Wikipedia:The Trust for Public Land/Winter 2018

The Trust for Public Land is hosting a private workshop for their staff to edit Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects.

Wikipedia is a nonprofit media organization which provides information on a range of topics. The Trust for Public Land might be interested in a Wikipedia collaboration as a way to achieve communication goals including reaching a larger and more relevant audience, by presenting the expertise and brand of TPL in Wikipedia's publications about parks, or for the purpose of recommending Wikipedia as a publishing outlet for individual parks anywhere when their management has a need to demonstrate information distribution to a relevant audience.


 * create a Wikipedia account then please sign in!

Workshop participants will leave with the following:
 * 1) Perspective and the ability to discuss Wikipedia's place in the new media ecosystem
 * 2) Understanding of options for engagement with Wikipedia, including estimates of what audience reach might result from a given labor investment
 * 3) Experience of having edited Wikipedia a few times in the typical way

Event information

 * Date: Monday 12 February 2018
 * Time: 9-11:30am
 * Location: The Trust for Public Land, 666 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York City
 * Slides Intro to Wiki @ The Trust for Public Land
 * Closed to the public! Come by invitation only.

Agenda
This is a non-technical orientation designed to interest a general audience.


 * 0:00-0:05 - Personal introductions
 * 0:05-0:20 - Introduction to Wikipedia and Wikidata editing
 * 0:20-0:30 - Review of the publications and media the host wishes to share
 * 0:30-1:30 - All participants do Wikipedia and Wikidata editing. Everyone add at least one sentence and one citation somewhere!
 * 1:30-1:40 - Group sharing of outcomes, progress, and publishing.
 * 1:40-2:00 - Wrap up
 * 2:00-2:30 - long goodbye

Advance preparation

 * Attendees please create a Wikipedia account then sign in!
 * Invite staff, especially on communication and outreach teams! Wikipedia influences online research of all topics! Anyone who has not had an introduction to Wikipedia will find this workshop interesting!
 * No prior Wikipedia / Wikidata experience required!
 * Bring a laptop!

From The Trust for Public Land

 * Boeddeker Park
 * Tenderloin, San Francisco
 * On Wikidata as
 * Boeddeker Park at TPL.org


 * Newark Riverfront Park
 * Newark Riverfront Park at TPL.org
 * newarkriverfront.org, the official website


 * Frogtown Park and Farm
 * Frogtown Park and Farm at TPL.org
 * Frogtown Park and Farm Project, the city's own planning notes


 * Wikidata property proposal for "has amenity"
 * d:Wikidata:Property_proposal/Place

Projects with TPL support:
 * https://parkserve.org/
 * http://parkscore.tpl.org/#
 * https://www.parkology.org/

From UNESCO
Man and the Biosphere reserves
 * Wikipedia articles
 * Official descriptions
 * Create Biosphere Reserve Wikipedia articles from UNESCO descriptions

Links

 * Trust for PublicLand
 * Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)