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The WikiThon group under the European bison (wisent) head in the entrance hall of the faculty of Forestry, University of Krakow. 2020-01-28.
An Alien-CSI event to teach and discuss the use of Wikimedia for the dissemination and awareness raising of invasive species.
This is an invitation only event
Improving Wikipedia for the List of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern (https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/invasivealien/list/index_en.htm )
Learning how to be better Wikipedians
Learning how we can teach Wikipedia to others at home
Learning what we can use Wikipedia for
Finding out how we can improve dissemination of knowledge on invasive species globally
Reference: https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_run_an_edit-a-thon
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Day 1: Monday 27th January 2020[ edit ]
When
What
Who
12:00 - 13:00
Registration and meet for lunch 🍞
Everyone
13:00 - 13:15
Welcome & logistics
Anna Gazda & Quentin Groom
13:15 - 13:30
An overview of the issue
Sofie Meeus
13:30 - 14:00
An introduction to editing on Wikipedia
Daniëlle Jansen
14:00 - 14:15
Choosing your target(s) for editing
Quentin Groom
14:15 - 15:30
Finding literature and webpages to provide evidence for your statements
Everyone
15:30 - 16:00
Tea Break ☕
16:00 - 17:15
First attempts at editing Wikipedia
Everyone
17:15 - 17:30
A roundtable on people’s experiences
Everyone
Day 2: Tuesday 28th January 2020[ edit ]
A continuation of the editing from day one and learning how we can use iNaturalist to support us
When
What
Who
09:00 - 09:10
Welcome to Day 2
Quentin Groom
09:10 - 10:00
Editing
Everyone
10:00 - 10:30
A short introduction to Wikidata
Daniëlle Jansen
10:30 - 11:30
Editing
Everyone
11:30 - 12:30
Photographing and trying iNaturalist outside
Anna Gazda
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch 🍞
13:30 - 13:50
Introduction to iNaturalist
Daniëlle
13:50 - 15:30
Continuation of editing
Everyone
15:30 - 16:00
Tea Break ☕
16:00 - 17:30
3 minute presentations What were you working on? Species, topic, language What did you learn about the subject? What tips have you got to share? What problems did you have?
Everyone
Day 3: Wednesday 29th January 2020[ edit ]
For COST invitees only
A roundup of what we've learned and how we can progress this further
Trying to resolve the questions such as...
What are the challenges in getting invasion biologists and managers to edit Wikipedia?
What are the solutions?
How do we resolve disagreements within Wikipedia on invasive species?
How important is language to successful communication on invasive species?
When
What
Who
09:00 - 09:10
Welcome to Day 3
Quentin Groom
09:10 - 10:30
How can invasive species biologists be encouraged to edit Wikipedia?
Daniëlle & Quentin
10:30 - 11:00
Tea Break ☕
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11:00 - 12:30
How will we communicate the outcomes of this workshop?
Quentin Groom