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Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon presented with support from Wikimedia DC

Event description

For Black History Month, the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will recognize and celebrate the contributions of past and present Black nanoscientists, nanoengineers, and nanoentrepreneurs through a Wikipedia edit-a-thon that will involve undergraduate students from the NextTech undergraduate student network (https://nexttechnetwork.org/).

The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office conducts public engagement on behalf of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) and provides technical and administrative support to the interagency nanotechnology community. The NNI brings together representatives from multiple agencies to leverage knowledge and resources and to collaborate with academia and the private sector, as appropriate, toward the shared vision of a future in which the ability to understand and control matter at the nanoscale leads to ongoing revolutions in technology and industry that benefit society.

NIOSH is the leading federal agency conducting research and providing guidance on the effects of engineered nanomaterials on worker health, and methods to control or eliminate exposures, through its Nanotechnology Research Center. NIOSH also created the Emerging Technologies Branch in 2019 to facilitate forecasting, identifying, evaluating, and developing guidance on potential hazards in new or emergent technologies.

This event and initiative is presented with support from Wikimedia DC.

When

February 14, 2023

Registration

Private

Event Dashboard

Dashboard

Safe Space Policy

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Presentation

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Create Wikipedia username and login to the Outreach Dashboard

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Step 1: Go to the Dashboard

Step 2:

  • Have a Wikipedia username? Select 'Log-in with Wikipedia'.
  • Don't have a username? Select 'Sign-up with Wikipedia'

Usernames are public. You do not have to use your real name or expose any personal details.

Note: This will allow you to create a username and sign up to participate in the this event in one simple step. You can also create a username at the top right of this event page or from any Wikipedia page.

What is the Dashboard?

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The dashboard is a page that tracks the work being done as part of this campaign. Your work will not be logged in the dashboard without signing in per the instructions above.

The page for this event is unique. It includes an additional training video by expert Wikipedia editor, Dr. Jess Wade. Many of the steps and processes explained in the video will align with the Wikimedia DC-led training on 2/14. Feel free to refer to that training as well as the one embedded in the dashboard for guidance.

Note: That dashboard will encourge you to reserve articles there before editing or creating them. Please do not use this feature. Instead, go to this Google sheet to reserve your article/s.

Article work list

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Red drafts = New drafts articles that can be created
Blue = Existing articles
Blue drafts = Draft articles that have been created, but need more content before moving to Wikipedia 'mainspace'.

Instructions

  1. Use this Google sheet to reserve the article you plan to edit or create
  2. In the sheet, reserve the article you'd like to work on by adding your name or username next to the article
  3. Return here to the event page and select your article's red or blue link. Red links will open blank pages.
  4. Select 'Create' (for new articles), and 'Edit' for exisiting articles
  5. For new articles, start by adding a 'References' header at the bottom. Return to the top and start writing.

Articles to create

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Existing articles to edit

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Additional articles

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You may also find appropriate articles and sources within THIS work list from a prior event.

Article ratings

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Learn more about the article rating system

Wikimedia

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Wikipedia Policies

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Wikimedia Affiliates

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Wikimedia movement affiliates model
Chapters
Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in a specified geographical region (in most cases, a country). Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". There are currently 39 chapters, with at least one on every inhabited continent., i.e. Wikimedia DC
Wikimedia thematic organizations
Thematic organizations are incorporated independent non-profits representing the Wikimedia movement and supporting work focused on a specific theme, topic, subject or issue within or across countries and regions. i.e., Wikimedia Medicine.
User groups
Wikimedia user groups are intended to be simple and flexible affiliates that are an alternative to chapters and thematic organizations - which require more formal requirements. User groups are highly valued as equal players in the Wikimedia movement, i.e., Art+Feminism

WikiProjects

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Quick Editing Tips

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Tools, Resources

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For Wikimedia DC Use

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User rights management
Special username creation
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