Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/2017-01 Lenny Workshop

Lenny Letter
Train the Trainers Wiki Workshop

When and Where
When:	Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Time	3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Where:	Brooklyn

This Lenny Letter Train the Trainers Editathon is a small private workshop and training session in preparation for the upcoming Women Journalist Editathon -- which is co-sponsored by Her Girl Friday and Lenny Letter on Saturday, January 28, 2017, at ThoughtWorks New York.

Event information

• Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2017
• Time: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Location: Brooklyn
• Who should come: Lenny Letter editors
• What to bring: Please remember to bring a laptop and power cord!

Agenda

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.

Attendees

In addition to adding your Wikipedia user name below, please also sign up via Outreach Dashboard

WikiFacilitators

1. BrillLyle (talk)

Lenny Letter

1. Butterstick25 (talk) 20:33, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
2. Geometricsleep (talk) 20:33, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

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 lists

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

General task list

Alphabetical by first letter Pages to improve Ellen Mosley-Thompson, ice scientist Helen Johns Kirtland – [1] Mary TallMountain Motor Maids#Dot Robinson – broken out to own page? Sisters in Islam West Area Computers Pages to create Diario de Juarez Ellen Weaver, biologist – [2] [3] Josie Laures – [4] Kathleen Revis, first woman photog on staff at National Geographic – [5] Leonora Abravanel – [6] Marinda Branson Moore, Confederate mapmaker – [7][8] Mary Ann Roque, mapmaker – [9] Sandra Rodriguez (journalist) Sophie Hull, 2nd wife of founder of Singapore – see: Stamford Raffles Susan Goldberg, EIC of National Geographic

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

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

Outcomes

Alphabetical by first letter

Pages improved

1. Katie Stelmanis -- Geometricsleep (talk)
2. Mary Karr -- Butterstick25 (talk)
3. Ruth E. Carter -- Geometricsleep (talk)

External links

• Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)
• Her Girl Friday
• Lenny Letter
• ThoughtWorks New York

See also

• Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/2017-01 HGF Lenny