Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Odenton Library Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon



Odenton Library Black History Month Edit-a-thon presented with support from Wikimedia DC

When
 * February 4, 2023

Registration
 * Register

Event Dashboard
 * Dashboard

Safe Space Policy

 * Safe Space Policy

Sign in: Outreach Dashboard
Step 1: Go to the Dashboard

Step 2:
 * Have a Wikipedia username? Select 'Log-in with Wikipedia'.
 * Don't have a username? Select 'Sign-up with Wikipedia'

Instructions
'''Goal: Create drafts of new Wikipedia articles. Move articles from draft form to Wikipedia main space when ready.'''
 * Reserve the article you want to create in this Google Sheet.
 * Return to this page and select the red link to open a blank page
 * Select Create, not Create source (top right). This may happen automatically.
 * Start writing and cite sources from this event page. They are the hyperlinked numbers below. You may also use verifiable secondary sources you've found on your own.
 * Tip: Be sure to add a header titled 'References' at the bottom of the page before you begin.


 * Publish as you go (blue button, top right)
 * Select 'Edit' to re-open the draft and keep working
 * Once you are pleased with the article, publish one last time.
 * Select the 'More' button (top right next to View History). Note: This button may not be visible to new editors. Ariel can deactivate this restriction. Be sure to sign in to the Dashboard so she has your username. It is needed to give these extra permissions.
 * Open the 'New title' drop down menu.
 * Change Draft to (Article). You may need to scroll up to find it.
 * Select the blue 'Move' button

Articles to create
Media
 * Draft:WANN Radio

Schools
 * Draft:Sappington School
 * Draft:Galesville Rosenwald School
 * Draft:Highland Park School

Sites/Places
 * Draft:Carr's Beach
 * Draft:Sparrow's Beach
 * Draft:San Domingo Community and Cultural Center
 * Draft:Henry Wilson farmhouse

People
 * Draft:Lucretia Kennard Daniels
 * Draft:Cynthia Abney Carter
 * Draft:Estelle Young
 * Draft:Wiley H. Bates

Existing articles to edit

 * Freetown Rosenwald School
 * Ridgeley School
 * Lula G. Scott Community Center
 * San Domingo School
 * Norbeck School
 * Marley Neck Rosenwald School*
 * Mathias de Sousa

Wikimedia
• 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
• Username policy

• 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

Wikimedia Affiliates

 * Wikimedia movement affiliates model


 * Chapters
 * Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in a specified geographical region (in most cases, a country). Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". There are currently 39 chapters, with at least one on every inhabited continent., i.e. Wikimedia DC


 * Wikimedia thematic organizations
 * Thematic organizations are incorporated independent non-profits representing the Wikimedia movement and supporting work focused on a specific theme, topic, subject or issue within or across countries and regions. i.e., Wikimedia Medicine.


 * User groups
 * Wikimedia user groups are intended to be simple and flexible affiliates that are an alternative to chapters and thematic organizations - which require more formal requirements. User groups are highly valued as equal players in the Wikimedia movement, i.e., Art+Feminism

WikiProjects

 * Search all WikiProjects


 * WikiProject Women in Red
 * WikiProject Science
 * '''WikiProject Medicine

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

• Manual of Style

Tools, Resources
• Track Wikipedia Page Views

• Wikimedia Statistics

• Wiki Education Foundation

• Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules

• Internet Archive Wayback Machine

For Wikimedia DC Use

 * User rights management
 * Special username creation