Wikipedia:Meetup/St. Louis/Equity/2019

Eat pizza while editing Wikipedia to improve its coverage of women and the LGBTQ+ community. No experience necessary. Registration is encouraged but not required.

Part of the Becker Medical Library's Open October series of events.

Anyone is welcome to attend. If you are a newcomer, we'll help you make your first edit on Wikipedia by the end of the event!

Event information
We'll gather for an hour or two and aim to keep the introductory information short. See the info box above for logistics information. Attendance is free.

Please bring your own laptop or tablet to edit Wikipedia. If you cannot bring one, let us know, and we'll find one for you.

Getting to campus
The Becker Medical Library website has a map and directions to the general library location.

Public transportation
Take either MetroLink line to the Central West End station, which is less than a block from the library.

Parking
There is limited street parking on campus, and several parking garages. One option is the Metrolink garage, which is $2.00 for an hour, $3.00 for 2 hours, and $5.00 for 3 hours (plus other ranges but we expect we'll be done by then). The Clayton Garage and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Parking Garage are described on the Becker Medical Libary's map and directions.

What to expect
No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, we'll provide hands-on help for newcomers to Wikipedia. If you'd like, you can get a head start with this this training module.

Resources for editing

 * Three things to know about editing Wikipedia
 * Intro to Wikipedia Slides
 * More: Cheatsheet, Featured Articles, Policies and guidelines, Help:Getting started, Starting an article
 * The perfect editing music: Listen to Wikipedia edits
 * A list of orphaned articles by Wikiprojects

Attendees
If you have a Wikipedia account, list your Wikipedia username below to let us know you're coming. (If you type three tildes [~] in a row and save the article, it will automatically place your username and links to your userpage and talk page.)

If you don't have a Wikipedia account yet, don't worry! We can help you set one up at the event. Or, feel free to do so before you come (all the better to have time to decide your username).


 * 1) Lastchapter (talk) 02:41, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
 * 2) TooFeministy (talk)
 * 3) yaegerl (talk)
 * 4) Laura Dernit (talk) 20:13, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Articles created/improved
Articles that participants have created or worked to improve.