Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/THOMAS.gov Link Clean-Up

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THOMAS.gov Link Clean-Up

The Law Library of Congress is planning an internal Wikipedia clean-up event on Tuesday, August 23, 2016, at the Library of Congress, to update and correct links currently pointing to THOMAS.gov. The Library retired THOMAS.gov in early July and links to that site now redirect to Congress.gov, though some links are not able to redirect to the specific content of the original. Such links now bring users to the Congress.gov homepage. Rather than rely solely on redirects, the Library seeks to be proactive on Wikipedia and adjust links to go directly to their new location, saving time for users and preventing possible broken links in the future.

Law Library and Office of the Chief Information Officer staff who work on Congress.gov will participate in this event. The project does not include making any edits or comments on matters of substance within Wikipedia articles, but is strictly limited to technical corrections on links to THOMAS.gov. Staff participants will receive guidance on Wikipedia best practices, a Wikipedia profile template clearly identifying them as Library employees acting in an official capacity, and training on making resource updates on Wikipedia. When a staff member updates a link, they will include a note with the edit indicating it to be an update of an outdated link through the THOMAS.gov Link Clean-Up project.

When

Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Where

LA-100

John Adams Building, 120 2nd St SE, Washington, DC 20002

Capitol South

Who

No advanced technical skills required!

Members of the Office of the Chief Information Officer and the Law Library of Congress, whether Wikipedians or not, are welcome to join.

Any interested member of the Wikipedia community or the public may join the project remotely and fix outdated THOMAS links.

What to bring

Personal laptop, if desired (the event is in a computer lab)

RSVP preferred

Sign up directly below or just show up. This event is free of charge with catering; an advance headcount is desired.

Sign up!

I'll attend in person

I'll participate online

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.

Goals

To encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute
To clean-up links that are on Wikipedia going to THOMAS.gov and update them to go to Congress.gov

Schedule

Proposed THOMAS.gov Link Clean-Up Agenda

9:30-9:45 Meet and refreshments
9:45-10:00 Welcome and editing tutorial
10:00-11:45 Clean-up THOMAS.gov links
11:45-12:00 Review progress

To-do list

Edit THOMAS Wikipedia links to go to Congress.gov

Research resources

Outcomes

fixed 100 links 4930 to go [1]