| Wikipedia takes Berkeley! You are invited! | |
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An edit-a-thon for Berkeley - as a part of
Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2013! The event will be held at the
Berkeley Public Library in downtown Berkeley on Saturday, September 21, 2013 from 1:00pm-5pm. Wikipedians of all experience levels are welcome to join us! There will be an intro to editing for beginners session from 1:00–1:30pm. We will focus on topics related to Berkeley, but you are welcome to work on any wiki articles you like. Come one, come all!
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- Date: Saturday September 21, 2013
- Time: Intro to Wikipedia Editing for beginners: 1pm-1:30pm, Edit-a-thon: 1:30pm-5pm
- Location: Central Community Meeting Room, Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, CA
- Transit Info
- BART:Downtown Berkeley
- AC Transit:Shattuck at Kittredge
- Event: An Edit-a-thon! Get together with Wikipedians from Berkeley and around the Bay Area and learn to contibute to Wikipedia in whatever you find interesting.
(Details being worked out - feel free to add any ideas)
- a laptop/tablet/smartphone (laptops preferred as you will be doing a lot of typing!)
- ideas for topics or articles you might want to work on (see below)
- any relevant reference materials you might have
- a friend – we love to meet new would-be-editors! (you can also bring your spouse, kids, family, etc.)
- any digital photos you've taken that you would like to use on Wikipedia.
- or, if you don't have any of the above, just bring yourself :-)
- If you don't have a laptop to bring, please make a note when you sign up, and we will try to arrange a loaner!
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Category:Berkeley Wikipedia edit-a-thon September 2013.
- Plenty of Berkeley-related articles that need creation/improvement
- Campbell Hall (home of the UC Berkeley Astronomy Department)
- Etcheverry Hall (home of Nuclear Engineering Department, that once housed a complete nuclear reactor)
- Henry Durant (first president of the University of California)
- Chancellor Edward Strong and Dean Katherine Towle (key university figures during the Free Speech Movement of 1964-65)
- Nalanda Hostel on Center Street (home of Indian revolutionary Har Dayal while he stayed in Berkeley around 1913)
- How Berkeley Can You Be Parade (this was a thing between 1996 and 2008)
- See this list of notable Berkeleyeans, with accompanying works in the library
- University of California Botanical Garden and Blake Garden (Kensington, California) could both probably use some more info. Walter Alvarez's article is pretty barebones for how accomplished he is.
- You could always write about missing women philosophers.
- Lead contamination in Oakland doesn't cover stuff regarding urban gardening yet.
- Many of Berkeley's neighborhoods are only sparsely covered.
- Many prominent figures involved with the Peralta Land Grant that once covered most of the East Bay, including Vicente Peralta, are covered poorly or not at all
- The Berkeley Student Cooperative's article is disorganized, and few houses have their own pages, although most could warrant one.
- your suggestions here...
- Other non-Berkeley specific (but library-related) tasks
- The BPL has a particularly good music reference department; try adding references to an article about an album, artist or genre. There is also a good art reference department. Visit the Art & Music room on the 5th floor for more!
- online resources at the BPL -- could be good resources for sourcing biographies, art & music articles, and local/california history (with full text access to newspapers)
If you really don't know what to do, try a random Berkeley article or one of the three Getting Started tasks.
New user accounts
Articles created
- Sarangadhar Das (Indian revolutionary, Berkeley alum)
- Edward Strong (Former Chancellor of UC Berkeley)
- Jiřina Šiklová, Czech feminist sociologist
- Spenger's Fresh Fish Grotto, A landmark Berkeley restaurant
- Campbell_Hall_(UC_Berkeley), a building on the UC Berkeley campus
Articles improved
- James Furman -- references added with the International Dictionary of Black Composers (taking advantage of the art & music collection); also Bob Cole (composer), Margaret Bonds, Ayo Bankole
- Cota, Colombia and Colegio San Carlos -- added images
- Ohlone people added note on the talk page about population using bay area history book
- Claire Austin
- Jerome C. Davis
Other things
- Lots of small tutorials were offered and given over the course of the afternoon
- Wikidata tutorial
- Wikivoyage tutorial
- Image uploading & fair use
- Visual editor reference-adding
- Searching & using BPL databases
- STiki was demonstrated
Simply click the edit button, add your name and hit save page. Or have a friend or Wikipedian sign you up!
You can also RSVP at the public Facebook event for the edit-a-thon.
Attendees
- SPat talk ( find me on Facebook)
- Ijon ( talk) 17:38, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
- I'll be there. Let me know if you need any help with planning stuff beforehand. Kevin Gorman ( talk) 01:58, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
- CELINE LIELLE
- Steven Walling • talk 00:51, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
- Accedie talk to me 00:55, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
- マイキ ( talk)
- Evelyn Hammid
- Erhan Berber
- ChesPal and Cullen328 (Debra & Jim Heaphy) will attend. Alas our delightful canine friend Dexter will stay at home. ChesPal ( talk) 06:10, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
- Karen Coyle - I'll bring copies of editing cheat sheets and as many extension cords as I can muster.
- Saehrimnir ( talk) 15:09, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
- JVargas (WMF) ( talk) 00:22, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
- Gnom ( talk) 17:55, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
- phoebe / ( talk to me) 15:54, 19 September 2013 (UTC) I'll be there for the first part; I need to leave early. Will probably get to the library a little early to explore. I can help with new editors etc.
- Kaitymh ( talk) 21:27, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
- Kenanwang ( talk) 18:43, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
Maybe
- →
ozhu量 ( talk· contribs) 18:14, 26 August 2013 (UTC) - malcolm
- Lesser Cartographies ( talk)
King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:56, 5 September 2013 (UTC)- Wikfr ( talk) 17:33, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
- Merrilee ( talk) 23:03, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
- Hispalois ( talk) 07:27, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
- your name here
Not this time
- Travel there is going to be a massive pain due to BART delays and the rain. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 20:00, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
This event is not officially sponsored by the Berkeley Public Library.
| Wikipedia takes Berkeley! You are invited! | |
|---|---|
|
An edit-a-thon for Berkeley - as a part of
Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2013! The event will be held at the
Berkeley Public Library in downtown Berkeley on Saturday, September 21, 2013 from 1:00pm-5pm. Wikipedians of all experience levels are welcome to join us! There will be an intro to editing for beginners session from 1:00–1:30pm. We will focus on topics related to Berkeley, but you are welcome to work on any wiki articles you like. Come one, come all!
|
- Date: Saturday September 21, 2013
- Time: Intro to Wikipedia Editing for beginners: 1pm-1:30pm, Edit-a-thon: 1:30pm-5pm
- Location: Central Community Meeting Room, Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, CA
- Transit Info
- BART:Downtown Berkeley
- AC Transit:Shattuck at Kittredge
- Event: An Edit-a-thon! Get together with Wikipedians from Berkeley and around the Bay Area and learn to contibute to Wikipedia in whatever you find interesting.
(Details being worked out - feel free to add any ideas)
- a laptop/tablet/smartphone (laptops preferred as you will be doing a lot of typing!)
- ideas for topics or articles you might want to work on (see below)
- any relevant reference materials you might have
- a friend – we love to meet new would-be-editors! (you can also bring your spouse, kids, family, etc.)
- any digital photos you've taken that you would like to use on Wikipedia.
- or, if you don't have any of the above, just bring yourself :-)
- If you don't have a laptop to bring, please make a note when you sign up, and we will try to arrange a loaner!
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Category:Berkeley Wikipedia edit-a-thon September 2013.
- Plenty of Berkeley-related articles that need creation/improvement
- Campbell Hall (home of the UC Berkeley Astronomy Department)
- Etcheverry Hall (home of Nuclear Engineering Department, that once housed a complete nuclear reactor)
- Henry Durant (first president of the University of California)
- Chancellor Edward Strong and Dean Katherine Towle (key university figures during the Free Speech Movement of 1964-65)
- Nalanda Hostel on Center Street (home of Indian revolutionary Har Dayal while he stayed in Berkeley around 1913)
- How Berkeley Can You Be Parade (this was a thing between 1996 and 2008)
- See this list of notable Berkeleyeans, with accompanying works in the library
- University of California Botanical Garden and Blake Garden (Kensington, California) could both probably use some more info. Walter Alvarez's article is pretty barebones for how accomplished he is.
- You could always write about missing women philosophers.
- Lead contamination in Oakland doesn't cover stuff regarding urban gardening yet.
- Many of Berkeley's neighborhoods are only sparsely covered.
- Many prominent figures involved with the Peralta Land Grant that once covered most of the East Bay, including Vicente Peralta, are covered poorly or not at all
- The Berkeley Student Cooperative's article is disorganized, and few houses have their own pages, although most could warrant one.
- your suggestions here...
- Other non-Berkeley specific (but library-related) tasks
- The BPL has a particularly good music reference department; try adding references to an article about an album, artist or genre. There is also a good art reference department. Visit the Art & Music room on the 5th floor for more!
- online resources at the BPL -- could be good resources for sourcing biographies, art & music articles, and local/california history (with full text access to newspapers)
If you really don't know what to do, try a random Berkeley article or one of the three Getting Started tasks.
New user accounts
Articles created
- Sarangadhar Das (Indian revolutionary, Berkeley alum)
- Edward Strong (Former Chancellor of UC Berkeley)
- Jiřina Šiklová, Czech feminist sociologist
- Spenger's Fresh Fish Grotto, A landmark Berkeley restaurant
- Campbell_Hall_(UC_Berkeley), a building on the UC Berkeley campus
Articles improved
- James Furman -- references added with the International Dictionary of Black Composers (taking advantage of the art & music collection); also Bob Cole (composer), Margaret Bonds, Ayo Bankole
- Cota, Colombia and Colegio San Carlos -- added images
- Ohlone people added note on the talk page about population using bay area history book
- Claire Austin
- Jerome C. Davis
Other things
- Lots of small tutorials were offered and given over the course of the afternoon
- Wikidata tutorial
- Wikivoyage tutorial
- Image uploading & fair use
- Visual editor reference-adding
- Searching & using BPL databases
- STiki was demonstrated
Simply click the edit button, add your name and hit save page. Or have a friend or Wikipedian sign you up!
You can also RSVP at the public Facebook event for the edit-a-thon.
Attendees
- SPat talk ( find me on Facebook)
- Ijon ( talk) 17:38, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
- I'll be there. Let me know if you need any help with planning stuff beforehand. Kevin Gorman ( talk) 01:58, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
- CELINE LIELLE
- Steven Walling • talk 00:51, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
- Accedie talk to me 00:55, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
- マイキ ( talk)
- Evelyn Hammid
- Erhan Berber
- ChesPal and Cullen328 (Debra & Jim Heaphy) will attend. Alas our delightful canine friend Dexter will stay at home. ChesPal ( talk) 06:10, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
- Karen Coyle - I'll bring copies of editing cheat sheets and as many extension cords as I can muster.
- Saehrimnir ( talk) 15:09, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
- JVargas (WMF) ( talk) 00:22, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
- Gnom ( talk) 17:55, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
- phoebe / ( talk to me) 15:54, 19 September 2013 (UTC) I'll be there for the first part; I need to leave early. Will probably get to the library a little early to explore. I can help with new editors etc.
- Kaitymh ( talk) 21:27, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
- Kenanwang ( talk) 18:43, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
Maybe
- →
ozhu量 ( talk· contribs) 18:14, 26 August 2013 (UTC) - malcolm
- Lesser Cartographies ( talk)
King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:56, 5 September 2013 (UTC)- Wikfr ( talk) 17:33, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
- Merrilee ( talk) 23:03, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
- Hispalois ( talk) 07:27, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
- your name here
Not this time
- Travel there is going to be a massive pain due to BART delays and the rain. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 20:00, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
This event is not officially sponsored by the Berkeley Public Library.