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TCNJ Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon

Join the TCNJ Wikipedia Edit-athon! As part of the summer EOF program, we will be running a Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon during classes on July 14 and 15, 2014. The goal is to introduce you to the exciting world of college-level research. To that end, we will all be adding and enhancing Wikipedia content. We will focus on improving and writing Wikipedia content about ?women and underrepresented minorities who...?

Logistics

What?

A Wikipedia edit-a-thon is a special type of meetup to improve the encyclopedia. It is usually focused on a specific encyclopedic topic, and is a great way to attract new Wikipedians.

Who?

Anyone can contribute to Wikipedia. But this brief edit-a-thon event today will mostly happen within our little group.

Where?

• The College of New Jersey Library, Lower Level, Library Instruction Room 5.

When?

• Monday, July 14, 2014.

How?

• We will be working on adding and enhancing existing Wikipedia articles. A list people and works will be on hand for you.

Questions?

• Contact John (oliverj [at] tcnj [dot] edu)

What to bring

• ideas for articles, and supporting references for the article content

Attending

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Virtual Attendance

There is an IRC channel for easy conversation with off-site attendees during the Edit-athon.

Done!

Added inline citation

Added copyright-appropriate image

Identified gaps (using Talk pages)

Links

TCNJ resources

• Links to TCNJ databases

Tutorials

• Introduction to Wikipedia by Zach McDowell
• "Systemic Bias in Wikipedia: What It Looks Like, and How to Deal with It" by Laura Quilter
  • Quick and dirty guide to editing Wikipedia by Laura Quilter

Wikipedia projects

• Countering systemic bias
• Wikipedia Loves Libraries

related edit-a-thons

• upcoming?