Wikipedia:Invasive Species Editathon

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Invasive species are plants, animals, or pathogens that are non-native to the ecosystem under consideration, and whose introduction causes or is likely to cause harm. Human actions are the primary means of invasive species introductions, and they can be introduced to an area intentionally or unintentionally. Some examples of introduction pathways are ship ballast water, firewood, escaped ornamental plants, and escaped or released pets. Invasive species can lead to the extinction of native plants and animals, destroy biodiversity, and permanently alter habitats. Some species have become so common that they are not easily recognized as invasive and the underlying damage to the ecosystems has been overlooked. Join the National Agricultural Library’s National Invasive Species Information Centerto learn more about invasive species, their effects, and their control as we celebrate National Invasive Species Awareness week.

The event will begin with an introduction and information about the NISIC from Joyce Bolton, lead of the information center. Followed by guest speaker, Chuck Bargeron, Co-Director of the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health at the University of Georgia. Then, Jamie Flood, Wikipedian-in-residence of National Agricultural Library and Ariel Cetrone of Wikimedia D.C. will lead a one-hour training on Wikipedia editing and we will spend the rest of the day updating invasive species articles on Wikipedia. Later in the afternoon, Kirstin Nelson, NAL's Law Librarian, will offer an overview and question and answer session about the major laws related to Invasive Species and the impacts of those laws. During the event experienced editors will be on hand to assist and answer questions.
 * 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 many individuals looking to learn about art, history, and science.


 * During this training, attendees of all experience levels will learn the basics of how to edit Wikipedia by updating articles related

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livestream
 * Zoom link upon registration

when


 * May 20, 2021

TBD where


 * Virtual!

details


 * No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary; training will be provided. No background in invasive species is required either.

Get started

 * Create a Wikipedia account
 * Sign up below
 * Find an article to edit!
 * Ask questions in the Zoom chat

Please sign in

 * This is for use on the day of the event.
 * 1) Select 'Sign in'
 * 2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes' or 'Save changes'.


 * Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees.



Safe Space Policy

 * Safe Space Policy

Schedule

 * 11:00-11:10 Welcome and Introduction from Susan McCarthy, Associate Director for Knowledge Services Division (KSD) at the National Agricultural Library


 * 11:10-11:20 Overview of the Invasive Species Information Center from Joyce Bolton of National Agricultural Library


 * 11:20-11:35 Guest Speaker, Chuck Bargeron, Co-Director of the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health at the University of Georgia


 * 11:35- 11:50 Guest Speaker, Rebekah Wallace EDDMapS & Bugwood Images Coordinator at the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health at the University of Georgia


 * 11:50 - 12:30 Wikipedia Editing Training with Jamie Flood (NAL) and Ariel Cetrone (Wikimedia DC)


 * 12:30-1:00 Break


 * 1:00-1:30 -Editing, time for questions and follow up


 * 1:30-2:00 Breakout Session with Kirstin Nelson – Overview and Q&A about the major laws related to Invasive Species


 * 2:00--3:00 Editing and wrap up (shortly before 3:00)

Wikimedia
• Wikimedia movement

• Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia

• Wikimedia Commons, a data repository of media (images, videos and sounds). (See * Wikiproject Wikimedia Commons:GLAM Wikiproject)

• Wikidata, a common source of data, also accessible by the other projects

• Wiktionary, a dictionary

• Wikibooks, educational textbooks

• Wikinews, news articles

• Wikiquote, a collection of quotations

• Wikisource, a library of source texts and documents

• Wikiversity, educational material

• Wikivoyage, a travel guide

• Wikispecies, a taxonomic catalogue of species

Wikipedia Policies
• Username policy

• Five pillars

• Core content policies

• General notability guideline

• Verifiability

• Conflict of interest

• Identifying reliable sources

• No original research (Examples of Original Research)

• Citing sources

• Identifying and using primary sources

WikiProjects

 * Search all WikiProjects


 * WikiProject Women in Red
 * WikiProject Science
 * WikiProject Medicine
 * WikiProject Agriculture

Quick Editing Tips
• Help:Getting started

• Your first article

• Help:Referencing for beginners

• Creating Redirects with Visual Editor

• Creating Redirector with Source Editor

• Using categories

• Cheatsheet for Wiki markup

Tools, Resources
• Track Wikipedia Page Views

• Wikimedia Statistics

• Wiki Education Foundation

• Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules

• Internet Archive Wayback Machine

Potential References
• UPDATED Species Profile list - all of the species profile links need to be updated on the work list.

• National Invasive Species Information Center

• Bugwood

• Bugwood images

• resources.ipmcenters.org

• EDDMapS

• Invasive.org from The Center For Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health

• Invasive Species: Major Laws and the Role of Selected Federal Agencies

For Wikimedia DC Use

 * User rights management
 * Special username creation

Articles work list
About the Quality Scale

Share your Work!
Jamie-NAL - African Swine Fever

user:Andrew Davidson – Introduced species of the British Isles (cleanup and expansion)

Outcomes

 * Yak1927 (talk) 15:28, 20 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Jamie-NAL (talk) 16:30, 20 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Aglaw kir (talk) 16:30, 20 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Janefeyl (talk) 16:30, 20 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Andrew🐉(talk) 16:33, 20 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Baasilt (talk) 16:40, 20 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Engineerchange (talk) 17:06, 20 May 2021 (UTC)


 * 2600:100A:B121:DBFB:3C80:BA2F:E20F:1187 (talk) 18:32, 20 May 2021 (UTC)