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== Wikipedia Dispute Resolution == | == Wikipedia Dispute Resolution == | ||
* | * Use your [[groups]] from Thursday's Class (feel free to give yourselves a new name). | ||
* As a group, find a wikipedia entry that is currently involved in a dispute over its editing and/or content. | * As a group, find a wikipedia entry that is currently involved in a dispute over its editing and/or content. | ||
* Some places to look to find current controversies are: | * Some places to look to find current controversies are: | ||
** pages protected because of edit wars | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protected_page#Pages_protected_because_of_edit_wars_or_vandalism pages protected because of edit wars] | ||
** protected pages | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protected_page protected pages] | ||
** the protection logs | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=protect&user=&page= the protection logs] | ||
** the incidents board | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents the incidents board] | ||
** the three reversions board | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/3RR the three reversions board] | ||
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment requests for comment] | |||
* Any "What links here" and "Related changes" from a contentious topic, such as "terrorism". | * Any "What links here" and "Related changes" from a contentious topic, such as "terrorism". | ||
* Once your group has picked an on-going controversy, each member of the group should intervene and try to help resolve the dispute via the talk pages connected to the article. | * Once your group has picked an on-going controversy, each member of the group should intervene and try to help resolve the dispute via the talk pages connected to the article. | ||
* Your group is free to coordinate your comments as little or as much as you want, but the comments should come from individual group members and not the group as a whole. | * Your group is free to coordinate your comments as little or as much as you want, but the comments should come from individual group members and not the group as a whole. | ||
* This is an on-going assignment so you should monitor and respond to the pages at least a few times. | * This is an on-going assignment so you should monitor and respond to the pages at least a few times. | ||
By midnight on the evening of | By '''midnight''' on the '''evening of Tuesday January 8th''', post the results of your group intervention in the pages linked below. | ||
[[Group 1 Dispute Results]] | ** [[Group 1 Dispute Results]] | ||
[[Group 2 Dispute Results]] | ** [[Group 2 Dispute Results]] | ||
[[Group 3 Dispute Results]] | ** [[Group 3 Dispute Results]] | ||
[[Group 4 Dispute Results]] | ** [[Group 4 Dispute Results]] | ||
[[Group 5 Dispute Results]] | ** [[Group 5 Dispute Results]] | ||
[[Group 6 Dispute Results]] | ** [[Group 6 Dispute Results]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:33, 8 January 2008
Wikipedia Dispute Resolution
- Use your groups from Thursday's Class (feel free to give yourselves a new name).
- As a group, find a wikipedia entry that is currently involved in a dispute over its editing and/or content.
- Some places to look to find current controversies are:
- Any "What links here" and "Related changes" from a contentious topic, such as "terrorism".
- Once your group has picked an on-going controversy, each member of the group should intervene and try to help resolve the dispute via the talk pages connected to the article.
- Your group is free to coordinate your comments as little or as much as you want, but the comments should come from individual group members and not the group as a whole.
- This is an on-going assignment so you should monitor and respond to the pages at least a few times.
By midnight on the evening of Tuesday January 8th, post the results of your group intervention in the pages linked below.