| When and Where | |
|---|---|
| Time | 12pm to 1:30pm |
| City, State | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Date | June 5, 2021 |
Writing and Rhetoric Edit-a-thon
editJoin us to learn how to contribute to Wikipedia, the world’s largest reference work.
Event Information
edit- Date: June 5, 2021
- Time: 12pm-1:30pm
- Location: Boston, MA (zoom)
- Hosts: Boston Rhetoric and Writing Network (BRAWN); Cecelia Musselman, Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze
Your Wikipedia Account: If you don't have a Wikipedia user account, please try to create one in advance. Facilitators will be able to assist those who need help setting up an account.
Participant list
editPlease add your Wikipedia username below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day-of.
Training to edit Wikipedia
edit- Intro to Wikipedia slides
- Intro to Wikipedia Slides for GLAM context
- More: Cheatsheet, Wikipedia:Featured Articles, Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines, Help:Getting started, Wikipedia:Starting an article
Possible topics for editing
editResources we can draw from
edit- Citation Hunt = tool to find "citation needed" in articles
- MIT Libraries research guides and expert librarians
- MIT Libraries General Reference Guide - find facts quickly with reference databases (MIT authentication required)
- Digitized Historical newspapers (online) MIT Libraries (MIT authentication required)
- Internet Archive Digitized Texts
- Hathi Trust Digital Library
- 125 Years of Women Exhibit (list of women in the exhibit)
- Against All Odds: MIT’s pioneering women of landscape architecture
- Cambridge Women’s Heritage Project
- Parks Service "Places Where Women Made History"
- A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT