Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Wikimedia DC Nobel Solution Sessions May 26 2023



Engaging with Wikipedia: Wikipedia edit-a-thon and the ARTT tool

Presented by:
 * Wikimedia DC and the Analysis Responses Toolkit for Trust team

Event description
 * As the world’s largest online Encyclopedia, Wikipedia is often one’s first stop when seeking information. For this reason, it is vital that content shared there remains accurate and free of mis- and disinformation.


 * Wikimedia DC, an official chapter affiliate of Wikipedia and other projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, will facilitate an edit-a-thon with the goal of creating and improving Wikipedia content about scientific topics. Editors of all experience levels are invited to participate.
 * New editors will learn about Wikipedia notability requirements, oversight practices, and basic editing functions.
 * In addition to learning how to edit Wikipedia, attendees will hear about the Analysis Responses Toolkit for Trust, an interactive tool that incorporates Wikipedia and other sources to help people engage in trust-building ways when discussing vaccine efficacy and other topics online.


 * The Wikipedia editing training session is one-hour long and will be offered once at the start the event. Please arrive on-time if you intend to learn how to edit Wikipedia.

When
 * May 26, 2023 - 1pm-4pm EDT

Where
 * Nobel Truth Trust and Hope Conference Solution Session - online

Registration
 * Register

Event Dashboard
 * Dashboard

Safe Space Policy

 * Safe Space Policy

Presentation
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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'

Note: You can also create a username in Wikipedia (top right of this page or any article). If creating one there, be sure to return to the Dashboard to sign-in there as well. Your Wikipedia username can be used to log-in across Wikimedia projects.

Articles work list
1. Find an article to edit or create using the collapsed lists below.

2. Use this Google sheet to reserve the articles you would like to edit or create. '''You are welcome to edit or create articles not on this list. Make sure new articles meet the notability threshold. Please add the articles to the Google sheet and reserve them before beginning'''.

3. FOR NEW ARTICLES ONLY - Once the new draft is published and ready, you may move to Wikipedia mainspace. Instructions above. Feel free to ask Ariel to review your draft before it is moved. DO NOT select the 'submit my article for review' option.

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