Wikipedia:GLAM/Library and Archives Canada BAC-LAC/Events

First World War Edit-a-thon
If you are an editor who is passionate about military history or Wikipedia, register now for Library and Archives Canada’s first Wikipedia workshop and edit-a-thon, to be held in Ottawa on November 15, 2017.

In honour of Remembrance Day, the theme is the First World War and Canada’s role in it. Join us for this bilingual event where you will learn how to edit Wikipedia articles and explore reference documents like photographs, service records, soldiers’ journals and other items in our extensive collection.

All editors—experienced and new—are welcome.

Sign up for the first editathon taking place on November 15 at 395 Wellington, Ottawa below:

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RESOURCES FOR EDIT-A-THON

Military resources

Intro to First World War records at Library and Archives Canada

Personnel records of the First World War

War diaries of the First World War

Guide to Sources Relating to Units of the Canadian Expeditionary Force

Tutorials

Wikipedia training modules

The Wikipedia Adventure

LAC resources on the Commons

First World War photographs from LAC

Themes for upcoming events
fr:Wikipédia:GLAM/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada/Évènements
 * Military history of Canada
 * Canadian art
 * Indigenous peoples in Canada
 * Canadian Women in Red