When: | Saturday, 4-25-2015, 10:30am-4:00pm |
Who: | UW students, faculty, and staff; Seattle community members |
Where: | UW Research Commons |
Focus: | Labor Archives of Washington |
Would you like to learn how to edit Wikipedia? Or are you an experienced editor, looking to make connections in the UW community? Are you interested in opportunities for digital activism that makes a real impact on the way in which information is created? Or maybe you just love UW’s libraries and archives and want to share them with the world!
The WikiWork! Collaborative Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon will introduce hands-on Wikipedia editing standards and techniques, while bringing conversations about local, working class history and other issues of representation to the world’s largest encyclopedia.
Join us for this dynamic interchange of people and technology, knowledge and information.
Refreshments will be served. Space is limited. Registration is suggested but not required. RSVP today! (Note: URL for more information and registration is coming soon)
Sponsored by the UW Libraries & Cascadia Wikimedians User Group
Start | Activity | Duration | Presenter |
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10:30 | Coffee and check in | 15 min | |
10:45 | AM Welcome | 15 min | Chloe Horning |
11:00 | Subject matter introduction | 30 min | Conor Casey |
11:30 | Representation and Wikipedia: What’s at stake? | 30 min | Shameran81 |
12:00 | Introduction to Wikipedia community norms and VisualEditor | 1 hour | Pine/ Peaceray |
RESEARCH COMMONS OPENS TO THE PUBLIC @1PM | |||
1:00 | Break; people write on a whiteboard to propose subjects for group work based on interest; further training on Wikipedia mechanics/community, subject matter focus, etc. | 30 min | |
1:30 | Groups get organized, group work | 2¼ hours | |
3:45 | Wrap up, surveys, next steps | 15 min |
From Conor Casey, Labor Archivist, Labor Archives of Washington
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The Research Commons will be providing refreshments and asks all to please RSVP here: wikiwork — UW Research Commons
If you would, please indicate the likelihood of your attendance so we will have an idea of the Wikipedians / Cascadia Wikimedians User Group members attending.