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Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Anthropology and Community Connections

Presented by:

Center for Archival Futures (CAFe), College of Information Studies (iSchool), University of Maryland, College Park in collaboration with the Council for the Preservation of Anthropological Records (CoPAR), Indigenizing SNAC, and Wikimedia DC

Event description

Are you interested in the history of anthropology? A linked data nerd? Want to help connect Indigenous communities with their archival records within colonial repositories? Join a co-sponsored edit-a-thon event between the University of Maryland Center for Archival Futures (CAFe) and WikimediaDC to support the reworking of the Council on the Preservation of Anthropological Records guide to anthropological records. Specifically, this edit-a-thon will add and edit anthropologists’ records within Wikipedia, and then ensure that each anthropologist is linked with the Wikipedia records of the Indigenous communities and peoples with whom they worked. Once mapped in both Wikipedia and Wikidata, this work will inform the data within SNAC (Social Networks, Archival Contexts), a search platform for finding archival records, which through an IMLS grant, we are shaping to facilitate connections between Native communities and their archival records.
No Wikipedia editing experience necessary. Training will be provided, taking place Friday, March 31st, 2023 from 10am-2pm. Open editing time will run from 11:30am to 2pm. If you've never edited before, please plan to arrive for the training session.

When

March 31, 2023 - 10am-2pm EDT

Where

UMD Hornbake Library, Room 2116 and online

Registration

Register: Be sure to choose virtual or in-person participation

Event Dashboard

Dashboard

Safe Space Policy

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Outcomes

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New articles

Presentation

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Sign in: 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'

Note: You can also create a username in Wikipedia (top right of this page or any article). If creating one there, be sure to return to the dashboard to sign-in there as well. Your Wikipedia username can be used to log-in across Wikimedia projects.

Instructions

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Goal 1. Create drafts of new Wikipedia articles. Move articles from draft form to Wikipedia main space when ready.

  • Choose an article you want to edit or create from the list below
  • Use this Google sheet to reserve the article you would like to edit and find the sources needed to create the articles.
  • Return to this page and select the red link to open a blank page
  • Select Create, not Create source (top right). This may happen automatically.
  • Start writing and cite sources from this Google sheet. You may also use verifiable secondary sources you've found on your own.
  • Tip: Be sure to add a header titled 'References' at the bottom of the page before you begin.
  • Publish as you go (blue button, top right)
  • Select 'Edit' to re-open the draft and keep working
  • Once you are pleased with the article, publish one last time.
  • Select the 'More' button (top right next to View History). Note: This button may not be visible to new editors. Ariel can deactivate this restriction. Be sure to sign in to the Dashboard so she has your username. It is needed to give these extra permissions.
  • Open the 'New title' drop down menu.
  • Change Draft to (Article). You may need to scroll up to find it.
  • Select the blue 'Move' button

Goal 2: Edit existing articles

  • Choose an article you want to edit or create from the list below
  • Reserve the article you want to edit in Google sheet.
  • Return to this page and select a blue link to open an existing article
  • Select 'edit'.
  • Make changes, add content, etc.
  • Publish as you go

Articles to create

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Use the Google sheet to reserve the articles you would like to edit and find the sources needed to create these articles.

Select a red link below to start an article draft. Once the draft is ready, you may move to Wikipedia mainspace. Feel free to ask Ariel to review your draft before it is moved. DO NOT select the 'submit y article for review' option.

Existing articles to edit

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Use the Google sheet to reserve the articles you would like to edit and find the sources needed to create these articles.

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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

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Quick Editing Tips

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