Wikipedia:Meetup/Beyond Reading; Wikimedia Fan Club, University Of Ilorin

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Beyond Reading was a meetup organised by the Wikimedia fan club, University of Ilorin. It will be a meetup in which student members will be enriching their experience and skills as Wikipedians as they engage in training sessions, to create articles on Wikipedia and also help improve Wikipedia articles and engage in Wikipedia related activities and discussions.

The training seeks to align the new stream of emerging editors with the community policies and practices that have kept Wikipedia's standard.



Event details

 * Location: Kibis Restaurant, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin
 * Date: Friday 8th, March, 2019 and Monday 11th, March, 2019.
 * Time: 10 am - 2 pm daily.

Day 1 (March 8th)
Task 1 Task 2
 * Neutral Point of View (NPOV) Tutorial - Haylad
 * Basics of editing Wikipedia Tutorial - Haylad
 * Editathon contest: Create-an-Article.

Task 3
 * General Discussions
 * Questions and Answers
 * Refreshments.

Day 2 (March 11th)
Task 1
 * Introduction to Wikimedia Commons
 * Editathon contest: Create-an-Article

Task 2
 * Discussion on problems faced while editing and solutions

Task 3 (12:30-2pm)
 * General Discussions
 * Questions and Answers
 * Refreshments.

What to bring
Kindly bring your internet enabled phones and laptops. If you do not already have a Wikipedia user account, you may want to create one before you arrive (you can do so here).

Registration
Kindly register for the event here