Wikipedia:Meetup/Guelph/Writing Women into History

We all use Wikipedia. Either when clicking on the first result when questioning our favourite search engine, or as a starting place for seeking information on a new topic. But many of us aren’t aware of the biases behind this massive collectively-written encyclopedia. Did you know, for example, that less than 20% of the editors of Wikipedia are women? There are many more facts about bias on Wikipedia in this great article by Victoria Leonard. Scholars Studio and THINC Lab invite you to join us in new monthly event: Wikipedia Editathons.

On Thursday, March 28th, 10am - 12 pm we’ll help change Wikipedia for the better with the Writing Women into History event. At these events you will be trained in how to edit and write Wikipedia articles, and provided with a list of starting places to jump in and make Wikipedia a more inclusive, diverse space on the web.

What to bring
Please bring your laptop, power cord, and ideas for articles that need updating or creation. For the editing-averse, we urge you to stop by to show your support and learn about Wikipedia. If you do not already have a Wikipedia user account, please create one before you arrive (you can do so here). Please also take a moment to familiarize yourself with the Safe Space Policy.

Schedule

 * Location: Scholars Studio, 2nd Floor, McLaughlin Library University of Guelph
 * Date: Thursday March 28th, 2019
 * Time: 10am - 12 pm

Participants – Sign Up Here!
If you have a Wikipedia account, sign your name by editing this section and typing four tildes ("~~~~") in the list below. If you don't have an account, just write your name below (though it is recommended that you create a user account in advance of the event - create one here!).


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General Wikipedia, how to edit resources

 * Wikipedia cheatsheet - quick guide to Wiki markup for text formatting, etc. and various templates!
 * Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
 * Five Pillars of Wikipedia
 * Tutorial
 * How to Edit a Page
 * How to add images to an article
 * Article Development
 * Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
 * Manual of Style
 * Bookshelf

Editing ideas
There are lots of ideas on WikiProject_Women_in_Red which could be interesting.

Bite sized tasks for new editors

 * Add a citation! Citation Hunt
 * Fix a spelling or grammatical error!

Whose Knowledge Project
https://whoseknowledge.org/