Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Bmore Historic Unconference Editing Workshop

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Bmore Historic Unconference Editing Workshop



Did you know that Wikipedia is an openly editable resource and that anyone can improve the quality and accuracy of Wikipedia articles? Join us during the Baltimore Historic Unconference for an introductory Wikipedia Editing Workshop and learn to improve and create Wikipedia content. We will focus on content related to African American and Women architects of Baltimore. No experience necessary.

Laptops are required. Please bring your own. Wikimedia has two laptops to loan. Reserve one by emailing info@wikimediadc.org.

When


 * Friday, September 28, 2018 - 9AM-3PM

Where

Baltimore Museum of Industry
 * 1415 Key Hwy
 * Baltimore, MD 21230

Coordination
Use this ETHERPAD to share what you are currently editing.

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 * 1) Select 'Sign in'
 * 2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Save changes'.


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Wikimedia Projects
• Wikimedia movement

• Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia

• Wikimedia Commons, a data repository of media (images, videos and sounds). (See * Wikiproject Wikimedia Commons:GLAM Wikiproject)

• Wikidata, a common source of data, also accessible by the other projects

• Wiktionary, a dictionary

• Wikibooks, educational textbooks

• Wikinews, news articles

• Wikiquote, a collection of quotations

• Wikisource, a library of source texts and documents

• Wikiversity, educational material

• Wikivoyage, a travel guide

• Wikispecies, a taxonomic catalogue of species

Wikipedia Policies
• Five pillars

• Core content policies

• General notability guideline

• Verifiability

• Conflict of interest

• Identifying reliable sources

• No original research (Examples of Original Research)

• Citing sources

• Identifying and using primary sources

Quick Editing Tips
• Help:Getting started

• Your first article

• Help:Referencing for beginners

• Creating Redirects with Visual Editor

• Creating Redirector with Source Editor

• Using categories

• Cheatsheet for Wiki markup

Tools and Other Resources
• Track Wikipedia Page Views

• Wikimedia Statistics

• Wiki Education Foundation

• Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules

Suggested Work List
From or active in Baltimore area
 * Mary Jack Craigo
 * Victorine Du Pont
 * Katherine Cutler Ficken
 * Rose Greely
 * Poldi Hirsch
 * Shirley Kerr Kennard
 * Hildreth Meiere
 * Melita Rodeck
 * Gertrude Sawyer
 * Helen Ross Staley
 * Ida Webster
 * Chloethiel Woodard Smith
 * Albert Irvin Cassell
 * Harry G. Robinson III
 * Leon Bridges (Architect)
 * Ralph Victor Cook
 * Martha Ann Cassell Thompson
 * John A. Lankford
 * William Sidney Pittman
 * Romulus C. Archer, Jr.
 * Albert Irvin Cassell
 * Michael Marshall (Architect)
 * Harry G. Robinson III
 * Barbara Laurie
 * Gary Bowden
 * Leon Bridges (architect)

Editors

 * Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 15:06, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 15:06, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Megbaco (talk) 15:06, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 15:06, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Jerome Gray (talk) 15:06, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Profjlc (talk) 15:06, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 15:07, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Brock-brac (talk) 15:07, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


 * African American Fire Fighters Historical Society (talk) 15:08, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


 * rr9842a (talk) 15:09, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Mohistoric (talk) 18:01, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 18:34, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Ndennies (talk) 18:34, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Cryanpatterson (talk) 18:34, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


 * CtwAltaLoma (talk) 18:34, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


 * 107.1.55.194 (talk) 18:34, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 18:34, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

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 * Mstella13 (talk) 18:34, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Xpojosh (talk) 18:35, 28 September 2018 (UTC)