Wikipedia:Meetup/Guelph/BlackHistory

Black History: A Wikipedia Editathon

When and Where
Date	Thursday February 28th, 2019
Time	9am - 11 pm
Address	Scholars Studio, 2nd Floor, McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
City, Province	Guelph, Ontario

We all use Wikipedia. However, many of us aren’t aware of the biases behind this massive collaboratively-written encyclopedia. Did you know, for example, that Black editors are significantly under-represented as contributors to Wikipedia, and that less than 20% of editors are women? Scholars Studio and THINC Lab invite you to join us in a new monthly event: WIKIPEDIA EDIT-A-THONS!

All are invited to participate. Black people are particularly welcome at this event.

What to bring

Please bring your laptop, power cord, and ideas for articles that need updating or creation. For the editing-averse, we urge you to stop by to show your support and learn about Wikipedia. If you do not already have a Wikipedia user account, please create one before you arrive (you can do so here). Please also take a moment to familiarize yourself with the Safe Space Policy.

Schedule

• Location: Scholars Studio, 2nd Floor, McLaughlin Library University of Guelph
• Date: Thursday February 28th, 2019
• Time: 9am - 11 pm

Participants – Sign Up Here!

If you have a Wikipedia account, sign your name by editing this section and typing four tildes ("~~~~") in the list below. If you don't have an account, just write your name below (though it is recommended that you create a user account in advance of the event - create one here!).

• Thematthewmurray (talk) 14:02, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
• Doanac (talk) 14:04, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
• Clarekendry (talk) 14:14, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
• Mjecclestone (talk) 14:40, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
• Ryguy1 (talk) 14:41, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
• mcassidy09 14:43, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Resources for Editing

General Wikipedia, how to edit resources

• Wikipedia cheatsheet - quick guide to Wiki markup for text formatting, etc. and various templates!
• Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
• Five Pillars of Wikipedia
• Tutorial
• How to Edit a Page
• How to add images to an article
• Article Development
• Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
• Manual of Style
• Bookshelf

Editing ideas

There are lots of ideas on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red which could be interesting.

Bite sized tasks for new editors

• Add a citation! Citation Hunt
• Fix a spelling or grammatical error!

Relevant Wiki Projects

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AfroCrowd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afripedia_Project

https://whoseknowledge.org/