Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/World Scout Jamboree Wikipedia Editing Workshop
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World Scout Jamboree Wikipedia Editing Workshop
Did you know that Wikipedia is an openly editable resource, meaning that anyone can improve the quality and accuracy of Wikipedia entries? During this workshop you will learn how to edit Wikipedia by adding or removing content, citing sources, creating hyperlinks and uploading photos.
When
- July 22-August 2, 2019
Where
Please sign in
[edit]- This is for use on the day of the event.
- 1) Select 'Sign in'
- 2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes' or 'Save changes'.
- Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees.
Presentation
[edit]Wikimedia Projects
[edit]- Wikimedia movement
- Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Commons, a data repository of media (images, videos and sounds). (See * Wikiproject Wikimedia Commons:GLAM Wikiproject)
- Wikidata, a common source of data, also accessible by the other projects
- Wiktionary, a dictionary
- Wikibooks, educational textbooks
- Wikinews, news articles
- Wikiquote, a collection of quotations
- Wikisource, a library of source texts and documents
- Wikiversity, educational material
- Wikivoyage, a travel guide
- Wikispecies, a taxonomic catalogue of species
- List of different editions of language Wikipedias
Wikipedia Policies
[edit]- Wikipedia:Five pillars
- Wikipedia:Core content policies
- Wikipedia:General notability guideline
- Wikipedia:Verifiability
- Wikipedia:Conflict of interest
- Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources
- Wikipedia:No original research (Examples of Original Research)
- Wikipedia:Citing sources
- Wikipedia:Identifying and using primary sources
Quick Editing Tips
[edit]Tools, Resources and WikiProjects
[edit]Suggested Article Work List
[edit]About the Article Assessment Quality Scale
- 24th World Scout Jamboree
- Your National Scout Organization (NSO)
- Your local scout council or scout camp