Wikipedia:Meetup/All Things Magic Edit-a-thon 2013

Event details

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Wiki-kadabra: All Things Magic Edit-a-thon

  • Date: Saturday, September 14, 2013
  • Time: 11:00am - 6:00pm EDT and PDT (There will be a short Kickoff/Introduction at both 11:00am EDT and 11:00am PDT)
  • Location: All over the world
    • We plan to use Google Hangouts and Skype
    • Grand Illusions magic shop in Carmichael, California will host a local hangout. The store will be open from 10am to 6pm. They have a large library of Magic, Genii, Linking Ring and Mum magazines, some dating into the 30s, available.
  • Event: An edit-a-thon! Learn how to contribute to Wikipedia and collaborate with others to write about topics related to magic history.
  • Hashtag: #Wikikadabra
  • Info also at http://www.geniimagazine.com/magicpedia/MagicPedia:All_Things_Magic_Edit-a-thon_2013

We plan to participate mostly virtually – use the hashtag #Wikikadabra to let us know you’re out there and to ask questions during the event.

Contribute to the world's most popular encyclopedia! In conjunction with MagicPedia (the wiki for magicians by magicians), Genii Magazine, the Conjuring Arts Research Center and Grand Illusions magic store, we will be hosting a virtual Wikipedia edit-a-thon to improve a range of topics around magic history.

Join us! No experience needed. Anyone with an interest in editing collaboratively and having a great time is encouraged to attend. Even if you just have a favorite magician you would like the volunteers to research, join in and provide ideas.

What to bring

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  • Ideas for topics or articles you might want to work on (but suggestions will also be provided).
  • Any relevant reference materials you might have.
  • Any digital photos you've taken that you would like to use on Wikipedia.
  • and yourself!

Preparation

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Please become familiar with wikipedia editing before the event. Some helpful material:

  • Wikipedia:REFB - Referencing for beginners
  • Wikipedia:PRIMER - A great guide for new users, particularly on building articles and moving pages from user sandboxes, which is where some may want to start.
  • Wikipedia:TEAHOUSE - This is The Teahouse, where hosts help new users out with questions about a variety of how-to type questions. Turnaround time on questions is pretty fast because there are a lot of eyes on the page these days.
  • photosubmission (at) wikimedia.org - The e-mail that editors should contact if they want to contribute images or photographs of magic-related subjects for use on Wikipedia under a free license.

More from Wikipedia:

Become familiar with MagicPedia resources

Become familiar with Ask Alexander resources:

  • http://askalexander.org
  • A high level access to Ask Alexander during of the event will be available. If you would like this, please add your Ask Alexander username below or email it to Jpecore

Sign up

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Attending

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  1. Jpecore (talk)
  2. I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!)
  3. Lee Aser hit me up

Might attend

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Suggested tasks

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Outcomes

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I think everyone had a good time. Magic related articles created or updated were:

I thought the use of screensharing in Google hangouts was very helpful.