Just to add to this, getting in touch with a Wikipedian who deals with this sort of thing a lot - preferably before starting the assignment, but if necessary af

Just to add to this, getting in touch with a Wikipedian who deals with this sort of thing a lot - preferably before starting the assignment, but if necessary after some sort of drama has occurred - probably goes a long way. There are a lot of under-watched corners of Wikipedia where territorial fruit loops sit on guard, but experienced editors usually know how to navigate those rough waters when they come upon them. Generally when people start these courses they just notify everyone ahead of time, get advice from wikipedians, make sure the students are adequately sourcing and documenting their process, etc. You tend to have these conflict issues when a student goes into an article and dumps a whole bunch of changes of varying quality in there at once, then doesn't know where to go to find sympathetic editors who can sort out relevant quality and policy concerns from basic territorial behavior.