Wikipedia:Meetup/sisedits/Montreal

Join the #SISedits project at the University of McGill for a Wikipedia edit-a-thon on social justice issues. Our mission is is to give more access to knowledge on social justice issues by creating reliable and improved sources that are freely accessible to global communities through Wikipedia. Hashtag for edits: #SISedits

Project Partners

 * McGill University Library

Who are we?

 * A group of information studies student organizing a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to improve Wikipedia entries related to social justice topics.

Participants

 * 1) Ninakp (talk)
 * 2) Zaynoo (talk)
 * 3) Star.cloud.cover (talk)
 * 4) feliciapulo (talk)
 * 5) morgannis (talk)
 * 6) suddin94 (talk)
 * 7) Laurathelion (talk)
 * 8) Wmzampano (talk)
 * 9) Lunalovebad666 (talk)

Who do we do it for?

 * In engaging and working with locals, we can have a global impact and outreach to various communities in terms of understanding social justice issues.

What is it?

 * An edit-a-thon to improve Wikipedia articles on social justice
 * Highlight the voices of marginalized and underrepresented communities.

When & Where?

 * Date: March 23rd, 2018
 * Time: 16:00-20:00
 * HSSL McLennan Library e-classroom at McGill University

Who Can Participate?

 * We encourage the participation and we welcome people of all genders, backgrounds and identities.
 * Everyone can participate; affiliation with an institution is not required
 * All Wikipedia levels are welcome

What Will We Learn?

 * The importance of Wikipedia in raising awareness on social justice issues by using reliable and improved sources that are accessible to communities.
 * Creating a Wikipedia account
 * Adding citations to existing articles that require verification
 * Editing Wikipedia pages that require more information and reliable resources

Contribution ideas
Below is a list of Wikipedia articles that need improvement : missing citations, lack of neutral view point, general lack of information, editing, updating, etc.

Wiki Projects

 * Black Lunch table meetup
 * Feminism
 * Human Rights
 * Disability
 * Women in Red
 * Women in Red (2018 Meetup)
 * Sexology and sexuality

Transformative Justice

 * Transformative justice

Indigenous Peoples

 * Indigenous decolonization
 * Traditional knowledge
 * Linda Tuhiwai Smith
 * Reparations (transitional justice)

Prison Justice

 * Prison abolition movement
 * Prison education

Sex Work

 * Sex workers rights movement
 * Escort agency
 * Sex industry
 * On Our Backs

LGBTQ+

 * Jaya Sharma (activist)

Resources for editing

 * Citation Hunt
 * Contributing to Wikipedia
 * Wikipedia Tutorial
 * Wikipedia Help: Editing
 * The Five Pillars of Wikipedia
 * Writing your first article
 * Article development
 * Writing better articles
 * Neutral point of view policy
 * How to avoid conflict of interest
 * Standards and Principles
 * Wikipedia etiquette

Resources

 * Art and Feminism
 * How to run an edit-a-thon
 * How to be included on Wikipedia