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Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Odenton Library Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

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Odenton Library Black History Month Edit-a-thon presented with support from Wikimedia DC

When

February 4, 2023

Registration

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Event Dashboard

Dashboard

Safe Space Policy

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Presentation

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Sign in: 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'

Instructions

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Goal: Create drafts of new Wikipedia articles. Move articles from draft form to Wikipedia main space when ready.

  • Reserve the article you want to create in this Google Sheet.
  • Return to this page and select the red link to open a blank page
  • Select Create, not Create source (top right). This may happen automatically.
  • Start writing and cite sources from this event page. They are the hyperlinked numbers below. You may also use verifiable secondary sources you've found on your own.
  • Tip: Be sure to add a header titled 'References' at the bottom of the page before you begin.
  • Publish as you go (blue button, top right)
  • Select 'Edit' to re-open the draft and keep working
  • Once you are pleased with the article, publish one last time.
  • Select the 'More' button (top right next to View History). Note: This button may not be visible to new editors. Ariel can deactivate this restriction. Be sure to sign in to the Dashboard so she has your username. It is needed to give these extra permissions.
  • Open the 'New title' drop down menu.
  • Change Draft to (Article). You may need to scroll up to find it.
  • Select the blue 'Move' button

Articles to create

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Media

Schools

Sites/Places

People

Existing articles to edit

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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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For Wikimedia DC Use

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User rights management
Special username creation
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