Wikipedia:School and university projects/EPFL+WMCH 2019

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Wikimedia CH is organizing with Agepoly, the Student's association of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne a series of workshop to encourage EPFL students to become more familiar with and contribute to Wikimedia projects.

The first workshop will take place on Wednesday, October 30th, from 17h to 20h and will consist in a short introduction, followed by a hands-on Wikipedia workshop. It will be led by Flor from WMCH and Rama, Wikipedian, former EPFL student, and one of GNU Generation's founders.

The second and third workshops, on Wednesday, November 13th and Wednesday, December 4th will provide attendants with a hands-on introduction to Wikidata, the collaborative, linked data database, and a presentation of Wikibase software. It will be given by Julieta, with a little help from Flor.

=Wikipedia workshop, October 30th= This is an opportunity to learn how to edit the online encyclopedia and update information on it. EPFL students, especially after a year or two, already know more than the average reader about specific scientific topics. Thus, they could become valuable contributors if they learn how to update articles concerning these topics. They can also choose to contribute to topics close to their hearts, from environmental issues to adding or improving biographies of scientists they admire, especially women and minorities.

Participants
Participants will be registered on this dashboard.

General introduction
Five pillars of Wikipedia

Anatomy of a Wikipedia article
Let's look at the article on the Gecko:
 * Article tab
 * Talk tab
 * Read tab
 * View History
 * Edit source tab + how to show visual editor
 * Infobox
 * Rename page
 * Categories

Wikitext
A how-to guide to Wikitext.

Choosing an article to improve
Many articles on Wikipedia need improvement, and choosing where to start can be overwhelming. It is important to keep in mind what your sources of interest is, as it will be easier for you to improve on what you study closely or what you are passionate than about any other topic. Nevertheless, to avoid conflicts of interest, we advise you not to edit pages on a personality you are close to, such as a professor with whom you study.

To start, it is better to edit short articles lacking sources than to start articles on your own, or to improve long, well-documented articles.

For any given topic: the Article finder
If you have a specific interest, there is a useful tool to help you find out articles about it that need completion, the Article finder. It will point you out to articles that are both important and needing work.

Click here to access

Research example with the word Sustainability.

On women scientists
The WikiProject women scientists has created a list of stub articles that need work.

Wikiprojects on specific topics
Wikiprojects list articles that are both short and in need of improvement. To do that, they usually contain a grid on their front page, such as the one you can see on the left (from the Forestry Wikiproject). You will want to choose to complete articles that are stubs, start or assessed as "C", and which are considered important (ie, closer to the left side of the grid).

Here are a few examples:


 * WikiProject Environment

Scroll down to Article statistics.


 * Wikiproject Ecology

Scroll down to "Article assessment".


 * The Harry Potter task force

Scroll down to "Statistics*.


 * WikiProject Cognitive science
 * WikiProject Computer science
 * WikiProject Geology
 * WikiProject Cosmology
 * WikiProject Engineering
 * WikiProject Forestry
 * WikiProject Geology
 * WikiProject History of Science
 * WikiProject Mathematics
 * WikiProject Physics
 * WikiProject Pseudoscience

=Wikidata and Wikibase workshops= Please check Wikidata:Events/Wikidata_EPFL2019.