Wikipedia:Cascadia Wikimedians User Group/Cascadia Culture Week 2020

Celebrate Wikipedia at Cascadia Culture Week 2020 on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 from 5-6pm PDT! Wikipedia is a highly consulted free and open source of information. By using Wikipedia to share information on the people, places, history, and values of Cascadia, we present our culture to the world. In this talk we will consider what Wikipedia is, how anyone can edit Wikipedia to share information of general interest, and what media collections Wikipedia already has of interest to friends of Cascadia.

This event, including any active audience participation, will be video recorded and published for anyone to view later.

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Agenda
This is a live online video presentation which includes optional interactive elements. While anyone can attend the talk from phone or other personal device, the interactive parts are best experienced on a desktop computer.


 * 0:00-0:05 - Welcome
 * 0:05-0:20 - Intro to Wikipedia
 * 0:20-0:25 - News on Wiki: Brief demo of a campaign to build wiki content in a topic area
 * 0:25-0:40 - Interactive demos
 * 0:40-0:50 - Questions
 * 0:50-1:00 - Who is interested in editing Wikipedia articles about Cascadia? Future meetups?

Mini-tour of Wikipedia

 * Wikipedia article collections
 * History of Washington (state), and Category:History of Washington (state)
 * Cascades (ecoregion), and Category:Flora of the Cascade Range
 * Protests in Portland, Oregon, and Category:Culture of Portland, Oregon


 * Image collections
 * try clicking "good images" in the top right
 * State parks of Oregon
 * Vancouver


 * Data collections
 * University of Washington researchers - Wikipedia tries to identify the best sources to summarize and cite


 * Wikipedia community organizations
 * Cascadia Wikimedians is the community of Wikipedia editors who either live in or edit about Cascadia.

Support
Organizations providing Wikipedia support for this presentation include the following:

Thanks especially to Cascadia Department of Bioregion for hosting this event. Developing Wikipedia is a collaborative effort, and thanks to everyone who contributes to the success of this and other programs.

Presenter Lane Rasberry of Cascadia Wikimedians is Wikimedian-in-residence at the School of Data Science at the University of Virginia. His interests include popular science, consumer protection, civic engagement, access to health information, clinical research, the Open Movement, data science, LGBT history, Wikimedia projects, and freedom for Cascadia.