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

=Collaborate with us!=

Join us in supporting Black History Edit-A-Thon 2023!

Black History Edit-A-Thon 2023 is a joint effort by library and archives staff and students at Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto Public Library, University of Toronto, and York University.

The event is open to the public, and no experience is required. Through the month of February, we provide the training and resources to help participants improve the quality and quantity of publicly available Black histories in Wikipedia and Wikidata.

Here are some ways to get involved between now and February.

Facilitate an editing session
You can help facilitate an editing session (or three)! A facilitator helps guide participants through Wikipedia/Wikidata editing and may contribute edits when they are not assisting a participant.

Facilitators can take one or more 1.5hr shifts on any week(s) during the 3hr editing sessions on Fridays. You may choose from a number of roles which range in complexity, from general guidance (involves no editing skills) to 101 instruction (involves solid familiarity with basic editing).

You need not be a member of the organising institutions to join as a facilitator. No experience is necessary. Two-part “train-the-trainer” workshops will be provided in January for both Wikipedia and Wikidata facilitation.

Next steps
See this page for more details, January training dates, and registration link.

Contribute to tasklists
We have a growing tasklist of Wikipedia articles and Wikidata items that need improvement or creation. Help us continue adding to tasklists to identify where we can be richer in our telling of Black histories on Wikimedia projects.

Next steps

 * Take a look at existing tasklists for Wikipedia and for Wikidata (link pending focus area conversations)
 * Add to any of the following:
 * For Wikipedia, this crowdsourcing sheet ordered by type of article
 * For Wikidata, link pending WD focus area conversations
 * Consider hosting a tasklist improvement get-together with your group or network!

Include an editing assignment in your course
If you are teaching a course in Winter 2023, you might consider including a component for Wikipedia or Wikidata editing to improve Black histories. This course component may be optional or mandatory.

We have supported many successful course collaborations in past years, and the training infrastructure of the event has helped students become comfortable with editing.

Next steps
Depending on your institution, contact:
 * contact for Toronto Metropolitan University
 * contact for University of Toronto (any campus)
 * contact for York University

Edit with us!
This is an asynchronous, virtual campaign through the month of February 2023! You may contribute anytime, on either Wikipedia or Wikidata, as long as you are signed in through Outreach Dashboard.

We also have synchronous sessions for communal support! Schedule of events lists edit-together sessions and editing workshops. More events may be scheduled between now and February.

Next steps

 * To edit asynchronously, sign up through Outreach Dashboard and edit freely through the month of February 2023.
 * How-to: Wikipedia / Wikidata
 * To join a synchronous editing session, RSVP for an event in Schedule of events.

Spread the word
You can help us by spreading the word! In the months before the edit-a-thon, you can share this page to others in your network who may be interested in helping collaborate on the edit-a-thon.

Through the month of February, please share the main page and/or any social media posts!