10:00am - 3:00pm
Local Studies Library First Floor, Southport Branch Library, corner of Lawson Street and Garden Street, Southport
This introductory workshop aims to help participants to learn Wikipedia editing skills by giving them as much opportunity as possible to practise. It is not a presentation and its focus is editing, rather than creating text. By the end of the workshop, participants should be able to:
Before the workshop, participants should:
Time | Topic |
---|---|
9:30 – 10:00 | Morning Tea |
10 - 10:30 | Welcome and Introduction to Wikimedia |
10:30 - 12:00 | Wikipedia workshop: creating a draft article |
12:00 - 12:45 | Lunch |
12:45 – 1.15 | Wikimedia Skills: Citations |
1:15 – 1:45 | Commons: copyright, categorisation & uploading images |
1:45 – 2:15 | Watching and talking |
2:15 – 2:45 | Work on articles, questions |
2:45 – 3:00 | Wrap-up |
3:00 - 4:00 | For those who wish to continue to work on their articles, the venue will be available to you until 4 pm. |
Notes:
Put the topics you are interested in working on here
Key:
to be completed
User Name | Nice people | Edit button | Nice feeling |
---|---|---|---|
This video shows some of Wikipedia's contributors, explaining their user names. | This video focuses on the motivations and passion of Wikipedians, and ends with a comment by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales about what makes the project special. | This video is a direct invitation by Wikipedians to "click that [edit] button and see what happens". | In this video, Wikipedians talk about the joy of being part of a global community of editors. |
Welcome to Wikipedia | Ten Simple Rules | Introduction to free licenses | Evaluating Wikipedia article quality | The Wikipedia Cheatsheet |
---|---|---|---|---|
This 17-page guide covers creating a user account, editing basics, communication, and how articles evolve and are evaluated, and includes a quick reference to help you to remember frequently used wiki markup. | This editorial from PLoS Computation Biology focuses on how to contribute effectively as an expert. | This brochure helps you understand the basic concepts of free licenses, as well as terms like "CC-by-SA" and "public domain". | This reference guide covers specific steps you can take to get the most out of Wikipedia, as well as a look at how its quality system works. | This one-page quick reference helps you to remember the most frequently used wiki markup commands. |
10:00am - 3:00pm
Local Studies Library First Floor, Southport Branch Library, corner of Lawson Street and Garden Street, Southport
This introductory workshop aims to help participants to learn Wikipedia editing skills by giving them as much opportunity as possible to practise. It is not a presentation and its focus is editing, rather than creating text. By the end of the workshop, participants should be able to:
Before the workshop, participants should:
Time | Topic |
---|---|
9:30 – 10:00 | Morning Tea |
10 - 10:30 | Welcome and Introduction to Wikimedia |
10:30 - 12:00 | Wikipedia workshop: creating a draft article |
12:00 - 12:45 | Lunch |
12:45 – 1.15 | Wikimedia Skills: Citations |
1:15 – 1:45 | Commons: copyright, categorisation & uploading images |
1:45 – 2:15 | Watching and talking |
2:15 – 2:45 | Work on articles, questions |
2:45 – 3:00 | Wrap-up |
3:00 - 4:00 | For those who wish to continue to work on their articles, the venue will be available to you until 4 pm. |
Notes:
Put the topics you are interested in working on here
Key:
to be completed
User Name | Nice people | Edit button | Nice feeling |
---|---|---|---|
This video shows some of Wikipedia's contributors, explaining their user names. | This video focuses on the motivations and passion of Wikipedians, and ends with a comment by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales about what makes the project special. | This video is a direct invitation by Wikipedians to "click that [edit] button and see what happens". | In this video, Wikipedians talk about the joy of being part of a global community of editors. |
Welcome to Wikipedia | Ten Simple Rules | Introduction to free licenses | Evaluating Wikipedia article quality | The Wikipedia Cheatsheet |
---|---|---|---|---|
This 17-page guide covers creating a user account, editing basics, communication, and how articles evolve and are evaluated, and includes a quick reference to help you to remember frequently used wiki markup. | This editorial from PLoS Computation Biology focuses on how to contribute effectively as an expert. | This brochure helps you understand the basic concepts of free licenses, as well as terms like "CC-by-SA" and "public domain". | This reference guide covers specific steps you can take to get the most out of Wikipedia, as well as a look at how its quality system works. | This one-page quick reference helps you to remember the most frequently used wiki markup commands. |