Add PSY-392-F Contemporary Issues - Wikipedia course page

[Copilot]

Adds syllabus for PSY-392-F, a half-semester course (9 weeks) on psychological science representation in Wikipedia, running March-April 2025 with Tuesday/Thursday meetings.

Implementation

• New file: 0205_wikipedia.Rmd following existing course file conventions
• Scheduler integration: Uses create_classschedule() with dynamic date generation via advdate()
• Content structure: Concise syllabus format matching other course pages (0201-0204) with key milestones and assignments

Dynamic Date Pattern

All dates generated programmatically, consistent with other course files:

classschedule <- create_classschedule(
  first_day = as.Date("2025-03-03"),
  number_of_weeks = 9,
  weekday_due = "t",
  topic = topic
)

# Assignment dates use inline R
**Due:** `r advdate(first_day, 8, weekday_due="r")`

Course Details

• 9-week structured Wikipedia editing assignment
• Grading: 100 points across Wikipedia contributions (30), journals (20), peer review (15), essay (20), presentation (15)
• Custom milestones for assignment phases (weeks 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9)
• Simplified format (143 lines) focusing on course requirements rather than detailed training modules

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Can you make a page for my new course?</issue_title>
<issue_description>
PSY-392-F-Contemporary Issues in Psychology - Citation Needed: Psychology, Misinformation, and Wikipedia

How is psychological science represented, simplified, distorted, and contested on Wikipedia, and what does that mean for how people understand psychology?
Guiding Questions:
When does Wikipedia get psychological science basically right, and when does it go off the rails?
How do replication, controversy, and uncertainty show up (or get hidden) in coverage of classic studies and constructs?
What responsibilities do psychologists have, if any, when Wikipedia is a primary source of information about their field?

Wikipedia shapes what millions of people think psychology is. But how much of that knowledge is accurate, oversimplified, outdated, or contested? In this discussion-driven seminar, we use Wikipedia as a lens for understanding how psychological science travels from labs and journals into the public imagination. Students dig into major pages on classic studies, theories, and controversies to see where the science is represented well, where it goes sideways, and why.
Along the way, we examine how replication failures, methodological debates, and scientific uncertainty do (or don’t) surface on a platform that presents itself as neutral and authoritative. We also ask what responsibilities psychologists might have when a crowd-edited encyclopedia becomes the de facto gateway to their field.
Through hands-on critique, research, and editorial contributions, students not only learn the science behind the pages but also see how public knowledge about psychology gets built, negotiated, and sometimes distorted.

And here's the timeline:

Week 1 (03/01 - 03/07)

Meetings: Tuesday (03/03), Thursday (03/05)

• • Fixes 392 syllabus #17

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[smasongarrison]

@copilot why did you list so much of the training on the syllabus? why did you not not look at how the other pages used the scheduler?

[Copilot]

@copilot why did you list so much of the training on the syllabus? why did you not not look at how the other pages used the scheduler?

You're right - I included way too much detail from the Wikipedia Education Foundation timeline. I've simplified the syllabus (commit 334c535) to match the concise pattern used in other course pages (0201-0204).

The file now:

• Removed all the detailed training module links and exercises (reduced from 368 to 143 lines)
• Keeps only the key milestones with dates in the Course Assignments section
• Follows the same structure as other syllabi: Description → Modality → Materials → Assignments → Grading → Schedule table
• Uses create_classschedule() consistently with the other course files

The detailed Wikipedia training content belongs on the Wikipedia Education Dashboard, not in the course syllabus.