ENGL328 Project Two FAQ
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Project Two FAQ
Q: What are the roles that I must occupy for this project?
You must occupy multiple roles, stepping in and out of these roles in the spirit of exploring the work involved and the full dimensions of wiki writing. You will, at times, work as an author, as a coder, as a researcher, as a facilitator, and as an editor.
Q: Wiki is the Hawaiian word for quick. What's Hihi the Hawaiian word for? Whywhy HihiWiki?
"Hihi" is the Hawaiian word for 'web'. According to Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, "hihi" means "to entangle, creep, spread, intertwine, intermingle." Thus, the name "Hihi Wiki" suggests quick entanglement, an emerging quality of spontaneous, collaborative writing.
Q: Where can I find help with formatting?
A formatting guide is available on the formatting help page. Another approach to formatting is to edit the page where you find an example of the formatting you would like to imitate. Next, copy and paste the example and make adjustments to the content. You will, in effect, re-create the formatting in the new location.
Q: I am having difficulty understanding how to fulfill the roles required in this assignment. I am by now slowly understanding how to get in, edit, and save, just by repetition.
The roles are listed above. For the reflective essay, you will articulate the ways you occupied the various roles. Facilitators take an active part in generating ideas around topics for the wiki. They communicate openly with others about developing specific entries. Facilitation can happen via email, in Twitter, or in the wiki's discussion pages. Authors write. Researchers gather resources related to a topic, read and annotate those resources, and make decisions about how to incorporate source material into the wiki. Editors take an interest in revising existing material in the wiki, working from word- and sentence-level up to larger conceptual issues about whether a section belongs on its own page or whether sections are properly sequenced, whether paragraphs make sense, etc. Coders take an interest in formatting--in adjusting the structure of a wiki page, consistency in subheadings, links to external or internal pages, embedding images, etc.
Q: What is a coder? What does a coder do?
See above.
Q: Do we have to quote sources?
You do not need to quote sources. You should work with sources, however, to inquire into the topic(s) you have decided to work with.
Q: How is authoring different than editing?
See above.
