Wikipedia:Meetup/Corning/NYSLAA2015



Wikipedia and GLAMs are partnering to improve the quality of information on Wikipedia. GLAMs provide subject expertise and Wikipedia has a massive audience. At "Wikipedia and Libraries: How We Can Get Involved," learn about the ins and outs of Wikipedia, the GLAM-Wiki initiative, and how your organization can get involved.

When and where

 * When: June 18, 2015, 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM EST
 * Where: NYSLAA Annual Conference, Radisson Hotel, Corning, NY
 * Participants: No Wikipedia editing experience necessary - ask me if you have editing questions!

Agenda

 * 10:15 AM - GLAMs + Wikipedia: Why we should be involved and an introduction to Wikipedia
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * Conflict of interest, advice for editors who may have a conflict of interest, and an example of a conflict of interest statement
 * Anatomy of a Wikipedia page (article, edit, view history, talk) - e.g. Rupert Giles; user pages
 * 11:00 AM - Questions
 * 11:15 AM - Editing time - go improve some articles!

Suggested articles and topics
Please place a next an article to indicate that edits were made; the mark does not mean that all the suggested work for that article was completed.

You can always find articles needing basic edits at the Community portal.
 * Library technician
 * Library circulation
 * Reference desk
 * Digital reference
 * Catalog card
 * Online public access catalog
 * Reference work
 * Bibliographic record
 * Bibliographic database
 * Library of Congress Control Number
 * MARC standards
 * History of public library advocacy
 * Library Bill of Rights
 * Ask a Librarian

Categories to check for other ideas
 * Category:Library and information science biography stubs
 * Category:Library and information science stubs
 * Category:Library science

Basics on editing Wikipedia
If you have a question about editing, feel free to ask me for help! The Teahouse is also a great place to ask for help from expert editors.

Editing tips
 * 1) Preview your changes before you save them.
 * 2) Write a brief edit summary noting your changes.
 * 3) Don’t forget to use the help bar at the top of the edit box.
 * 4) Sign your posts on talk pages by adding four tildes.

Useful links
 * Help:Cheatsheet, quick guide to Wiki markup
 * VisualEditor, edit Wikipedia without learning markup (here's the user guide)
 * Beginner's guide to Wikipedia, a step-by-step guide that brings together some of the best resources to help you get started in Wikipedia.
 * Editing - The Basics has .pdf handouts and videos
 * Wikipedia Training, includes a one-hour training for newcomers, and more extensive pages for teachers and Wikipedia Ambassadors
 * Wikipedia Tutorial is a hands-on approach that walks you through various aspects of Wikipedia editing
 * The Wikipedia Adventure is a 7-mission interactive guided tour which introduces new editors to basic editing, social, and policy skills.
 * Writing your first article (the Article Wizard is a great tool)

Resources

 * A beginner's guide to Wikipedia
 * GLAM one-pager
 * Ten ideas for editing Wikipedia - for library edit-a-thons
 * Wiki markup cheatsheet

Further reading
 * GLAM-Wiki US Consortium
 * Wikipedia Loves Libraries
 * How to run an edit-a-thon

Attendees
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 * extabulis (talk)

Outcomes
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