Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Women's History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
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Women's History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Wikipedia is an openly editable resource, meaning that you can improve the quality and accuracy of Wikipedia entries. As one of the web’s most visited reference sites, Wikipedia serves as a starting point for visitors who want to learn more about a variety of topics.
Learn how to become a Wikipedia editor and spend time contributing to articles on Women's History and Baltimore industry with guidance from experts. No experience necessary.
Laptops are required. Please bring your own. Wikimedia has two laptops to loan. Reserve one by emailing info@wikimediadc.org.
Lunch will be provided.
When
- Sunday, March 3, 2019 12:30PM-3PM
Where
- Baltimore Museum of Industry
- 1415 Key Highway
- Baltimore, MD 21230
Register
- Register here with Eventbrite'
Coordination[edit]
Please sign in[edit]
- This is for use on the day of the event.
- 1) Select 'Sign in'
- 2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Save changes'.
- Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees.
Presentation[edit]
Policies, Quick Tips and Other Wikimedia Resources[edit]
- Wikipedia:Five pillars
- Wikipedia:Core content policies
- Wikipedia:General notability guideline
- Wikipedia:Verifiability
- Wikipedia:Conflict of interest
- Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources
- Wikipedia:No original research (Examples of Original Research)
- Wikipedia:Citing sources
- Wikipedia:Identifying and using primary sources
Your first article
Tips
- Creating Redirects with Visual Editor
- Creating Redirector with Source Editor
- Using categories
- Cheatsheet for Wiki markup
- Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules
Wikimedia and other related projects
Suggested Article Work List[edit]
About the Article Assessment Quality Scale
For Creation
- Sister Helen Amos
- Carolyn T. Burridge
- Evelyn Omega Cannon
- Frances Murphy Draper
- Sol del Ande Mendez Eaton
- Lavinia Margaret Engle
- Kathleen O’Farell Friedman
- Ellen Moses Heller
- Bonnie K. Heneson
- Helen L. Holton
- Barbara Brotman Kaylor
- Almira Hart Phelps Lincoln
- Odonna Mathews
- Nicole McFayden
- Bonnae Jeanne Meshulam
- Redonda Miller
- Patricia Jeanne Mitchell
- Daphne Muse
- Rosemarie T. Nassif
- Carol Sheffey Parham
- Marlene Susan Prendergast
- Eileen M Rehrmann
- Alta Schrock
- Sandra J. Skolnik
- Miss Tony
Stubs
Start
C
B
GA
FA
Resources/Potential Secondary Sources[edit]
- BMI online database
- Digital Maryland
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County special collections
- University of Baltimore archives
- Maryland State Archives
- Baltimore City Archives
- Reginald F. Lewis Museum online database
- Archives of the Afro American
- Library of Congress
- National Archives
- Google Scholar
- World Cat
Attendees[edit]
- Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 18:11, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
- Gi hoagland (talk) 18:12, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
- Brock-brac (talk) 18:51, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
Outcomes[edit]
- Wikis: *.wikipedia, commons.wikimedia, en.wikipedia
- Start date: 2019-03-03 12:30 (America/New York)
- End date: 2019-03-03 15:00
| Bytes changed | Edits | Files in use | Files uploaded | New editors | Pages created | Views to pages created | Pages improved | Avg. daily views to pages improved | Unique pages with uploaded files | Participants | 7 day retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6,416 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 17 | 705 | 0 | 7 | 0 |