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Previous Icahn School meetups
Icahn School has been hosting Wikipedia meetups for some time now.

Join the meetup

 * Bookmark this meetup page!
 * Review this meetup agenda
 * Watch the video "The Impact of Wikipedia", posted to the right
 * Create a Wikipedia account
 * Click the enroll button at the top left of this course page. You should see your Wikipedia username at the bottom of this course page after enrolling.
 * Optionally - go through Wikipedia Training for Students, an online lesson which will help you set up your account and test basic Wikipedia features.
 * First meeting Thursday October 1

Meetup 1: Why edit Wikipedia?

 * In class
 * Discuss purpose of meetup series
 * Overview of the meetup series
 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the meetup series
 * Choose a Wikipedia health article to edit
 * Edit the article a bit


 * On your own - Please complete before meetup 2
 * Watch the video about Wikipedia editing for contributors to health topics
 * Reading material for next time - Choosing an article handout and Evaluating Wikipedia brochure


 * Milestone:
 * All participants have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on this course page.
 * Everyone has made their first Wikipedia edits.

Meetup 2: Editing basics



 * In class
 * Basics of editing
 * Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
 * Tips on finding articles to develop
 * Talk pages and communication on Wikipedia


 * On your own - Please complete by meetup 3
 * The video to the right about adding references is a simple tutorial on making a reference. If you like, watch the video.
 * Reading material for next week - Using Talk Pages and How to get help


 * Milestones:
 * Participants can communicate with their colleagues on Wikipedia
 * Everyone has commented on a colleague's Wikipedia edits

Meetup 3: How to ask for assistance



 * In class
 * Review of Wikipedia's community oversight processes
 * 10 ways to ask a human on Wikipedia for help
 * Discussion of the kinds of help that people request


 * On your own - Please complete ASAP for good meetup impact metrics
 * Respond to whatever feedback you have gotten from your Icahn School colleagues
 * Respond to whatever feedback you have gotten from reviewers in Wikipedia


 * Milestones:
 * Everyone edited the Wikipedia article that they liked
 * Everyone in meetup reviewed another person's Wikipedia contributions (quality control)
 * Everyone responded to the feedback they got from their wiki-meetup colleagues and new friends on Wikipedai