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Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Wikimedia DC Nobel Solution Sessions May 26 2023

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Engaging with Wikipedia: Wikipedia edit-a-thon and the ARTT tool

Presented by:

Wikimedia DC and the Analysis Responses Toolkit for Trust team

Event description

As the world’s largest online Encyclopedia, Wikipedia is often one’s first stop when seeking information. For this reason, it is vital that content shared there remains accurate and free of mis- and disinformation.
Wikimedia DC, an official chapter affiliate of Wikipedia and other projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, will facilitate an edit-a-thon with the goal of creating and improving Wikipedia content about scientific topics. Editors of all experience levels are invited to participate.
New editors will learn about Wikipedia notability requirements, oversight practices, and basic editing functions.
In addition to learning how to edit Wikipedia, attendees will hear about the Analysis Responses Toolkit for Trust, an interactive tool that incorporates Wikipedia and other sources to help people engage in trust-building ways when discussing vaccine efficacy and other topics online.
The Wikipedia editing training session is one-hour long and will be offered once at the start the event. Please arrive on-time if you intend to learn how to edit Wikipedia.


When

May 26, 2023 - 1pm-4pm EDT

Where

Nobel Truth Trust and Hope Conference Solution Session - online

Registration

Register

Event Dashboard

Dashboard

Safe Space Policy edit

Presentation edit

View full slide deck

Sign in: Outreach Dashboard edit

Step 1: Go to the Dashboard

Step 2:

  • Have a Wikipedia username? Select 'Log-in with Wikipedia'.
  • Don't have a username? Select 'Sign-up with Wikipedia'

Note: You can also create a username in Wikipedia (top right of this page or any article). If creating one there, be sure to return to the Dashboard to sign-in there as well. Your Wikipedia username can be used to log-in across Wikimedia projects.

Instructions edit

Creating new article drafts
Goal: Create drafts of new Wikipedia articles. Move articles from draft form to Wikipedia main space when ready.

Note: It's best for new editors to start articles as drafts.

  • Choose an article you want to create from the article work list below.
  • Use this Google sheet to reserve the article. If working on an article that's not on the list, please add and reserve it before beginning.
  • Return to this page and select the article's red link to open a blank page
  • Select Create, not Create source (top right). This may happen automatically.
  • Find verifiable secondary sources online or otherwise. Note: If writing about an individual, company, organization, do not cite their own website or social media accounts.
  • Start writing and cite your sources
  • Tip: Be sure to add a header titled 'References' at the bottom of the page before you begin.
  • Publish as you go (blue button, top right)
  • Select 'Edit' to re-open the draft and keep working
  • Once you are pleased with the article, publish one last time.
  • Select the 'Move' button (top right next to View History). Note: This button may not be visible to new editors. Ariel can deactivate this restriction. Be sure to sign in to the :Dashboard so she has your username. It is needed to give these extra permissions.
  • Open the 'New title' drop down menu.
  • Change Draft to (Article). You may need to scroll up to find it.
  • Select the blue 'Move' button
Editing existing articles
Editing existing articles
  • Choose an article you want to edit from the article work list below
  • Reserve the article you in this Google sheet. If working on an article that's not on the list, please add and reserve it before beginning.
  • Return to this page and select a blue link to open an existing article
  • Select 'edit'.
  • Find verifiable secondary sources online or otherwise. Note: If writing about an individual, company, organization, do not cite their own website or social media accounts.
  • Make changes, add content, etc.
  • Publish as you go

Articles work list edit

1. Find an article to edit or create using the collapsed lists below.

2. Use this Google sheet to reserve the articles you would like to edit or create. You are welcome to edit or create articles not on this list. Make sure new articles meet the notability threshold. Please add the articles to the Google sheet and reserve them before beginning.

3. FOR NEW ARTICLES ONLY - Once the new draft is published and ready, you may move to Wikipedia mainspace. Instructions above. Feel free to ask Ariel to review your draft before it is moved. DO NOT select the 'submit my article for review' option.

Biographies
New article draft - Select red link to start

Use this Google sheet to reserve the articles you would like to edit or create. You are welcome to edit or create articles not on this list. Make sure new articles meet the notability threshold. Please add the articles to the Google sheet and reserve them before beginning.

Stubs (short articles)

Additional work lists

Some redundancies with names above may be present.

Non-biographies
New article drafts - Select red links to start

Use this Google sheet to reserve the articles you would like to edit or create. You are welcome to edit or create articles not on this list. Make sure new articles meet the notability threshold. Please add the articles to the Google sheet and reserve them before beginning.

Existing articles

Climate change policy and issues by state

Vaccines Safety Project

Wikiproject article work lists

Wikimedia edit

Wikipedia Policies edit

Wikimedia Affiliates edit

Wikimedia movement affiliates model
Chapters
Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in a specified geographical region (in most cases, a country). Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". There are currently 39 chapters, with at least one on every inhabited continent., i.e. Wikimedia DC
Wikimedia thematic organizations
Thematic organizations are incorporated independent non-profits representing the Wikimedia movement and supporting work focused on a specific theme, topic, subject or issue within or across countries and regions. i.e., Wikimedia Medicine.
User groups
Wikimedia user groups are intended to be simple and flexible affiliates that are an alternative to chapters and thematic organizations - which require more formal requirements. User groups are highly valued as equal players in the Wikimedia movement, i.e., Art+Feminism

WikiProjects edit

Quick Editing Tips edit

Tools, Resources edit

For Wikimedia DC Use edit

User rights management
Special username creation
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