Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Virginia/Women Writers October 2018
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Date: | Date: Monday October 15, 2018 |
Time | 3:30-4:45pm EST |
Where: | Bryan 310 |
Slides | Wiki + Collective Biographies of Women |
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University of Virginia class ENNC 8500 is hosting "Women Writers", a private Wikipedia and Wikidata editing event for the class.
Join
[edit]Create a Wikimedia account if you do not have one.
- Date: Monday October 15, 2018
- Time: 3:30-4:45pm EST
- Place: Bryan 310
- Slides: Wiki + Collective Biographies of Women
Agenda
[edit]This event includes wiki editing. Please bring a laptop!
- 0:00-0:05 - Welcome
- 0:05-0:20 - Orientation and tutorial for Wikipedia, Wikidata, and related Wikimedia projects
- 0:20-0:25 - particular discussion about women's projects
- 0:25-0:55 - Wiki editing!
- 0:55-1:05 - Check in, share results
- 1:05-1:15 - Wrap up!
Editing suggestions
[edit]Goal
[edit]The minimum target goal for participants in the editing workshop is the following:
- Register a Wikimedia account
- Add 1 sentence and 1 citation to any Wikipedia article
- Add 1 statement (structured data with citation) to any Wikidata item
Doing this much will leave participants with insight into how Wikimedia projects work.
Steps
[edit]- For Wikipedia
- off Wikipedia and in library resources, find a publication with interesting facts
- identify a fact
- now browse Wikipedia for an article covering the topic of the fact
- click edit at Wikipedia article
- type your fact into the Wikipedia edit box
- click "cite" at top, and enter your citation
- click save
- For Wikidata
- Consider Wikipedia's presentation of the Collective Biographies of Women database
- identify a fact
- now browse Wikidata for an item covering the topic of the fact
- insert the fact as structured data
- cite the source
- save
Wikidata inspiration
[edit]- Data models
- lists of people
Support
[edit]-
University of Virginia Library
Contact
[edit]- Lane Rasberry (user:bluerasberry) for Wiki issues
- Alison Booth, professor
Links
[edit]- WikiProject University of Virginia, a landing page for anyone to coordinate collaboration between the UVA and wiki communities
- Collective Biographies of Women
- Data Science Institute at University of Virginia, which coordinates wiki activities at UVA