Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/University of Maryland iSchool Disability Justice Editing Workshop

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University of Maryland iSchool Disability Justice Editing Workshop



Wikipedia is an openly editable resource, meaning that you can improve the quality and accuracy of Wikipedia entries. As one of the web’s most visited reference sites, Wikipedia serves as a starting point for visitors who want to learn more about a variety of topics.

Join us at the University of Maryland iSchool Editing Workshop and help to improve the quality of Wikipedia articles related to Disability Justice. Attendees will learn to edit existing articles and create new ones with the help of experienced Wikipedians. This event is co-hosted by student organizations iDiversity and Special Libraries Association @ UMD.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Lunch will be provided.

Laptops are required. Please bring your own. Wikimedia DC has two laptops to loan. Reserve one by emailing info@wikimediadc.org. University of Maryland students are encouraged to check out laptops from UMD Libraries.

So that people who have allergies/breathing difficulties/chemical sensitivities may more safely attend, please refrain from wearing any fragrances including essential oils to this event.

When


 * Sunday, March 11, 2018 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Where


 * University of Maryland
 * Hornbake Library North, Room 0302J
 * Directions and parking information

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Policies, Quick Tips and Other Wikimedia Resources
• 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

• Your first article

• Help:Getting started

• Your first article

• Help:Referencing for beginners

• Tips

• Creating Redirects with Visual Editor

• Creating Redirector with Source Editor

• Using categories

• Cheatsheet for Wiki markup

• Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules

• Wikicommons

• Wikimedia and other related projects

• Wikidata

• Wikimedia Statistics

• Wiki Education Foundation

Suggested Worklist
For expansion For creation
 * Books for the Blind
 * Laurie Stephens
 * Steve Cash (sledge hockey)
 * Oksana Masters
 * Nikko Landeros
 * Tyler Carron
 * Penny Greely
 * Danelle Umstead
 * Bocce
 * Kurzweil Educational Systems
 * Automatic door
 * Javed Abidi
 * Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
 * Social model of disability
 * Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) -- Reporting form for accessibility info about computer hw/sw for government procurement; especially US federal government; cover version 2.0 which also is designed for EU and to cover Web standards; relatedly, work on the draft VPAT for MediaWiki
 * Multiple chemical sensitivity
 * STAAR Description Format (SDF)

Articles from WikiProject Disability
 * Medical model of disability
 * Personal care assistant
 * Ticket to Work
 * Ontario Disability Support Program
 * Disabled Peoples' International
 * Services for the disabled
 * Physical disability
 * Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons

Related Categories: Each contains an extensive article list
 * Category:Disability rights
 * Category:People with disabilities
 * Category:Accessibility
 * Category:Disability organizations
 * American Paralympic medalist stubs

Additional Sources

 * Disability Scoop
 * Disability Scoop

Attendees

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 * Factmasterflash (talk) 18:52, 11 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Cfravel6 (talk) 18:52, 11 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Emgroo (talk) 18:52, 11 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Willfro (talk) 18:52, 11 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Taylordw (talk) 18:53, 11 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Editfortruth123 (talk) 18:54, 11 March 2018 (UTC)


 * econterms (talk) 19:14, 11 March 2018 (UTC)