Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/THOMAS.gov Link Clean-Up

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THOMAS.gov Link Clean-Up

The Law Library of Congress is planning an internal Wikipedia clean-up event on Tuesday, August 23, 2016, at the Library of Congress, to update and correct links currently pointing to THOMAS.gov. The Library retired THOMAS.gov in early July and links to that site now redirect to Congress.gov, though some links are not able to redirect to the specific content of the original. Such links now bring users to the Congress.gov homepage. Rather than rely solely on redirects, the Library seeks to be proactive on Wikipedia and adjust links to go directly to their new location, saving time for users and preventing possible broken links in the future.

Law Library and Office of the Chief Information Officer staff who work on Congress.gov will participate in this event. The project does not include making any edits or comments on matters of substance within Wikipedia articles, but is strictly limited to technical corrections on links to THOMAS.gov. Staff participants will receive guidance on Wikipedia best practices, a Wikipedia profile template clearly identifying them as Library employees acting in an official capacity, and training on making resource updates on Wikipedia. When a staff member updates a link, they will include a note with the edit indicating it to be an update of an outdated link through the THOMAS.gov Link Clean-Up project.

When


 * Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Where


 * LA-100
 * John Adams Building, 120 2nd St SE, Washington, DC 20002

Who


 * No advanced technical skills required!
 * Members of the Office of the Chief Information Officer and the Law Library of Congress, whether Wikipedians or not, are welcome to join.
 * Any interested member of the Wikipedia community or the public may join the project remotely and fix outdated THOMAS links.

What to bring
 * Personal laptop, if desired (the event is in a computer lab)

RSVP preferred
 * Sign up directly below or just show up. This event is free of charge with catering; an advance headcount is desired.

I'll attend in person

 * 1) user:Atweber
 * 2) user:Rmbrammer
 * 3) user:JacindaRGill
 * 4) Brock-brac (talk)
 * 5) user:Springermm
 * 6) user:emcarr
 * 7) user:jjamDC

Goals

 * To encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute
 * To clean-up links that are on Wikipedia going to THOMAS.gov and update them to go to Congress.gov

Schedule
Proposed THOMAS.gov Link Clean-Up Agenda
 * 9:30-9:45	Meet and refreshments
 * 9:45-10:00	Welcome and editing tutorial
 * 10:00-11:45	Clean-up THOMAS.gov links
 * 11:45-12:00	Review progress

To-do list

 * Edit THOMAS Wikipedia links to go to Congress.gov

Research resources

 * Congress.gov
 * Congress.gov THOMAS Retirement FAQs

Outcomes

 * fixed 100 links 4930 to go