Wikipedia:Meetup/Toronto/Black History Edit-A-Thon (February 2023)

We invite you to celebrate Black History Month with us. Learn to edit Wikipedia and/or Wikidata and help us improve coverage of Black histories!

THIS 2023 EVENT IS PASSED. If you are looking for the 2023 edit-a-thon, visit the 2024 BHE page.

When
This virtual editing campaign will last through the month of February 2023, beginning on February 1st.

There will be a kickoff event on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, 1-2:30PM. We will also run facilitated editing sessions over Zoom each Friday.

To join a virtual event, please register in order to receive the video call link. Feel free to come in late or leave early while editing. See for details.

Where
Online. You can edit without joining a virtual event, or join a facilitated virtual event (kick-off event or weekly editing hours).

Who
This event is open to anyone who would like to help grow the sum of fair, dignified, and gender-inclusive Black histories on Wikipedia and Wikidata. All levels of skill are welcome.

What you will need
You will need internet access and a device (PC, tablet, etc.) which can handle text editing and web searches.

You will need a Wikimedia account in advance of the event if you don't yet have one. Go to Wikipedia.org or Wikidata.org and click on “Create account” in the top right corner, then fill out the short form to create an account.

After creating your account you can join the 2023 Event Dashboard at https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Various/Black_History_Edit-A-Thon_(February_2023)

If you are new and would like to learn to edit over one of the facilitated sessions, you will need simultaneous access to Zoom.

Training sessions
Optional training will be offered at the start of each editing session for Wikipedia and half-way through for Wikidata.

Results
Statistics from our dashboard:
 * 96 Editors
 * 216 Articles & items edited
 * 554 Citations added
 * 128,000 Words added

Acknowledgements
We thank all participants (you!) and organisers who kindly share their time to make this virtual editing campaign possible. This event is a joint effort by the University of Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan University, York University, and Toronto Public Library. It also builds on previous events in 2022, 2021, and in 2020.