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Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/WikiD/November 2015

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wikiD: Women. Wikipedia. Design.
New York City writing workshop
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
When and Where
Date:Saturday, November 14, 2015
Time:12:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT
Address:Center for Architecture
@ Seaport Culture District
181 Front Street
New York, NY 10038
Phone:(212) 683-0023

The third New York writing workshop to help write more women in the built environment into Wikipedia as part of wikiD: Women. Wikipedia. Design. was on Saturday, November 14, 2015 from 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm.

Event information

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Schedule

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  • Arrive: Come any time after 12:00 pm
  • Presentation: At 12.30 pm we will have a short ‘how to’ intro on writing and editing Wikipedia entries for new editors.
  • Start writing: Stay for as long as suits and start writing/editing in good company and with help at hand.
  • Snacks: We will provide snacks as we go.
  • Who We welcome anyone interested in writing more women in the built environment into Wikipedia. No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary. We will start with an overview of writing and editing Wikipedia article. We will also provide assistance throughout the event for Wikipedia newcomers. Experienced Wikipedians are also very welcome – we need as much help as you can offer!
  • RSVP: Please RSVP at Eventbrite so we have some idea of numbers.

Preparation

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Please do a couple of things before coming along:

Introduction and Guide 1: Getting Started! – Why Edit Wikipedia?, Using the WikiD Guides and Getting Started.
Guide 2: Selecting and Researching a Topic/Subject – Choosing a Subject, References and Sources and Images.
Guide 3: Writing an Entry – Tone and Style, Content and Structure, Building an Argument, Precedents and Article Titles.
Guide 4: Navigating the Wikipedia Interface – Editing Interfaces, Creating a New Article, Editing Existing Pages and Disambiguation
Guide 5: Troubleshooting – Deleted Pages, Flagged Pages and Talk Pages
  • What to bring: Please bring your own laptops and power cords. Please also make a Wikipedia username ahead of time if possible.
  • Hashtag:
    • Remember to add the #wikiD hashtag in your edit summary so we can track our progress.
    • #wikiD on Twitter and social media

More material relating to the New York event is available here .

Attendees

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Sign up here to allow us to learn more about how you use Wikipedia during and after this event, so that we can work towards improving it. By signing up, you agree to let us use this information for these purposes. Learn more here.

Register as a participant in the #wikiD writing workshop

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Please register your username (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, create an account and username here. Don't worry: If you have trouble adding your name below we will help you do it at the event.

Likely attendees

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  1. Loriannbrown (talk) 7:16, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
  2. Pharos (talk) 17:44, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Jim.henderson (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2015 (UTC) will be late[reply]
  4. DGG ( talk ) 23:37, 12 November 2015 (UTC) probably at about 1:00 DGG ( talk ) 03:45, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Karenkuchel (talk) 18:38, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Sgrosman (talk) 19:55, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Marketer JMG (talk) 20:00, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Oksuzanne (talk) 20:14, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  9. BEN-AMI SHULMAN (talk) 21:28, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Mucha07 (talk) 22:00, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Elf-I-D (talk)

Remote participants

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If you cannot make it to the wikiD workshop in person, please consider participating remotely. Sign up below, and please add any outcomes. (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, create an account and username here.

  1. BrillLyle (talk)

Outcomes

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Pages created

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Alphabetical by last name

  1. Shelley McNamara -- Sgrosman (talk)
  2. Nasrine Seraji -- Sgrosman (talk)
  3. Ben-Ami Shulman -- BEN-AMI SHULMAN (talk)
  4. Nelva Weber -- Loriannbrown (talk)

Pages improved

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Alphabetical by last name

  1. Merrill Elam -- Loriannbrown (talk)
  2. Yvonne Farrell -- Sgrosman (talk)
  3. Roberta M. Feldman -- Loriannbrown (talk)
  4. Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- BrillLyle (talk)
  5. Cheryl Boone Isaacs -- BrillLyle (talk)
  6. Carol Herselle Krinsky -- Oksuzanne (talk)
  7. Brenda Levin -- Marketer JMG (talk)
  8. Lucie Salhany -- BrillLyle (talk)
  9. Nasrine Seraji -- BrillLyle (talk)
  10. List of ticker-tape parades in New York City -- Oksuzanne (talk)

Templates

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{{LoC-MSS|ID|link label}}
An example:
{{LoC-MSS|98084318|Ruth Bader Ginsburg papers}}
displays
Ruth Bader Ginsburg papers at the Library of Congress

Wikipedia editing resources

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N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources

  • Images and photos:

Tools and templates

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  • N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help:
Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help
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