(This event has already occurred. Feel free to take a look to get an idea of what happened.)
If you've ever wondered how Wikipedia gets made or want to help the encyclopedia better represent history, come join us.
As a part of NPR's celebration of Black History Month 2015, we will collaborate to update and improve existing Wikipedia articles about trailblazers from the last 100 years of black history, 1915 to 2015. We'll learn about Wikipedia's philosophy and how to make simple edits—and then give you plenty of time and help to make your own first edit.
When
Where
RSVP Required
Your Wikipedia Account
This event will take place in Seminar North at NPR Headquarters.
Time | Activity |
---|---|
6:00pm |
Welcome to the Edit-a-thon! by Veronica ( User:Verbistheword) |
6:15pm |
Intro to Wikipedia by James |
6:30pm |
Library Resources Overview by Jane |
6:45pm |
Editing examples by Veronica ( User:Verbistheword) |
7:00pm |
Let's edit! |
RSVPing is required for all non-NPR-employees; there is limited room for guests. Include your name, so we can let security know you're coming.
NPR employees, please create a Wikipedia account before coming to the event.
Where is the event?
What should I bring?
Do I have to register to attend, or can I just arrive on the day?
You didn't answer my question!
Each article in the to-do section also has a resources link that the awesome NPR Librarians—Sarah, Jane, and Ayda—put together. The linked Google Docs are open to all people with an NPR email address. If you are a guest, please pair up with an NPR employee to access the resources.
You can also look up resources yourself using one of NPR's many reference library databases.
Note that the "resources" links below require signing in with an @npr.org email account.
Check out the Wikipedia article on Citing Sources for help with citations.
Look at the Wikipedia article on Link Rot for help fixing links.
Check out the Wikipedia Picture Tutorial and Uploading Images for help adding images.
Any of the above articles could have more written about them. The one that could use the most help is about Alice Coachman.
These two folks were added to our list after the edit-a-thon; feel free to dig tidy them up!
Great work, everyone! We improved thirteen articles and six people made their first ever Wikipedia edits.
If I've added your change below, feel free to claim it by typing three tildas (~) at the end. — Verbistheword ( talk) 16:00, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
(This event has already occurred. Feel free to take a look to get an idea of what happened.)
If you've ever wondered how Wikipedia gets made or want to help the encyclopedia better represent history, come join us.
As a part of NPR's celebration of Black History Month 2015, we will collaborate to update and improve existing Wikipedia articles about trailblazers from the last 100 years of black history, 1915 to 2015. We'll learn about Wikipedia's philosophy and how to make simple edits—and then give you plenty of time and help to make your own first edit.
When
Where
RSVP Required
Your Wikipedia Account
This event will take place in Seminar North at NPR Headquarters.
Time | Activity |
---|---|
6:00pm |
Welcome to the Edit-a-thon! by Veronica ( User:Verbistheword) |
6:15pm |
Intro to Wikipedia by James |
6:30pm |
Library Resources Overview by Jane |
6:45pm |
Editing examples by Veronica ( User:Verbistheword) |
7:00pm |
Let's edit! |
RSVPing is required for all non-NPR-employees; there is limited room for guests. Include your name, so we can let security know you're coming.
NPR employees, please create a Wikipedia account before coming to the event.
Where is the event?
What should I bring?
Do I have to register to attend, or can I just arrive on the day?
You didn't answer my question!
Each article in the to-do section also has a resources link that the awesome NPR Librarians—Sarah, Jane, and Ayda—put together. The linked Google Docs are open to all people with an NPR email address. If you are a guest, please pair up with an NPR employee to access the resources.
You can also look up resources yourself using one of NPR's many reference library databases.
Note that the "resources" links below require signing in with an @npr.org email account.
Check out the Wikipedia article on Citing Sources for help with citations.
Look at the Wikipedia article on Link Rot for help fixing links.
Check out the Wikipedia Picture Tutorial and Uploading Images for help adding images.
Any of the above articles could have more written about them. The one that could use the most help is about Alice Coachman.
These two folks were added to our list after the edit-a-thon; feel free to dig tidy them up!
Great work, everyone! We improved thirteen articles and six people made their first ever Wikipedia edits.
If I've added your change below, feel free to claim it by typing three tildas (~) at the end. — Verbistheword ( talk) 16:00, 25 February 2015 (UTC)