Wikipedia:The New School/October 2017 meetup

The Parsons School of Design at The New School is hosting a "Design Studies Edit-a-thon" for students and staff. This is a private, invitation-only event. For other public Wikipedia events in New York, please check Wikimedia NYC's event listing.

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Event details

 * Tuesday October 3, 2017 5:30-7:30pm
 * Presentation by Lane Rasberry, user:bluerasberry, and Richard Knipel, user:Pharos
 * The New School, 6 E 16 St, 12th floor Room 1209
 * Slides!

Getting started

 * 1) Create a Wikipedia account
 * 2)  Please register!
 * 3) For your topic, read both the Wikipedia article and the academic article on that topic. Deep familiarity is not required, especially of the Wikipedia article.
 * 4) Expect that during the event, you will take information from the academic article and add it to the Wikipedia article.

Agenda

 * 0:00-0:05 - Intro to Wikipedia, why Wikipedia matters
 * 0:05-0:10 - Overview of content organization in Wikipedia
 * 0:10-0:15 - How to edit Wikipedia
 * 0:15-0:20 - Questions, discussions, and demos
 * 0:20-1:40 - edit Wikipedia!
 * 1:40-2:00 - review outcomes and plan next steps
 * 2:00-3:00 - if anyone wants to talk after, then I am around

Following the presentation, anyone may ask any question about Wikipedia to get answers or demonstrations. Following this, it will be time for a Wikipedia "editathon", which is an event in which a group of people edit together. Desktop view, not mobile access, is preferred for this exercise, but come regardless. At the editathon, this is the goal: Hopefully everyone at the event will add at least 1-3 sentences in the time we have. After making additions, since Wikipedia is public, participants will review the accuracy and quality of classmate's edits. As we leave, participants will be invited to check back on Wikipedia after some time (3-7 days) to see if there is any online community response to anyone's contributions.
 * 1) Come to the event with some published source of good information
 * 2) Identify a Wikipedia article where you think information from that source should go
 * 3) In your own words, take information from your source and add it to the Wikipedia article
 * 4) Cite your source. See referencing for beginners or better, learn at the event

Goals

 * explore the option of publishing an article on "design studies", and perhaps actually publish it
 * orient all participants to using Wikipedia for publishing

Other support
The presentation is provided by Parsons Design Studies program with Wiki NYC. Other organizations supporting Wikipedia outreach in New York include the following:


 * Parsons School of Design is sponsoring, hosting, and organizing the event
 * Wikimedia New York City is the local volunteer chapter of the Wikipedia community providing Wikipedia facilitation

Tools and support

 * Susan Yelavich, a professor at the school, is organizing

Contact
For local Wikipedia support contact user:bluerasberry