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Improve Wikipedia's Coverage of Minorities and Underrepresented Groups

Monday, October 19, 2015 @ the Du Bois Library
at the W.E.B. Du Bois Library, Room 1320, at UMass Amherst.

This edit-athon will focus on improving and writing Wikipedia content about women and underrepresented minorities who have contributed to the arts, literature, and science.

We look forward to seeing you there!



Logistics

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Schedule

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  • NOON-1 pm - LUNCH provided! (pizza, beverages, & dessert)


Additional break-out sessions and on-the-spot training will be available throughout the day.

What?
A one-day event for students, scholars, librarians, and Wikipedians to come together to edit and create Wikipedia pages. Help increase the Web presence of artists, authors, scientists, and historical figures from minority or under-represented groups. From noon throughout the afternoon, we will offer workshops in becoming a Wikipedia content contributor, including technical aspects of article authorship.


Who?
Anyone can contribute. Join us if you know a specific page you want to work on, you want to learn more about editing Wikipedia, or if you just want to pitch in. We will have people on hand to help with Wikipedia editing as well as laptops for those who need one.


Where?


When?
  • Monday, October 19, 2015, from noon-5. (Drop in at any time, for as long as you want. LUNCH provided!)



Resources

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use: {{subst:Amherst edit-a-thon}}
How?
  • Do you already know the Wikipedia page you’d like to edit? If you know what needs to be changed or added, be prepared to cite your sources. Since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, any content or editing needs to follow conventions of neutrality and to cite published sources. Original research cannot be used. For more information, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars
  • Want to contribute but don’t have a specific page in mind? Great! We will have a list of people and works on hand for you.
  • Want to contribute but can’t make it? Please get this information out to as many people as possible! Send suggestions for Wikipedia pages that need to be added or edited to lquilter [at] library.umass.edu with a one-sentence description of the person or topic, or add their names to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/UMass Amherst/3.


Questions?
  • Contact Laura Quilter / lquilter at


What to bring
  • a laptop (but we'll have some if you don't)
  • ideas for articles, and supporting references for the article content
  • a friend or two! Bring along other people -- it's more fun and more productive too.

Attending

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  • Laura Quilter - Lquilter (talk)
  • Jeremy
  • Leslie
  • Marilyn
  • Ryan
  • Ian
  • Siti



Subject

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We want to increase the depth of coverage of women and underrepresented minorities in Wikipedia, especially among the arts, literature, and the sciences. We are taking suggestions of needed articles, so you can make suggestions even if you can't make it to the edit-a-thon.

Articles needing creation

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Done!

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New articles
Improved articles


Lists of more to do!


Template to paste into articles

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Paste this text on a talk page of any page you edit or create as part of the edit-a-thon. Thanks! 



== This article was edited as part of an edit-a-thon ==



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| style="text-align: center;" | This article was edited as part of the '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/UMass Amherst/3|UMass Amherst Edit-a-Thon]]''' . 

The editor who attended the event may be a new editor. In an effort to support new editors, please [[WP:AGF|assume good faith]] to their contributions before making changes. Thank you! –  ~~~~


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