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Aurora Hills Library Women's Biographies Edit-a-thon presented with support from Wikimedia DC

When

January 13, 2024

Registration

REGISTER

Event Dashboard

DASHBOARD - GO HERE TO CREATE AND USERNAME OR LOGIN WITH AN EXISITING ONE
Return to this event page when done.

Google sheet

Use the Google sheet ro reserve articles before editing

Safe Space Policy

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Presentation

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Create Wikipedia username and login to the Outreach Dashboard

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Step 1: Go to the Dashboard]

Step 2:

  • Have a Wikipedia username? Select 'Log-in with Wikipedia'.
  • Don't have a username? Select 'Sign-up with Wikipedia'

Usernames are public. You do not have to use your real name or expose any personal details.

Note: This will allow you to create a username and sign up to participate in the this event in one simple step. You can also create a username at the top right of this event page or from any Wikipedia page.

Articles to create or edit

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Instructions

  1. Use this Google sheet to reserve the article you plan to edit or create
  2. In the sheet, reserve the article you'd like to work on by adding your name or username next to the article
  3. Return here to the event page and select your article's red or blue link. Red links open blank pages to start article drafts (select 'Create to begin'). Blue links open existing mainspace articles and existing drafts (select 'Edit' to begin).
  4. TIP: For new articles, start by adding a 'References' header at the bottom. Return to the top and start writing.
Use the sources provided on the event page (numbers next to each name) or other reliable secondary materials to find the information needed to build your article

Links colors

Red drafts = New draft articles that can be created
Blue drafts = Draft articles that have been created, but need more content before moving to Wikipedia 'mainspace'.
Blue = Existing articles in Wikipedia mainspace
Start and work on drafts and publish as you go. When they are ready, they can me 'moved' to mainspace. Moving instructions will be provided during the training.


Activism

Arts and culture

Education

Food

Historical

Holocaust-related

Science

Book "Science People" by Lindy Sinclair[72] [73]

Sport

Suffrage

Instructions

Article ratings

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Learn more about the article rating system

Wikimedia

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Wikipedia Policies

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Wikimedia Affiliates

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Wikimedia movement affiliates model
Chapters
Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in a specified geographical region (in most cases, a country). Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". There are currently 39 chapters, with at least one on every inhabited continent., i.e. Wikimedia DC
Wikimedia thematic organizations
Thematic organizations are incorporated independent non-profits representing the Wikimedia movement and supporting work focused on a specific theme, topic, subject or issue within or across countries and regions. i.e., Wikimedia Medicine.
User groups
Wikimedia user groups are intended to be simple and flexible affiliates that are an alternative to chapters and thematic organizations - which require more formal requirements. User groups are highly valued as equal players in the Wikimedia movement, i.e., Art+Feminism

WikiProjects

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Quick Editing Tips

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Tools, Resources

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  • Previous ASA/Wikimedia DC statistics editing events were held in 2013, 2017, 2021, and 2022
  • For Wikimedia DC Use

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    User rights management
    Special username creation