Wikipedia:New York Academy of Medicine/Grey Literature Editathon December 2016

The New York Academy of Medicine welcomes new and experienced Wikipedians to join us for the Grey Literature Editathon taking place Thursday, December 1, 2016, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm in New York City. This event seeks to increase awareness of grey literature among Wikipedia contributors and to increase familiarity of Wikipedia editing among grey literature enthusiasts.

This event follows the Eighteenth International Conference on Grey Literature scheduled for November 28-29 also at the New York Academy of Medicine.

Click here to join the event!

Consider citing sources found at GreyLit.org

Event information

 * Date: Thursday, December 1, 2016
 * Time: 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
 * Location: New York Academy of Medicine. 1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029, 4th floor room 440 left of the elevator
 * Slides shared

Please bring a laptop with you!
 * Bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. We'll also have a few laptops on hand for participants to use during the live event.

We'll have a selection of print materials and sources on hand at the event.
 * We're going to get copies of some printed reference materials to have on hand at the event for participants to use during the live event.

Attendees
Please note: Registration is required. The space has room for 30 people to participate.

Please add your Wikipedia username below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day of the session.


 * 1)   Blue Rasberry   (talk)  20:44, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Audrey sage (talk) 15:16, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) Uncommon fritillary (talk) 15:35, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
 * 4)  ɱ  (talk) · vbm  · coi) 07:47, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 5) Jeremyb (talk) 00:57, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * 6)  Mohamedudhuman05 (talk) 08:56, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
 * 7) PatienceFortitude (talk) 19:42, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

Tools and templates

 * Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
 * Writing an article
 * About the Sandbox

Outcomes via Outreach Dashboard
As of 4 December 2016
 * Articles created: 0
 * Articles edited: 51
 * Total edits: 103
 * Editors: 8
 * Of which, are up-to-date with training: 8
 * Words added: 1.05K
 * Article views: 13.9K
 * Commons uploads: 7