On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 7:46 PM, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > If you're looking to have the students engage with Wikipedia's systemic > bias, I think it might be more worthwhile to have them evaluate existing > deletion debates (and similar discussions) -- rather than having them > contribute directly to Wikipedia. > That's an interesting idea, Pete! If that sounds like a meaningful classroom exercise, I'd be happy to get involved. My dissertation research used deletion debates as a case study -- the Research Newsletter has a couple of writeups here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2012/September#cite_ref-11 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2013/May#In_brief I think it would be easier for them to look at a larger number of cases, > and observe without having their personal attachment to an article come > into play, if they read stuff that they haven't been involved in. > Detachment certainly helps! Another way to look at systemic bias is to connect to current research about how - geographic coverage varies - language editions have different depths and coverage Happy to talk further if that interests anybody... -Jodi > > -Pete > [[User:Peteforsyth]] >
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