Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Regina/ArtAndFeminism 2016/University of Regina

Instruct on core content policies next year please

I posted this on the general page Wikipedia talk:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism, but I think it bears repeating here, given the number of problematic pages that came out of Regina:

I support your goals here; certainly Wikipedia needs better coverage of important female figures. But please instruct your participants to make sure their pages are appropriate for an encyclopedia (see our criteria for notability and reliable sources) before they hit save. Numerous pages have been appearing that don't even assert, much less support, the importance of their subjects; these are being deleted under Speedy deletion criterion A7. The Article Wizard and Draft namespace are very useful tools to keep editors who are not familiar with our inclusion criteria from wasting their own time by creating incomplete and inappropriate pages in the main space. I want to see your participants become active editors, not become discouraged because they weren't given guidance before leaping in. Thank you. —swpb^T 20:23, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

comment: Thanks for this advice. The event was unfortunately attended by a subset of editors who made copyright violations, despite being instructed on proper etiquette. The core group of editors involved with the event are actively working on the pages to take the necessary steps to fix the issues and to ensure the quality reflects Wikipedia standards. Please note, that there were no conflicts of interest that we are aware of and we were very diligent to ensure this rule was kept during the event. Mlscawsand (talk) 02:07, 15 March 2016 (UTC)