Wikipedia:Meetup/PlantsAndPeopleMCC2017

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Mt. Cuba Center Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Mt. Cuba Center
When and Where
Time11:00am to 3pm
AddressMt. Cuba Center
City, StateHockessin, Delaware
DateJanuary 27th, 2017


Mt. Cuba Center welcomes new and experienced Wikipedia editors to our first Edit-a-thon on Friday, January 27, 2017 as part of week-long event Plants and People spearheaded by members of the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries.

This Edit-a-thon will focus on creating and enhancing pages related to native plants of the Eastern United States. Editors will use the collections of the Mt. Cuba Center library to create and edit existing pages.

Training will be provided for those who have no prior experience editing Wikipedia. A training session will be offered during the first hour of this event. New editors are encouraged to attend this training. Experienced editors may arrive at any point during the event's duration.

Please register through our website, in addition to registering through this Wikipedia page.

The participants affiliated with this initiative will not make any edits that would not be beneficial to the goals of Wikipedia. We will modify our editing behavior if any edits conflict with Wikipedia guidelines. Please contact the Project Coordinator, Lfp85 (talk) if any activities appear to go against this statement.


Event details

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  • Host: Mt. Cuba Center
  • Date: Friday, January 27, 2017
  • Time: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
  • Hashtag: #PlantsAndPeople
  • Cost: Free
  • RSVP: RSVP HERE
  • What to bring: Please bring a laptop or tablet!
  • Participants: Open to all!


Training

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Training will be offered in the first hour for those who are new to editing Wikipedia. The Art+Feminism beginner editor video series is a fantastic resource and highly recommended for new editors.

Suggested activities

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This list is very much a work in progress. Please feel free to add ideas, and keep an eye on this space for changes. A note on plant articles: Wikipedia suggests that most plant articles should include sections labeled

See this article on templates for more information.

Native Plants

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Expand articles/Add or improve citations

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Create new articles

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People

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Create new articles

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Outcomes

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New articles created

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Alphabetical order 3

Articles improved

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Alphabetical order 8

Resources

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Native Plants

General Plant Resources

General Resources

Editing Wikipedia


Wikipedia's Principles

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Attendees

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If you are planning to attend, please also RSVP through our website.

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