Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Virginia/Surfacing Black Life in Charlottesville August 2018
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Date: | Monday August 20, 2018 |
Time | 1:30-4pm EST |
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Slides | Surfacing Black Life in Charlottesville |
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The University of Virginia Library is hosting "Surfacing Black Life in Charlottesville", public Wikipedia event for students and faculty to have fun while also sharing information from historic African American newspapers. Wikipedia has been a popular source of information for a generation and continues to influence thought in all fields. By sharing information in Wikipedia we make information accessible to others and track it popularity. Come to socialize, share snacks, and to publish information that people will read. Feel free to ask any questions you have ever had about the encyclopedia.
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editCreate a Wikimedia account if you do not have one.
- Date: Monday August 20, 2018
- Time: 1:30-4pm
- Place:
- Byrd/Morris Seminar Room - Harrison/Small
- Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
- University of Virginia
Agenda
editThis event includes wiki editing. The orientation at the start of the event is open to anyone who wants an introduction to Wikimedia projects and will be interesting even to people who are unable to join the editing workshop which follows.
- 0:00-0:05 - Welcome
- 0:05-0:20 - Orientation and tutorial for Wikipedia, Wikidata, and related Wikimedia projects
- 0:20-0:25 - Discussion and demos
- 0:25-1:00 - Wiki editing!
- 1:00-1:05 - Check in, share early results
- 1:05-1:30 - Wiki editing!
- 1:30-1:45 - Wrap up!
Editing suggestions
editGoal
editThe minimum target goal for participants in the editing workshop is the following:
- Register a Wikimedia account
- Add 1 sentence and 1 citation to any Wikipedia article
- Add 1 statement (structured data with citation) to any Wikidata item
Doing this much will leave participants with insight into how Wikimedia projects work. The theme of this editing event is "black life in Charlottesville" and recommended articles to develop are below.
Topics
edit- Content in the following categories
- University of Virginia
- notice - there are wiki restrictions about editing with conflict of interest!
- University of Virginia
- University of Virginia Health System
- Newspapers
- People
- Education
- Other concepts
Wikidata data models
edit- WikiProject Universities recommended statements - university model
- WikiProject Periodicals
- WikiProject Source MetaData
Wikisource
editThis project does not have any on-topic Wikisource content queued for engagement. To experiment, edit a page in the Wikisource community's current collaboration.
Notes
editSupport
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University of Virginia Library
Contact
edit- Lane Rasberry (user:bluerasberry) for Wiki issues
- Molly Schwartzburg (User:Leofstan) for the University of Virginia Library
Links
edit- WikiProject University of Virginia, a landing page for anyone to coordinate collaboration between the UVA and wiki communities
- Data Science Institute at University of Virginia, which coordinates wiki activities at UVA