Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Open Gov Hub Wikipedia edit-a-thon



Open Gov Hub Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

When
 * September 28, 2023
 * December 13, 2023

Registration
 * Private

Event Dashboard
 * Coming soon

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 * Conflict of interest

Articles of potential interest

 * African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights
 * African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
 * Anti-corruption and Economic Malpractice Observatory
 * Bulgarian Summer
 * Chapter Four Uganda
 * Corporate crime
 * CorpWatch
 * Earth Rights Institute
 * Ethical code
 * Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
 * Gbenga Sesan
 * Human rights in Africa
 * Human rights in Asia
 * Human rights in Central Asia
 * International human rights instruments
 * ISO 37001
 * Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People
 * Ogoni Nine
 * Open Contracting Data Standard
 * Open Government Partnership
 * Organization of American States
 * Osayi Alile
 * Publish What You Pay
 * Right to development
 * Sierra Leone Anti-corruption Commission
 * Trade justice
 * United Nations Convention Against Corruption
 * United Nations Human Rights Council
 * Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights

New biographies for creation

Biographies are often easier to create for beginners
 * Draft:Kristy Drutman - Environmental justice activist
 * Draft:Chicago Asian Americans for Environmental Justice - Organization
 * Draft:Sue Ko Lee - Labor activist

Sample conflict of interest statement
I am a current employee of [org. here] and edit as part of my professional duties. When doing do, I strictly abide by Wikipedia's accepted practices on conflicts of interest, neutrality, and notability. I will modify my editing behavior based on any issues brought to my attention by other editors.*

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• Wikibooks, educational textbooks

• Wikinews, news articles

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• Core content policies

• General notability guideline

• Verifiability

• Identifying reliable sources

• No original research (Examples of Original Research)

• Citing sources

• Identifying and using primary sources

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 * Wikimedia movement affiliates model


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WikiProjects

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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