Wikipedia:Meetup/Denton/TWU Women 2016

TWU Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon 2016
When and Where
DateWednesday, March 30, 2016
Time3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
AddressBlagg Huey Library, Texas Woman's University
City, StateDenton, Texas

Event information

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  • Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2016
  • Time: 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  • Location: Blagg Huey Library, Texas Woman's University Room #103
  • Hosts: chealsye

Join Texas Woman's University Libraries Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon in celebration of Women's History Month.

No Wikipedia editing experience necessary. Training will be provided for new editors. Editors who identify as women are particularly encouraged to attend. If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might want to view the resources below. The event will be hosted in the Blagg-Huey Library's training room (#103) where 17 desktop computers will be available to use. Attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops and power cords.

Virtual participation

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Can't make it to an event? You can participate online whether the day of or at another time. Here's how it works:

  1. Don't have a user name yet? Create one.
  2. Choose an article to edit from the Lists of articles to edit. Want to work on an article that is not on the list? Go ahead! You're welcome to choose any topic that you like!
  3. Use the Resources for editing below to learn how to edit.

Goals

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  • To encourage inexperienced editors (especially women) and provide training on how to contribute to Wikipedia
  • To improve a selection of Wikipedia articles related to women
  • To increase awareness of the research resources freely available through libraries, archives, and museums

List of articles to edit

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Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon:

Women Poet Laureates of Texas

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Examples of good Poet Laureate biographical Wikipedia pages to model after:

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Resources for editing

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Tools and templates

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