Wikipedia:Meetup/Penn State Women's History Edit-a-thon 2020

Welcome to the Meetup Page for the Penn State Women's History Edit-a-thon 2020! We're so glad you're here! The goal of this edit-a-thon is to celebrate women's history month by editing Wikipedia pages for important women in history.

On this page, you'll find information on time and location, help with editing Wikipedia, and suggested pages to edit! No prior experience needed, just drop in for as long as you'd like. We just want your enthusiasm!

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Join the Dashboard
Regardless of what campus you're editing at, join the dashboard so we can track all of our edits. Check the dashboard during the week of the event to see updated statistics!

Locations
Abington: Tuesday, March 24, 12:00-4:00 Room 10, Abington College Library

Beaver: Monday, March 23, 9:00-1:15 Penn State Beaver Library

Behrend: Wednesday, March 24, 10:30-2:30 107 Lilley Library

Brandywine: Monday, March 23, 11:00-2:00 Vario Library Instruction Lab Will also have "drop-in" opportunities in the Vario Library Instruction Lab throughout the week

Scranton: Thursday, March 26, 10:00am-2:00pm, Room 105 (Computer Lab), Penn State Scranton Library

Shenango: Monday, March 23, 8:00-1:30 Lartz Library 105

University Park: Tuesday March 24, 9:00-4:00 Mann Assembly Room, Paterno Library

Getting Started
Get familiar with Wikipedia. Start by creating an account and visiting some Wiki pages and clicking "Edit Source" on the top of the page to see what it looks like to edit a page!

Editing Wikipedia: Tips and Tricks

 * Formatting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet
 * Page creation: https://turbofuture.com/internet/How-to-Create-a-Wikipedia-Page
 * Biography template: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Biography
 * Tutorial video playlist
 * Very extensive editing tutorial

If you're using Special Collections check out this Lib Guide!

Have questions about copyright? Check out this resource from Berkeley.

Penn State Library
The Penn State Library website is a great place to begin your research
 * LionSearch: Found someone you're interested in researching? Type their name into the search bar on the library website to do a quick search through the library's resources on the person.


 * WGSS Subject Guide: Visit the WGSS Subject Guide for some resources to help with research about women's history.

Wikipedia
Wikipedia also has some great resources. Check out these lists of page suggestions.
 * WikiProject Women in Red/Indigenous Women: This list contains names of Indigenous women for which we can create or improve pages.

Pages to Work on
While you don't have to edit these pages, these are just some pages we pulled out as suggestions. Happy editing!

Further Reading/Viewing
Interested in learning more about Edit-a-thons? Want to see examples of other events? Look no further!

Other Edit-a-thons

 * New York Public Library Schomberg Center Black Life Matters Edit-a-thon
 * Mount Holyoke College Edit-a-thon