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Wikipedia:Meetup/Indiana/blackhistorymatters

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Black History Matters
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Kathleen Ryan Instructs Attendees on How to Edit Wikipedia Pages at the South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center
When and Where
DateThursday, February 18, 2016
Time6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
City, StateSouth Bend, IN

Event information edit

Through partnerships with the Indiana University South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center, enFocus, Hesburgh Libraries at the University of Notre Dame, the St. Joseph County Public Library, and the St. Joseph County Chamber of Commerce, guests will be guided through the steps it takes to become a Wikipedia editor and the guidelines they require for writing articles. Trained Wikipedia editors will be on hand to work directly with guests and get them up and running. Additionally, CRHC staff, and librarians from the St. Joseph County Public Library and the University of Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Libraries will be on hand to help guests learn about and find the resources they need to research and write about South Bend’s history.

Civil Rights Heritage Center

Please bring a laptop and power cord with you!

  • Hashtag: #BlackHistoryMatters

For the editing-averse, we urge you to stop by to show your support.

Registration edit

Join the Indiana University South Bend Civil Right Heritage Center and its partners in celebrating Black History Month. Together, we’ll research, write, and publish to Wikipedia the significant stories of the influential black community in South Bend.

Please add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section 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.

Attendees edit

Example: *Siarus1074 (talk)

  1. Randal sean (talk)
  2.  Biggbad18 (talk) 23:40, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  3.  Lmac15 (talk) 23:41, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  4.  Bfoxnd (talk) 23:42, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  5.  Awiandnd (talk) 23:44, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Users below this line were added later from edit logs and logs of accounts created by Account Creators.

Sandbox Practice Exercise edit

Click here for a practice exercise you can complete in your sandbox.

List of articles to edit edit

This list is full of suggestions, but is not comprehensive. Feel free to concentrate elsewhere if you so choose!

Items shown in blue represent pre-existing Wikipedia articles that are in need of additional content, editing, etc.

Items shown in red represent subjects/people/events that don't have a page on Wikipedia (but we think they should!).

If you need assistance researching content, making edits, or creating new pages, the event organizers would be happy to help!

Tools & Templates edit

Listed here for quick reference. N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources

Wikipedia resources

Beginner

Advanced

Cheat sheet

Other resources

Resources for Editing edit

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