Wikipedia:Meetup/Corning/NYSLAA2015
Wikipedia and GLAMs are partnering to improve the quality of information on Wikipedia. GLAMs provide subject expertise and Wikipedia has a massive audience. At "Wikipedia and Libraries: How We Can Get Involved," learn about the ins and outs of Wikipedia, the GLAM-Wiki initiative, and how your organization can get involved.
When and where
[edit]- When: June 18, 2015, 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM EST
- Where: NYSLAA Annual Conference, Radisson Hotel, Corning, NY
- Participants: No Wikipedia editing experience necessary - ask me if you have editing questions!
Agenda
[edit]- 10:15 AM - GLAMs + Wikipedia: Why we should be involved and an introduction to Wikipedia
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- Conflict of interest, advice for editors who may have a conflict of interest, and an example of a conflict of interest statement
- Anatomy of a Wikipedia page (article, edit, view history, talk) - e.g. Rupert Giles; user pages
- 11:00 AM - Questions
- 11:15 AM - Editing time - go improve some articles!
Suggested articles and topics
[edit]Please place a next an article to indicate that edits were made; the mark does not mean that all the suggested work for that article was completed.
You can always find articles needing basic edits at the Community portal.
- Library technician
- Library circulation
- Reference desk
- Digital reference
- Catalog card
- Online public access catalog
- Reference work
- Bibliographic record
- Bibliographic database
- Library of Congress Control Number
- MARC standards
- History of public library advocacy
- Library Bill of Rights
- Ask a Librarian
Categories to check for other ideas
- Category:Library and information science biography stubs
- Category:Library and information science stubs
- Category:Library science
Basics on editing Wikipedia
[edit]If you have a question about editing, feel free to ask me for help! The Teahouse is also a great place to ask for help from expert editors.
Editing tips
- Preview your changes before you save them.
- Write a brief edit summary noting your changes.
- Don’t forget to use the help bar at the top of the edit box.
- Sign your posts on talk pages by adding four tildes.
Useful links
- Help:Cheatsheet, quick guide to Wiki markup
- VisualEditor, edit Wikipedia without learning markup (here's the user guide)
- Beginner's guide to Wikipedia, a step-by-step guide that brings together some of the best resources to help you get started in Wikipedia.
- Editing - The Basics has .pdf handouts and videos
- Wikipedia Training, includes a one-hour training for newcomers, and more extensive pages for teachers and Wikipedia Ambassadors
- Wikipedia Tutorial is a hands-on approach that walks you through various aspects of Wikipedia editing
- The Wikipedia Adventure is a 7-mission interactive guided tour which introduces new editors to basic editing, social, and policy skills.
- Writing your first article (the Article Wizard is a great tool)
Resources
[edit]- A beginner's guide to Wikipedia
- GLAM one-pager
- Ten ideas for editing Wikipedia - for library edit-a-thons
- Wiki markup cheatsheet
Further reading
Attendees
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Outcomes
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