Wikipedia:Meetup/ICHEP

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This is the event page for the Wikipedia editing workshop at the 2016 International Conference on High Energy Physics in Chicago on 10 August 2016.The workshop is a casual, drop-in, volunteer managed event just like other similar workshops in the Year of Science. Participants are invited to meet to discuss Wikipedia and consider making edits to any article.


 * When
 * Wednesday, August 10, 2016, 12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.


 * Where


 * What to bring
 * A laptop computer or tablet. We'll have WiFi.
 * Any resources you would like to refer to
 * Preferably, a registered Wikipedia user account (but we can also create one on the spot)


 * Schedule
 * The event is drop in. Support will be peer to peer. There are no scheduled presentations.

Getting started

 * Register an account at Special:CreateAccount
 * If you choose, then after registering for an account please sign into this event. Persons who sign up will be identified by their Wikipedia account as participants in this editing event, and will be recommended for review to editors at WikiProject Physics

Advice for editing

 * The rule for editing Wikipedia is that any statement added should be followed by a citation to the source from which it came. The format to repeat is "sentence-citation, sentence-citation", so even heavier use of citations than academic publishing. All content needs a citation because any of it might be rearranged.
 * Because reliable information is the building block of Wikipedia, many times it is useful to start with a reliable source of information to cite and not necessarily a Wikipedia article. Collect any source - an academic paper, a book, or whatever else seems reputable - and identify an interesting fact in that source. Once you have a fact and a citation, then browse Wikipedia for a place to insert your information.
 * Wikipedia is built in small steps in this way. All submitted content and edits are reviewed.

Articles to expand

 * Expanding particle physics articles that are stubs: Category:Particle physics stubs
 * Physics articles needing attention: Category:Physics articles needing attention
 * Physics articles needing expert attention: Category:Physics articles needing expert attention
 * Requested articles: Wikipedia:Requested articles/Natural sciences/Physics

Basics on editing Wikipedia

 * Cheatsheet
 * Policies and guidelines
 * Help:Getting started
 * Your first article