Wikipedia:Meetup/Colorado/Fort Collins/October/2014

Colorado State University Libraries is hosting the Water Editathon at CSU. This is our first-ever Wikipedia Editathon, and our goal is to create and improve Wikipedia articles about water in Colorado, or for those out-of-state institutions participating remotely, water in their own states. No specialized knowledge of the subject is needed; we'll have librarians, subject experts and library and archival resources on hand and a list of suggested topics to keep the information flowing.

There will be free food and refreshments available to give you the energy you need for all your research breakthroughs.

We hope you’ll join us!

Details
WHEN: Tuesday, October 20th, 2014 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Come when you can, stay as long as you like.

WHERE: At CSU: Morgan Library, Event Hall (first floor), on the Colorado State University campus. Every participating institution will have additional meeting places.

WHO: Anyone! Everyone! Bring your friends.


 * Experienced or new Wikipedians (We will provide assistance with Wikipedia formatting and syntax).
 * Anyone with an interest in water issues, improving public information or democratic discourse.
 * Amateur historians or research pros (We will have a selection of CSU resources and a mini reference desk available for your use. We can also pull additional materials from the Collection as needed).
 * CSU faculty, staff, and students.
 * Members of the community.

What you need to know before you arrive
Enter Morgan Library through the main front entrance. Volunteers will be there to greet you. Please bring your own laptop if possible. We will have some library laptops available for those without a computer and will help you access the University's wireless network. For directions to CSU click here: http://lib.colostate.edu/about/directions For parking information click here: http://parking.colostate.edu/pages/WhereCanIPark.aspx

WILL THERE BE FOOD? The most important question! Yes, we will provide free food and drinks.

Participating Remotely
We'll have a Skype session open to every concurrent Editathon which will be projected onto the walls in the Event Hall. Questions and ideas can be exchanged between groups and editing efforts can be coordinated. We'll be updating the Topic Page in real time, with editors signing next to articles they're working on, so anyone with a Wikipedia account can log on and do the same.

So who's participating remotely? So far, Wikipedians from Montana State University

Washington State University

University of California Riverside

Metropolitan State University

Colorado Mesa University

Each will soon have their own meetup info page.

Suggested Topics
The following are topics that CSU Library staff have identified as needing attention, but participants are encouraged to suggest topics and/or pursue their own interests. Hyperlinked topics already have Wikipedia articles, but may need citations, or more information.

Some of these topics are mentioned briefly in other articles, so if you create a new article, try to search for that topic in Wikipedia so that you can create links back to your work.

Sign up for the article you'd like to work on here: (Topic Page soon to come)

People

Rivers

Lakes

Reservoirs

Head Waters

Environmental Issues

Legal Issues

Historical Events

Weather/Flooding/Drought Events

Businesses/Organizations

Online Research Sources
Resources to come!

Wikipedia Help

 * GLAM Beginners Guide
 * Wikipedia Tutorial
 * Citation guide
 * Formatting Shortcuts -
 * Text Formatting
 * Section Headers, Indents, and Lists
 * Links

RSVP
Please add your name (or Wikipedia username, if you have one) below if you are planning to attend:

Shea Swauger, Bibliophage01 (talk) 15:46, 23 July 2014 (UTC)bibliophage01 Patty Rettig