Wikipedia:Meetup/Minnesota/Mankato/South-Central Minnesota History Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon

Help improve local history on Wikipedia.

Join us in creating or enhancing Wikipedia articles on South-Central Minnesota history. This event is a great way to make new friends, have fun, and learn something new while adding knowledge about Central Minnesota to Wikipedia. No Wikipedia experience necessary, training will be provided. This event is part of a series of eight Local History Wikipedia Edit-a-Thons and is put on by Minnesota Historical Society's Local History Services and hosted by the Blue Earth County Historical Society and the South Central History Collaborative.

Event information

 * Event Title: South-Central Minnesota History Edit-a-thon
 * Date: Saturday, July 23, 2022
 * Time: 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. CDT
 * Location: Blue Earth County History Center and Museum, Blue Earth County Historical Society, 424 Warren St, Mankato, Minnesota 56001
 * Cost: Free
 * Facilitator/s: Joe Hoover
 * Limited to eight participants

Counties in South-Central Minnesota History Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Counties in the South Central History Collaborative
 * Blue Earth County
 * Brown County
 * Faribault County
 * Le Sueur County
 * Martin County
 * Nicollet County
 * Sibley County
 * Waseca County
 * Watonwan County

Details
While laptops are provided, we encourage you to bring your own laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. For the editing-averse, we urge you to stop by to show your support.

Attendees are asked to register beforehand and to bring any books, journals, magazines or newspaper articles relevant to pages they're interested in to use for sources for research.

No Wikipedia experience necessary; Social hour with light refreshments begins at 11 a.m., edit-a-thon at noon. Brief training session at 12:20 p.m. for newcomers. Library resources will be on hand for researching, however, consider bring books and news articles on your own community's or museum's history.

Attendees
Free but registration required.

If you have a Wikipedia user account please sign up on the events Dashboard.

Add your Wikipedia username to the list below if you have one. Tip; you can just type asterisk-space-three tildes ( * )


 * Myotus (organiser)
 * McGhiever
 * Ryan Vesey
 * Hharren1986 (talk) 16:24, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
 * MCHS1885 (talk) 16:25, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Preparation
If you're coming, try to create a Wikipedia account beforehand: don't wait until the day to do it! Here's a form you can use. Creating an account makes editing much easier (more info). You'll need to pick a "handle" for your username; you could use your real name, but it's nicer to have the option to be a bit anonymous if you want. Joe's username is Myotus.

Read up on Wikipedia: there are lots of tutorials, please check out the ones provided at the bottom of the page.

Have a think about topics you'd like to work on. Check out their pages and see if there are obvious mistakes or problems. Maybe even do a little research first so you're prepared. Bring along references for the information you want to add. If the topic you're interested in doesn't have a Wikipedia page, we could even create one. If you're stuck, there are lots of pages that need work: here are some suggestions.

List of articles
These are suggestions for articles and edits but the edit-a-thon is not limited to them.

Many of these pages history sections need expansion or creation:
PLACES
 * Category:Populated places in Blue Earth County, Minnesota
 * Category:Populated places in Brown County, Minnesota
 * Category:Populated places in Faribault County, Minnesota
 * Category:Populated places in Le Sueur County, Minnesota
 * Category:Populated places in Martin County, Minnesota
 * Category:Populated places in Nicollet County, Minnesota
 * Category:Populated places in Sibley County, Minnesota
 * Category:Populated places in Waseca County, Minnesota
 * Category:Populated places in Watonwan County, Minnesota

National Register Database and Research


 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Blue Earth County, Minnesota
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Brown County, Minnesota
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Faribault County, Minnesota
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Le Sueur County, Minnesota
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Martin County, Minnesota
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Nicollet County, Minnesota
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Sibley County, Minnesota
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Waseca County, Minnesota
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Watonwan County, Minnesota

PEOPLE/THINGS
 * Category:People from Blue Earth County, Minnesota‎
 * Category:People from Brown County, Minnesota‎
 * Category:People from Faribault County, Minnesota‎
 * Category:People from Le Sueur County, Minnesota‎
 * Category:People from Martin County, Minnesota‎
 * Category:People from Nicollet County, Minnesota
 * Category:People from Sibley County, Minnesota‎
 * Category:People from Waseca County, Minnesota‎
 * Category:People from Watonwan County, Minnesota‎

EVENTS
 * EMPTY

List of articles
These are categories that may contain useful photos to use for your pages.
 * Photos of c:Category:Blue Earth County, Minnesota‎
 * Photos of c:Category:Brown County, Minnesota
 * Photos of c:Category:Faribault County, Minnesota
 * Photos of c:Category:Le Sueur County, Minnesota
 * Photos of c:Category:Nicollet County, Minnesota
 * Photos of c:Category:Martin County, Minnesota
 * Photos of c:Category:Sibley County, Minnesota
 * Photos of c:Category:Waseca County, Minnesota
 * Photos of c:Category:Watonwan County, Minnesota

Wikipedia resources

 * Tutorial
 * User:Yunshui/Article creation for beginners
 * Your first article
 * Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia
 * VisualEditor/User guide
 * Manual of Style
 * Simplified Manual of Style
 * Writing better articles
 * Copyright problems
 * Text Copyright Violations 101
 * Citing sources - and see Help:Citation tools
 * Help:Referencing for beginners
 * User:Yunshui/References for beginners
 * User:Nick Moyes/Easier Referencing for Beginners
 * Help:Footnotes
 * Nesting footnotes
 * Citation templates
 * Notability
 * Notability (organizations and companies)
 * Common sourcing mistakes (notability)