Wikipedia:WNYC/January 2018

WNYC is hosting a private workshop for their staff to edit Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects.


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Event information

 * Date: 31 January 2018
 * Time: 2pm
 * Location: 160 Varick St, New York, NY 10013
 * Slides Wiki WNYC Nancy Jan 2018
 * Closed to the public! Come by invitation only.
 * WNYC is hosting this event.

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


 * 0:00-0:05 - Personal introductions
 * 0:05-0:15 - Introduction to Wikipedia editing
 * 0:15-0:20 - Review of this event's theme
 * 0:20-0:30 - Review of the publications and media WNYC wishes to share
 * 0:30-1:30 - Wikipedia 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

WNYC's advance preparation

 * 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!
 * Anyone who does not already have one should create a Wikipedia account
 * Plan to convene in a room where the trainer can do demos for the team (a projector is ideal) and where participants can talk with each other and see each other's computers
 * important The event hosts should curate information sources in advance! Collect links to publications and media which you would like to promote, distribute, and disseminate! Wikipedia is a summary of published sources - select published sources which you wish to summarize! Wikipedia favors the kinds of sources which an academic librarian would value as authoritative. The quality of an event depends on the quality of information which the hosts provide for event participants to share in Wikipedia.

Suggested topics
To add information to Wikipedia, first find an interesting fact to share in a published, reliable source which you will cite to verify your addition. Here are some potential sources you can use for some suggested topics:

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Links

 * WNYC
 * Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)