q=i+the+supreme I the Supreme]: google rank #6 on first page of results

Members

{{Col-begin}}

{{col-3}}

  • {{user2|Abarratt}}
  • {{user2|arantxa.rap}}
  • {{user2|basssrk}}
  • {{user2|bessiec}}
  • {{user2|carlaty}}
  • {{user2|cndbaconeh}}
  • {{user2|eecono}}
  • {{user2|eshiu}}
  • {{user2|Garethshort}}
  • {{user2|Hector Argene}}
  • {{user2|Isabel-clase}}

{{col-3}}

  • {{user2|jbmurray}}
  • {{user2|jen.chim}}
  • {{user2|jenbren}}
  • {{user2|jgraworth}}
  • {{user2|Juliemcd}}
  • {{user2|katekonyk}}
  • {{user2|kn310376}}
  • {{user2|lincolnchan98}}
  • {{user2|Lpotto}}
  • {{user2|mariap7}}
  • {{user2|mfreud}}

{{col-3}}

  • {{user2|michaeltufaro}}
  • {{user2|Miriamcc}}
  • {{user2|Mjlee27}}
  • {{user2|nathanlusignan}}
  • {{user2|Paulleblanc}}
  • {{user2|Powars}}
  • {{user2|rabbitfast}}
  • {{user2|reabell}}
  • {{user2|rosefinn}}
  • {{user2|Span312}}
  • {{user2|sunnybeddow}}
  • {{user2|tommaso88}}

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Tables

=Final ratings ([[April 22]], [[2008]])=

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Home

! {{Top-importance|Top-importance}}

! {{High-importance|High-importance}}

! {{Mid-importance|Mid-importance}}

! {{Low-importance|Low-importance}}

{{FA-Class}}

| Mario Vargas Llosa

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| El Señor Presidente
The General in His Labyrinth

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{{GA-Class}}

| Gabriel García Márquez

| Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Latin American Boom
Augusto Roa Bastos
Facundo

| Dictator novel
The Feast of the Goat
I, the Supreme

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| Miguel Ángel Asturias

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=Initial ratings ([[January 14]], [[2008]])=

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Home

! {{Top-importance|Top-importance}}

! {{High-importance|High-importance}}

! {{Mid-importance|Mid-importance}}

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! Unrated

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El Señor Presidente
I the Supreme
The Dictator Novel
Latin American Boom

Kudos!

{{The Original Barnstar|An original barnstar, in addition to Awadewit's Motivation Award, because the Murder Madness and Mayhem project deserves more than one rusty symbol of its worth--ragesoss (talk) 02:47, 4 April 2008 (UTC)}}

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style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | WP:MMM is doing awesome work. I only hope my university does something this cool next year! dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 09:27, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

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style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | I read about this project on this week's Signpost, and I'm pretty impressed what you have been able to achieve. Kudos. – sgeureka tc 09:23, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

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style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For User:Jbmurray/Madness, Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-04-14/2000th FA, and their comments on the process. Thanks for being able to take the rough with the smooth, overcome, exceed, and then talk about it. Let's hope we can improve in response. GRuban (talk) 13:55, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

See also

Notes

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=Tools=

:Main tool page: [http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/view/Tools toolserver.org]

  • [http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/view/Reflinks Reflinks] - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. automatically to references
  • [http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/view/Checklinks Checklinks] - Edit and repair external links
  • [http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/view/Dab_solver Dab solver] - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
  • [http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/view/Peer_reviewer Peer reviewer] - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

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