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CPPC Workshop and Editathon When and Where When: Thursday, August 3, 2017 Time 3:30 pm – onward Where: CPPC New York, NY Audience: CPPC staff A private workshop for Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros staff. Event information Date: Thursday, August 3, 2017 Time: 3:30 pm – onward Location: CPPC, New York, NY Metrics Sign up via Outreach Dashboard Articles Created: 0 Articles Edited: 12 Total Edits: 66 Editors: 2 Words Added: 2.18K Article Views: 1.02K Commons Uploads: 0 Editing agenda Wikipedia – 15 minute overview: 5 pillars, Conflict of Interest policies, self guided introduction, Intro with videos etc. (example COI, User:CPPCisneros) Wikipedia – 5 minute register for Wikipedia account Wikipedia – 40 minute make one edit: add infobox, citation, etc. Wikipedia editing resources Wikipedia editing resources   The five pillars of Wikipedia Self guided introduction Manual of Style - Typical Section Order and Names Editing Wikipedia brochure Wikimedia Commons - getting images onto Wikipedia Infobox template Online resources N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help: Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help #wikipedia-en-help connect Task lists ✓ Please check with a WikiFacilitator before starting new pages – recommend beginners start by editing existing pages vs. starting new pages CPPC task list  Alphabetical by first letter   denotes Infobox is needed Improve pages Follow COI guidelines by adding resources referenced within publications (or used to write publications)   Create pages For advanced editors, or as a possible ongoing group project   Example page Jaime Davidovich Women in Red task list     Quick + easy! Infoboxes, stubs, obits with tons of biographical info, Wikidata, etc.   Add an infobox! It's fun, not super hard, and improves Google search results! Plus you don't need citations for infoboxes! Biography articles without infoboxes Journalism articles needing infoboxes Politics and government articles needing infoboxes Musicians articles needing infoboxes Sports articles needing infoboxes Improve an existing stub article! Clean up existing citations, add a new citation, add a selected works and publications section for published authors Journalist stubs American editor stubs Writer stubs Activist stubs Political people stubs Add citations to articles that have none! Biographies of Living People (BLP) without sources – June 2017 Other easy ideas Obituaries are a great starting point, have tons of biographical info! Chicago Tribune obituaries Los Angeles Times obituaries The Guardian obituaries The New York Times obituaries The Washington Post obituaries Are you into more tech-based data? Are you a librarian? Add Authority Control info to Wikidata! Wikidata + AuthorityControl Update Wikidata using Virtual International Authority File (VIAF.org) Go to VIAF.org Search for person (last name, first name) At bottom of page, where it says History of VIAF, expand section. See Werner Herzog example Add each listed Authority to Wikidata if its info is not already populated in Wikidata Add {{Authority control}} after External links section above Categories Refresh Wikipedia page Outcomes Alphabetical by first letter Infobox was added Pages improved   Pages created   Wikidata items improved   Wikidata items created   Wikimedia Commons images uploaded   External links Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) Fundación Cisneros