Wikipedia:Meetup/Ryerson University Library/Hacking History 3.0 2019



Wikipedia Edit-a-thons are hosted by Ryerson University Library, with different themes from month to month. Ryerson Library Edit-a-thons are for beginners and novices, experts, and everyone in between. Join us in our wiki-editing quest to to lift voices, raise knowledge, and improve representation. This month, we are participating in the Canada-wide Hacking History 3.0, and are acting as a venue host for all those interested in participating - this invitation is extended to those outside of the Ryerson community as well! From the Hacking History 3.0 organizers: For the past two years we have hosted a Canada Wide Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Canadian history. This national event has encouraged folks from across Canada to join us in editing Canadian history content on Wikipedia. As of August 2013, there were 113,554 articles on Wikipedia relating to Canada, a mere 1.92% of the articles on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a place so many Canadians turn to for information but there are so many parts of Canadian History that are not covered on Wikipedia.

Who is this for?
This is a Ryerson-wide event. All members of the Ryerson community are welcome, as are all levels of experience with Wikipedia - from novices to experienced users.


 * Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019
 * Time: 1:00 - 4:00pm
 * Location: Ryerson Library Collaboratory, enter from the SLC (341 Yonge Street, corner of Yonge and Gould), go up to the 3rd floor, and look for the big yellow door. Here is a map.
 * Laptops: Bringing your own laptop is encouraged; a limited number of laptops will be available for those who are unable to bring their own
 * Theme: This month's theme is Hacking History 3.0!

Hacking History 3.0: Expansive Canadian History
As of 6 July 2018, there were 107,534 articles on Wikipedia relating to Canada, a mere 1.89% of the articles on Wikipedia.

There is great value in creating Canadian content on Wikipedia that is accessible; Wikipedia is a place so many Canadians turn to for information but there are so many parts of Canadian History that are not covered on Wikipedia.

There is also value in disrupting the Western, cis, white male dominated nature of Wikipedia content. Creating new articles and improving existing content on Wikipedia has the potential to impact what the general public knows about a historical event, improve learning experiences, and shape historical narratives.

Purpose: Why Edit?
Wikipedia is the largest and most popular general reference work on the internet with over 40 million articles in 301 languages. With about 500 million visits a month, it is important that we work together to fix the critical gaps in Wikipedia’s coverage of knowledge when it comes to marginalized groups. Edit-a-thons are organized events which participate in this larger process. https://whoseknowledge.org/issues/public-online-knowledge/

"Our purpose is to contribute and amend meaningful content while closing the gaps and increasing visibility of underrepresented/marginalized communities."

Provide an opportunity for community engagement, promoting diversity and inclusion of both Wikipedia’s content and it’s contributors. The knowledge of marginalized communities is the knowledge of the majority of the world. How can we best support these communities to bring their knowledge onto Wikimedia projects? Learning patterns for centering marginalized knowledge: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Learning_patterns/Centering_Marginalised_Knowledge

Registration
Let us know you're coming! For fire code reasons, space is maxed at 50.

If you have a Wiki account, you can register by adding your User Signature to the list of Attendees below.

You can also register here, via Eventbrite. The History Hack 3.0 is Session 5 of Ryerson University Library's Open Access Week 2019 events.

If you don't have a Wikipedia account, should definitely register using the Eventbrite link. The History Hack is Session 5 of Ryerson University Library's Open Access Week 2019.

We encourage participants to create an account ahead of time! You can get started now by clicking "Create account" in the top right corner of the page, or by following this link.

Attendees
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Organizers
Trina Grover, Grovertrina Cristina Pietropaolo, Crishti Tanya Pobuda, Poe_Toronto

Outreach Dashboard

Friendly Space Policy
This event is following the Wikimedia friendly space policy and attendees are expected to follow this policy. Please read it here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policies

Guidance for Beginners
Check out the handy dandy beginners guide to Wiki editing: Ryerson University Library Wikipedia Beginner's Guide. This guide will take you through creating an account, explaining the concept of notability, in addition to other basics, etiquette and protocols. There are other useful tutorials and guides listed in Wikipedia Help below.

Working Lists, Sub Themes and Resources
This month's theme is Hacking History 3.0 The following lists are merely starting points for increasing both representation and quality of content of Wikipedia pages about Canadian History.

Canadian Wikipedians' notice board/requests: Expand articles in the Canadian history stubs list: Pick an article stub from the Canadian People Stub list to work on: BIPOC CanLit Writers:
 * Canadian_Wikipedians'_notice_board/Requests
 * Canadian_Wikipedians'_notice_board/Articles_to_improve
 * Canadian history stubs
 * Canadian people stub
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_writers

Indigenous peoples of North America to do list: Indigenous Juno Nominees: Women in Red/ Missing articles on women in Canada: Canadian Women Photographers:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Indigenous_peoples_of_North_America/To_do
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Indigenous_Musicians
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Missing_articles_by_nationality/Canada
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_women_photographers

Existing Pages That Need Improvement
NB: Some of these pages may only need a photo, others require additional content and/or citations.

Resources and Research
[https://www.zotero.org/groups/2390691/ryerson_hacking_history? Ryerson Library Zotero - BIPOC Women's & Queer Histories Books, Articles] List of Canadian newspaper archives Toronto Public Library Digital Archive Canada's History (magazine) The Canadian Encyclopedia

What Else Can I Do?
Wikipedia articles are also in need of typo and copy editing - these are valuable contributions. If this interests you, check out the following project pages:
 * Guild of Copy Editors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors
 * Typo Team: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Typo_Team

Wikipedia Help

 * The Wikipedia Adventure


 * Wikipedia Essentials


 * GLAM Beginner's Guide


 * The Missing Manual


 * Creating Your First Article


 * How to Upload Images

Past Events

 * Queering Canadian Wikipedia, August 22, 2019
 * Ryerson Library Wiki Training for Librarians, August 8, 2019
 * Ryerson Library Wiki Training for Librarians, July 16, 2018
 * Ryerson Library Meetup, August 22, 2018
 * NIKLA-ANCLA Meetup, January 28, 2018