Wikipedia:The Trust for Public Land/Winter 2018

Orientation to Wikipedia and Wikidata
When and Where
When:Monday 12 February 2018
Time9-11:30am
Where:The Trust for Public Land, 666 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York City
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The Trust for Public Land is hosting a private workshop for their staff to edit Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects.

Wikipedia is a nonprofit media organization which provides information on a range of topics. The Trust for Public Land might be interested in a Wikipedia collaboration as a way to achieve communication goals including reaching a larger and more relevant audience, by presenting the expertise and brand of TPL in Wikipedia's publications about parks, or for the purpose of recommending Wikipedia as a publishing outlet for individual parks anywhere when their management has a need to demonstrate information distribution to a relevant audience.

Workshop participants will leave with the following:

  1. Perspective and the ability to discuss Wikipedia's place in the new media ecosystem
  2. Understanding of options for engagement with Wikipedia, including estimates of what audience reach might result from a given labor investment
  3. Experience of having edited Wikipedia a few times in the typical way

Event information

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  • Date: Monday 12 February 2018
  • Time: 9-11:30am
  • Location: The Trust for Public Land, 666 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York City
  • Slides Intro to Wiki @ The Trust for Public Land
  • Closed to the public! Come by invitation only.

Agenda

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This is a non-technical orientation designed to interest a general audience.

0:00-0:05 - Personal introductions
0:05-0:20 - Introduction to Wikipedia and Wikidata editing
0:20-0:30 - Review of the publications and media the host wishes to share
0:30-1:30 - All participants do Wikipedia and Wikidata editing. Everyone add at least one sentence and one citation somewhere!
1:30-1:40 - Group sharing of outcomes, progress, and publishing.
1:40-2:00 - Wrap up
2:00-2:30 - long goodbye

Advance preparation

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  • Attendees please create a Wikipedia account then sign in!
  • Invite staff, especially on communication and outreach teams! Wikipedia influences online research of all topics! Anyone who has not had an introduction to Wikipedia will find this workshop interesting!
  • No prior Wikipedia / Wikidata experience required!
  • Bring a laptop!

Example topics

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From The Trust for Public Land

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Projects with TPL support:

From UNESCO

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  Man and the Biosphere reserves

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