Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/BU Earth Day 2021

=Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: BU Earth Day 2021= As part of Boston University's Earth Week celebrations, the Boston University Libraries are hosting a virtual edit-a-thon on Thursday, April 22, 2021, from 3 - 6 p.m. This year's edit-a-thon will focus on environmental health. Our event will include a presentation by Dr. Diana Ceballos, Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health on Environmental Health in Wikipedia. Please register by April 21 at 3pm ET.

=Event Information=
 * Date: April 21, 2021
 * Time: 3-6 pm ET
 * Location: Online through Zoom. We will send a link to Zoom prior to the event. You must register to receive this link.
 * Host: Boston University Libraries
 * RSVP: Please register by April 21 at 3pm ET.
 * Register for a Wikipedia account. Don't have a Wikipedia account?  That's ok.  Please create one in advance. Wikipedians will be on hand to assist those who need help setting up an account.

Before the event
We will show you how to edit during the event, but if you'd like learn more on your own:
 * Try some self-paced training if you are a first time or returning editor. WikiEdu has many helpful training resources.  Here are a few to get started:
 * Wikipedia Policies(25 minutes) provides an overview of Wikipedia's policies. Highly recommended.
 * How to edit: Wikicode vs Visual Editor(20 minutes) shows the basics of editing. Highly recommended.
 * Finding your article (10 minutes)
 * Adding citations (10 minutes)

Schedule

 * 3 - 3:30 p.m.: Welcome and technical troubleshooting
 * 3:30 - 4 p.m.: Presentation: Environmental Health in Wikipedia, and How You Can Help Your Community, Dr. Diana Ceballos, Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health
 * 4 - 6 p.m.: Editing, with the option to join breakout 'rooms' for instruction or projects. This will include a brief training for absolute beginners or others interested from 4-4:30.

Track your participation
We will be using a Wikipedia Dashboard to easily track the edits made during this Edit-a-thon. By logging into the dashboard before you start editing, your edits will be automatically tracked, and we'll be able to collect statistics on the work we've done during this editing event.
 * 1) Go to the Dashboard: BU Earth Day 2021.
 * 2) Under Actions, click Join Program.
 * 3) Enter the passcode we will provide you with your registration.

Participant list/registration
Please add your Wikipedia username below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day-of. Confirmed Wikipedians attending:

add your name here: Xplorecre84give (talk) 19:33, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

TMorata TMorata (talk) 20:01, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

User:Cliomd1 Cliomd1 (talk) 20:03, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Krugergirl (talk) 20:24, 22 April 2021 (UTC)Krugergirl

Possible Topics for Editing
Feel free to select from the list below or work on another article.

Articles to Edit

 * Environmental justice Citations needed in South Africa section and improvements needed in Cost barriers section
 * Environmental migrant Note in the geographic breakdown by continent, there is currently no section for Africa.
 * Exposure science Stub
 * Fire retardant
 * Indoor mold Citations needed
 * International Dark Sky Week
 * Kissing the shuttle
 * List of parks in Boston More parks can be added.
 * Pocket park
 * Quincy Bay Stub
 * Reservoir Park (Massachusetts) May need updating, wikilinks.
 * Right to health For experienced editors, article has a essay-like message template from 2018.
 * WikiProject Environment list of deadlinks
 * WikiForHumanRights Challenge/List of articles
 * Weigh in on the proposed merger of Environmental justice and Global environmental inequality Discussion here: Talk:Environmental_justice

More topical pages needing improvements, health sections, or updating include:
 * Isocyanate
 * lead
 * Organochloride
 * Polybrominated_diphenyl_ethers
 * Polychlorinated_biphenyl
 * Phthalate
 * Solvent
 * Volatile_organic_compound

Find More Articles That Need Citations

 * Use the Citation Hunt Tool. Try typing "Wikiproject Environment" or "WikiProject Occupational Safety and Health" into the search box.
 * Training on Adding citations (10 minutes)

Wikipedia Editing

 * Steps for Adding Reliable Citations in Wikipedia. Use this guide and the Citation Hunt to fix "citation needed" references.
 * Wikitext Cheatsheet

Research Resources

 * Consumer Products Information Database
 * Haz-Map: Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
 * Healthy People 2020: Environmental Health
 * International Labour Organization: Occupational Safety and Health
 * Medline Plus: Environmental Health
 * National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
 * National Environmental Health Association: Topics
 * National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
 * PubChem the NIH's chemical database, including toxicity information on chemicals
 * Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
 * WHO: Environmental Health
 * WHO: Occupational Health
 * World Meteorological Association: Environment

Resources Accessible with a BU Login

 * Greenfile a database of journal articles, government documents, and books on the environment
 * Environmental Science Research Guide: News and Commentary