Wikipedia:Meetup/Afrocrowd/Paris

AfroCROWD Wikipedia edit-a-thon in Paris Oct. 19th at Salon du Livre D'Art Des Afriques
Do you follow AfroCROWD from France? Organizer Ivonne Gonzalez will hold an

AfroCROWD edit-a-thon workshop Saturday, October 19th from 11 AM to 4:30 PM  at the Salon du Livre D'art des Afriques in Paris (128 Rue de LaFayette, 75010 Paris, France). At the workshop, participants will be treated to a free training on how to edit Wikipedia. If you will be in the area, stop by and check it out or edit with us online.

Ok- I am at the edit-a-thon. What do I do now?

 * 1) Register for your own Wikipedia Account (if you are in the room and have any questions, raise your have and a Wiki Coach volunteer can help).
 * 2) '''You must sign in to Dashboard
 * 3) Check out the editing lists below on the is page for ideas on what to edit or explore
 * 4) Listen to the training
 * 5) Work with a Wikipedia coach on getting your edits just right
 * 6) Try a Wikidata game
 * 7) The goal is to add at least one sentence or more to Wikipedia in your time here today
 * 8) Don't over think it, but always ask for help - that is what we are here for
 * 9) Later today we will talk about what we discovered today, what have you discovered?
 * 10) How did it go today? Let us know your feedback here.
 * 11) Join us for a free light reception following the edit-a-thon.

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''' Today's hashtag is #AfroCROWDParis. Follow us on Twitter:@AfroCROWDit, Facebook: @AfroCROWD, Instagram:@AfroCROWD or head to our website: AfroCROWD.org

About Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD): AfroCROWD is an outreach initiative which seeks to increase awareness of the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture and software movements among potential editors of African descent. Since its launch during Black Wiki History Month in 2015, AfroCROWD has sensitized thousands in its target audience about free culture crowdsourcing and the need to close the multicultural and gender gaps in Wikipedia. AfroCROWD has also held monthly multilingual editathons in partnership with cultural institutions, galleries, libraries, archives, museums (GLAM), academicians, cultural institutions and many others.



Preparation

 * Bring your laptop: Editing Wikipedia is easier with a keyboard.
 * Bring a published source to cite: Suggested books and papers will be available at the event. If you like, bring an academic paper or other reliable source of information to cite, to support your addition to Wikipedia. You will use Wikipedia to distribute information from this source. Try to bring the highest quality most reputable source you can find for the information.
 * Create a Wikipedia account, if you do not have one already.
 * If you wish, take Wikipedia's own 30-minute online training and tour at The Wikipedia Adventure.

With all this, you can take maximum advantage.

At the event

 * 0:00-0:05 - Sign in to dashboard, register for your account
 * 0:05-0:10 - Introductions
 * 0:10-0:25 - Presentation on editing Wikipedia. Training by Ivonne Gonzalez. In summary (1) click edit (2) add a sentence (3) provide a citation (4) repeat
 * 0:25-0:50 - Participants will have the Wikipedia editing experience; demos and support are offered mostly to individuals
 * 0:50-1:00 - Editing time!
 * 1:00-3:30 - Continued workshop, questions answered and demos made on request for group or individuals
 * 3:30-3:45 - Photo time
 * 3:45-4:00 - Discussion, let's take a look at what we did today
 * 4:00-4:45 - Wrap up, we will have a light reception in the lobby

Editing Ideas: List of articles to create/edit
Liste d'articles, inclue la liste afrolatinx:


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/Lists_of_Articles
 * Wikipedia:Womeninred by country
 * AfroCrowd task list
 * Requested articles
 * WikiProject African diaspora
 * Wikipedia:WikiProject:Wiki Loves Women/African feminists
 * African Women/Feminist Activists Wikipedia list (sourced from the Dictionary of African biography. Oxford University Press, 2012.)


 * Learning tools
 * Wikidata Game


 * Citation Hunt

May be useful

 * General History of Africa