Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/AGU 2016

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Earth & Space Science Edit-a-Thon with the American Geophysical Union

Join us for an edit-a-thon at the American Geophysical Union! Attendees are welcome to work on any topic related to earth and space science. This event is organized as part of the Wikipedia Year of Science.

When

September 24, 2016 at 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Where

American Geophysical Union

2000 Florida Avenue NW, Washington, DC

Dupont Circle (Red Line)

You may also join us remotely from wherever you are!

Your hosts

American Geophysical Union and Wikimedia District of Columbia

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We had a good time at the AGU!

I'll attend in person

1. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 05:00, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
2. econterms (talk) 19:57, 4 September 2016 (UTC) -- I'm psyched to learn more.
3. Association Chemist (talk) 14:53, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
4. Taylordw (talk) 21:24, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
5. User: Friend of Smokey
6. Geraldshields11 (talk) 13:47, 15 September 2016 (UTC) I will bring my camera.
7. MZMcBride (talk)

I'll participate online

1. Scootalmighty (talk) 16:41, 22 September 2016 (UTC) I will be connecting from Italy (normally I'm in US)

1. Mohamed Udhuman (talk) 16:41, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

1. Scootplums (J. Wood) (talk)

Can't make it to the event? You can participate online! Here's how it works:

1

On the day of the event, check in with your Wikipedia username.
Don't have a username yet? It's easy to create one.

2

Choose an article to edit from the list on this page.
Want to work on an article that's not on the list? You're welcome to choose any topic you like!

3

Have questions during the event? Chat with us!
Some events also include a video or audio conference. You can find more details on this page.

Articles to work on

Worklists

• Wikipedia Requests: Geology
• Women in Red: Geology Worklist
• Women in Red: Space Science Worklist
• Requested Articles: Astronomy
• WikiProject Geology: To-Do List

Specific requests

• Many recently discovered surface features of planetary bodies have articles that need to be created or updated with recent findings:
  • List of geological features on Pluto
  • List of geological features on Charon
  • List of geological features on Ceres
• Winners of various AGU prizes

Basics on editing Wikipedia

• Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules
• Wikipedia:Five pillars and Wikipedia:Core content policies
• Wikipedia:Your first article
• Help:Getting started
• Advice for scientists editing Wikipedia
• Cheatsheet for Wiki markup

Outcomes

• SNO+ - update, wikilinks, cleanup
• Geoneutrino - update, wikilinks
• Arctic - copyedited for accuracy, added image
• Ecosystem - Added sentence
• Fireworks - Added sentence and image
• The event was documented by 33 photographs.
• And blog coverage: Geophysical scientists take red pencils to Wikipedia, Associations Now

Possible next steps:

• create articles for Hydrology Research journal, formerly called Nordic Hydrology, using sources: British Hydrological Society, [1] and [2]
• create article Nordic Association of Hydrology which is cited several times on Wikipedia and cosponsors the journal above. Web site: [3]

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