Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/2017-01 Broadly Workshop

Broadly Workshop
Wikipedia Editathon

Broadly.
When and Where
When:	Thursday, January 19, 2017
Time	4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Where:	Broadly @ VICE Media LLC 49 S. 2nd Street Brooklyn, NY 11211

This Broadly Workshop Wikipedia Editathon is a small workshop and training session on Thursday, January 19, 2017, at the VICE Media LLC offices in Brooklyn. It is meant to be a preliminary, customized private workshop for Broadly and associated VICE Media LLC employees, invitation only, with the hope that future events will be the typical WM NYC open and public editathon as this outreach scales up. :-)

Event information

• Date: Thursday, January 19, 2017
• Time: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Location: Broadly @ VICE Media LLC, 49 S. 2nd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
• RSVP: Outreach Dashboard
• Who should come: Broadly and other VICE Media folks. This is a private event. Please contact Erika with concerns or questions.
• What to bring: Please remember to bring a laptop and power cord!

Agenda

• Lessons in editing Wikipedia to help close the gender/diversity gap
• Learning how Broadly coverage on gender/diversity issues can be integrated onto Wikipedia, where appropriate

Outline

1. Wikipedia – 15 minute overview: 5 pillars, Conflict of Interest policies, self guided introduction, etc. (example COI
2. Wikipedia – 5 minute register for Wikipedia account
3. Wikipedia – 40 minute make one edit: add infobox, citation, etc.

Wikipedia editing resources

Wikipedia editing resources
The five pillars of Wikipedia Self guided introduction Manual of Style - Typical Section Order and Names Editing Wikipedia brochure Wikimedia Commons - getting images onto Wikipedia Infobox template Online resources N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help: Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help #wikipedia-en-help connect

Task list

✓ Please check with a WikiFacilitator before starting new pages – recommend beginners start by editing existing pages vs. starting new pages

Quick + easy! Infoboxes, stubs, obits with tons of biographical info, Wikidata, etc.

Add an infobox! It's fun, not super hard, and improves Google search results! Plus you don't need citations for infoboxes! Biography articles without infoboxes Journalism articles needing infoboxes Politics and government articles needing infoboxes Musicians articles needing infoboxes Sports articles needing infoboxes Improve an existing stub article! Clean up existing citations, add a new citation, add a selected works and publications section for published authors Journalist stubs American editor stubs Writer stubs Activist stubs Political people stubs Add citations to articles that have none! Biographies of Living People (BLP) without sources – January 2017 Other easy ideas Obituaries are a great starting point, have tons of biographical info! Chicago Tribune obituaries Los Angeles Times obituaries The Guardian obituaries The New York Times obituaries The Washington Post obituaries Are you into more tech-based data? Are you a librarian? Add Authority Control info to Wikidata! Wikidata + AuthorityControl Update Wikidata using Virtual International Authority File (VIAF.org) Go to VIAF.org Search for person (last name, first name) At bottom of page, where it says History of VIAF, expand section. See Werner Herzog example Add each listed Authority to Wikidata if its info is not already populated in Wikidata Add {{Authority control}} after External links section above Categories Refresh Wikipedia page

Women in Red task list
Women in Red – Red link lists Women in Red – Journalists

Attendees

1. Lindsay Schrupp
2. Callie Beusman
3. Diana Tourjee
4. Kaitlyn Piccoli

Remote

1. Gabby Bess
2. Mitchell Sunderland ?

Outcomes

Alphabetical by first letter

Pages improved

1. Diethylstilbestrol
2. Michaela Coel
3. Wendy Davis (politician)

External links

• Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)
• Broadly