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The inaugural HLS Legal Editathon will be held on Wednesday, April 16, at Harvard Law School. Wikipedians, law students, and anyone interested will be working together to create, edit, and improve articles on legal topics, including cases, concepts, and people.

After the editathon proper in the afternoon, those interested can walk over to nearby Cambridge Common for a celebratory drink.

Event details

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  • Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2014 from 2 to 7 p.m. If you can't join us for the entire editathon, no problem! Come for as long or little as you like.
  • Venue: Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University, 23 Everett St., Cambridge, MA 02138. In between the Harvard Square and Porter Square stops on the MBTA Red Line.
  • Find us at: Conference Room, 2nd floor.
  • Cost: Free
  • Participants: This event is open to anyone, especially those with an interest in or some knowledge about the law. You don't need any Wikipedia editing experience to participate. We'll be having a brief orientation at the start of the editathon and tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers throughout the event.
  • RSVP by signing your username below! If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.
  • What to Bring: Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords. Light snacks and drinks will be provided.
  • Twitter Hashtag: #HLSeditathon

Likely attendees

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(sign up by editing the page and entering four tildes ~. This will automatically put in your username.)

Possible attendees

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Regrets

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Online participants

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If you cannot make it to our event in Cambridge, but would still like to participate, you are invited to do so remotely! Please add your name to the participant list below and include your contributions in the #Results section. And be sure to use the Twitter hashtag #HLSeditathon if you tweet about this event!


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The following is a sampling of suggested Wikipedia articles to create or add upon. However, feel free to come up with your own ideas!

Helpful updates could be as simple as: Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional; Adding new inline citations/references; Adding a photo; Adding an infobox; Adding data to more fields in an existing infobox; Creating headings; Adding categories; etc.

For pages on legal concepts, think about the history of that concept, any major cases interpreting it, and any seminal law review articles discussing it. For pages on court cases, think about the facts and holding of the case, subsequent history, historical significance, and any concurrences or dissents. For pages on people (such as law professors, practitioners, and judges), think about notable cases they were involved in or influential ideas they helped spread.

Tools

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_court

Articles needing creation

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Concepts

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Cases

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People

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Articles needing expansion and/or cleanup

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Concepts

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Cases

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People

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WikiProjects

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Wikiprojects are communities of editors organizing strategic editing of curated topics on Wikipedia:


Articles worked on

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