Join members of the
Sustainable Sanitation Alliance for a 48-hour Wikipedia edit-a-thon on 19-21 March 2017. Help us improve
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) topics just ahead of
World Water Day on 22 March 2017.
Around the clock. Around the world. Together. #edit4impact
We counted edits of registered users for the edit-a-thon using the tool Outreach Dashboard see here.
Later events of the WikiProject Sanitation are available here.
Please help us promote the event on twitter by using this hashtag: #edit4impact
Wikipedia is what the world reads! Join us in the 48 hours leading up to World Water Day on 22 March. Do your bit to make sure readers get the right information on WASH. Imagine how many people will be going to Wikipedia for information when World Water Day events are taking place everywhere. People might be curious about wastewater, reuse of excreta, Dry toilets, Fecal sludge management, World Toilet Day.
Will the WASH pages you care about give readers the right information?
Create a Wikipedia account without using your real name. If you already have a Wikipedia username, Adjust your Preferences, then Register below.
Adjust your Wikipedia Preferences by clicking on "Preferences" at the top right.
Four tabs are especially important:
(If you're a more visual kind of person, take a look at our short introduction videos here.)
Notice the tabs across the top of a Wikipedia page when you scroll all the way up, see for example here:
sanitation.
Click on the "Talk" tab. This is where you can:
Click on the "Edit source" or "Edit" tab. This is where you can:
Create a Watchlist of articles you want to follow:
Wikipedia tips specific for SuSanA members or other sanitation experts are available here in this discussion thread.
Choose something easy from the list below and see for yourself how easy it is. Pick the low hanging fruit, and just get started.
Check the readability of a specific Wikipedia page on sanitation by using this tool. Then, see if you can improve the readability score. On Wikipedia's 0-100 scale, higher is better. Aim for at least 70.
Want to learn more about improving readability? Click here.
Help to improve the lead section of Wikipedia articles. The lead is supposed to summarise the article in four easy-to- understand paragraphs (more information here).
There is also a short video about adding images available here.
A picture is worth a 1000 words. Adding images can greatly increase the value of Wikipedia articles. Many "open source" sanitation-related images already exist in Wikimedia Commons which is the image repository for Wikipedia.
Everything on Wikipedia comes under the open access licence CC BY SA and Wikipedia is very strict about copyright rules. All images have to be under the CC BY SA licence.
Want more details about adding images? Click here.
Plenty of people are working on articles in the English Wikipedia. The sanitation community of practice needs more content in other languages. French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Indonesian, Odia, Russian, Swahili, Urdu, Yoruba, Twi... all welcome here.
Want more details about translating for Wikipedia? Click here.
Some topics aren't covered accurately or were written before additional research was available. See what you can do to:
Want to learn more about how to insert references? Click here.
The content may be fine in terms of accuracy, brevity and clarity. However, if there aren't enough references to back up assertions being made, the article needs your help.
Want to learn about the especially high standards of reliability for health-related content on Wikipedia? Click Identifying reliable sources of medical content
Help us improve all sanitation-related articles by using the Manual of Style (Sanitation) which is explained here. Using standard headlines on all articles as much as possible makes it much easier for readers to access and absorb information quickly.
Previous Wikipedians have created an amazing List of Wikipedia pages on Water Supply and Sanitation You'll find one article for each of 86 countries, but some articles are incomplete or outdated.
Wouldn't it be great if the average user could find information about water supply and sanitation when they look up a country article in Wikipedia?
Want to learn more about creating links in country articles? Click here
Which articles would like people to work on and improve? You can add to the list below by clicking on "edit source" just above this sentence.
Are you curious to know which sanitation-related articles in Wikipedia have the highest view rates? Then click here.
How do these view rates compare to Wikipedia in general? Click here.
Top-10 articles on general WASH topics for laypersons:
Article lists grouped by topics of SuSanA Working Groups are available here.
Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, China, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England and Wales, Ethiopia, European Union, France, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Latin America, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, Panama, Paraguay, Pernambuco, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sub-Saharan Africa, Syria, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Please add ideas for new articles you would like to see on Wikipedia. Click on "edit source" just above this sentence.
Outputs as recorded via Outreach Dashboard include:
Time period 4 to 21 March 2017:
Time period 4 to 31 March 2017:
For more details see here on the Outreach Dashboard.
The following is taken from WikiProject Medicine which is serving as inspiration for editing sanitation articles:
Guidelines and Policies
Reliable Sources | Manual of Style | |
Conflicts of Interest | How to edit |
Join members of the
Sustainable Sanitation Alliance for a 48-hour Wikipedia edit-a-thon on 19-21 March 2017. Help us improve
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) topics just ahead of
World Water Day on 22 March 2017.
Around the clock. Around the world. Together. #edit4impact
We counted edits of registered users for the edit-a-thon using the tool Outreach Dashboard see here.
Later events of the WikiProject Sanitation are available here.
Please help us promote the event on twitter by using this hashtag: #edit4impact
Wikipedia is what the world reads! Join us in the 48 hours leading up to World Water Day on 22 March. Do your bit to make sure readers get the right information on WASH. Imagine how many people will be going to Wikipedia for information when World Water Day events are taking place everywhere. People might be curious about wastewater, reuse of excreta, Dry toilets, Fecal sludge management, World Toilet Day.
Will the WASH pages you care about give readers the right information?
Create a Wikipedia account without using your real name. If you already have a Wikipedia username, Adjust your Preferences, then Register below.
Adjust your Wikipedia Preferences by clicking on "Preferences" at the top right.
Four tabs are especially important:
(If you're a more visual kind of person, take a look at our short introduction videos here.)
Notice the tabs across the top of a Wikipedia page when you scroll all the way up, see for example here:
sanitation.
Click on the "Talk" tab. This is where you can:
Click on the "Edit source" or "Edit" tab. This is where you can:
Create a Watchlist of articles you want to follow:
Wikipedia tips specific for SuSanA members or other sanitation experts are available here in this discussion thread.
Choose something easy from the list below and see for yourself how easy it is. Pick the low hanging fruit, and just get started.
Check the readability of a specific Wikipedia page on sanitation by using this tool. Then, see if you can improve the readability score. On Wikipedia's 0-100 scale, higher is better. Aim for at least 70.
Want to learn more about improving readability? Click here.
Help to improve the lead section of Wikipedia articles. The lead is supposed to summarise the article in four easy-to- understand paragraphs (more information here).
There is also a short video about adding images available here.
A picture is worth a 1000 words. Adding images can greatly increase the value of Wikipedia articles. Many "open source" sanitation-related images already exist in Wikimedia Commons which is the image repository for Wikipedia.
Everything on Wikipedia comes under the open access licence CC BY SA and Wikipedia is very strict about copyright rules. All images have to be under the CC BY SA licence.
Want more details about adding images? Click here.
Plenty of people are working on articles in the English Wikipedia. The sanitation community of practice needs more content in other languages. French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Indonesian, Odia, Russian, Swahili, Urdu, Yoruba, Twi... all welcome here.
Want more details about translating for Wikipedia? Click here.
Some topics aren't covered accurately or were written before additional research was available. See what you can do to:
Want to learn more about how to insert references? Click here.
The content may be fine in terms of accuracy, brevity and clarity. However, if there aren't enough references to back up assertions being made, the article needs your help.
Want to learn about the especially high standards of reliability for health-related content on Wikipedia? Click Identifying reliable sources of medical content
Help us improve all sanitation-related articles by using the Manual of Style (Sanitation) which is explained here. Using standard headlines on all articles as much as possible makes it much easier for readers to access and absorb information quickly.
Previous Wikipedians have created an amazing List of Wikipedia pages on Water Supply and Sanitation You'll find one article for each of 86 countries, but some articles are incomplete or outdated.
Wouldn't it be great if the average user could find information about water supply and sanitation when they look up a country article in Wikipedia?
Want to learn more about creating links in country articles? Click here
Which articles would like people to work on and improve? You can add to the list below by clicking on "edit source" just above this sentence.
Are you curious to know which sanitation-related articles in Wikipedia have the highest view rates? Then click here.
How do these view rates compare to Wikipedia in general? Click here.
Top-10 articles on general WASH topics for laypersons:
Article lists grouped by topics of SuSanA Working Groups are available here.
Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, China, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England and Wales, Ethiopia, European Union, France, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Latin America, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, Panama, Paraguay, Pernambuco, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sub-Saharan Africa, Syria, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Please add ideas for new articles you would like to see on Wikipedia. Click on "edit source" just above this sentence.
Outputs as recorded via Outreach Dashboard include:
Time period 4 to 21 March 2017:
Time period 4 to 31 March 2017:
For more details see here on the Outreach Dashboard.
The following is taken from WikiProject Medicine which is serving as inspiration for editing sanitation articles:
Guidelines and Policies
Reliable Sources | Manual of Style | |
Conflicts of Interest | How to edit |