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Wikipedia:The New School/October 2017 meetup

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Design Studies Edit-a-thon @
The New School
When and Where
Date:Tuesday October 3, 2017
Time5:30-7:30pm
Where:The New School, 6 E 16 St, 12th floor Room 1209
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The Parsons School of Design at The New School is hosting a "Design Studies Edit-a-thon" for students and staff. This is a private, invitation-only event. For other public Wikipedia events in New York, please check Wikimedia NYC's event listing.

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Event details

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Getting started

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  1. Create a Wikipedia account
  2. Please register!
  3. For your topic, read both the Wikipedia article and the academic article on that topic. Deep familiarity is not required, especially of the Wikipedia article.
  4. Expect that during the event, you will take information from the academic article and add it to the Wikipedia article.

Agenda

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0:00-0:05 - Intro to Wikipedia, why Wikipedia matters
0:05-0:10 - Overview of content organization in Wikipedia
0:10-0:15 - How to edit Wikipedia
0:15-0:20 - Questions, discussions, and demos
0:20-1:40 - edit Wikipedia!
1:40-2:00 - review outcomes and plan next steps
2:00-3:00 - if anyone wants to talk after, then I am around

Following the presentation, anyone may ask any question about Wikipedia to get answers or demonstrations. Following this, it will be time for a Wikipedia "editathon", which is an event in which a group of people edit together. Desktop view, not mobile access, is preferred for this exercise, but come regardless. At the editathon, this is the goal:

  1. Come to the event with some published source of good information
  2. Identify a Wikipedia article where you think information from that source should go
  3. In your own words, take information from your source and add it to the Wikipedia article
  4. Cite your source. See referencing for beginners or better, learn at the event

Hopefully everyone at the event will add at least 1-3 sentences in the time we have. After making additions, since Wikipedia is public, participants will review the accuracy and quality of classmate's edits. As we leave, participants will be invited to check back on Wikipedia after some time (3-7 days) to see if there is any online community response to anyone's contributions.

Goals

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  • explore the option of publishing an article on "design studies", and perhaps actually publish it
  • orient all participants to using Wikipedia for publishing

Other support

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The presentation is provided by Parsons Design Studies program with Wiki NYC. Other organizations supporting Wikipedia outreach in New York include the following:

Tools and support

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  • Susan Yelavich, a professor at the school, is organizing

Contact

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For local Wikipedia support contact user:bluerasberry

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