User:Rtbhive/sandbox
| When and Where | |
|---|---|
| Time | 12pm to 1:30pm |
| City, State | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Date | June 5, 2021 |
Writing and Rhetoric Edit-a-thon
[edit]Join us to learn how to contribute to Wikipedia, the world’s largest reference work.
Event Information
[edit]- Date: June 5, 2021
- Time: 12pm-1:30pm
- Location: Boston, MA (zoom)
- Hosts: Boston Rhetoric and Writing Network (BRAWN); Cecelia Musselman, Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze
Your Wikipedia Account: If you don't have a Wikipedia user account, please try to create one in advance. Facilitators will be able to assist those who need help setting up an account.
Participant list
[edit]Please add your Wikipedia username below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day-of.
Training to edit Wikipedia
[edit]- Intro to Wikipedia slides
- Intro to Wikipedia Slides for GLAM context
- More: Cheatsheet, Wikipedia:Featured Articles, Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines, Help:Getting started, Wikipedia:Starting an article
Possible topics for editing
[edit]Resources we can draw from
[edit]- Citation Hunt = tool to find "citation needed" in articles
- MIT Libraries research guides and expert librarians
- MIT Libraries General Reference Guide - find facts quickly with reference databases (MIT authentication required)
- Digitized Historical newspapers (online) MIT Libraries (MIT authentication required)
- Internet Archive Digitized Texts
- Hathi Trust Digital Library
- 125 Years of Women Exhibit (list of women in the exhibit)
- Against All Odds: MIT’s pioneering women of landscape architecture
- Cambridge Women’s Heritage Project
- Parks Service "Places Where Women Made History"
- A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT