Wikipedia:Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/Stem Cell editathon 2017
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The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is hosting the Stem Cell Editathon 2017 taking place ??? in New York City. This Wikipedia editing campaign aims to create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to stem cell research and stem cell therapy.
This is a private event for students participating in programs at Memorial Sloan Kettering. This event is unable to offer public access.
Please register for this event on Wikipedia! (registration not yet active)
Agenda[edit]
- 0:00-0:05 - Welcome and introductions
- 0:05-0:15 - presentation on Wikipedia
- 0:15-0:20 - Discussion and demos
- 0:20-1:30 - Wikipedia editathon!
- 1:30-2:00 - Let's share what we edited
- 2:00-3:00 - Continued editing and wrap up
The event will start with a presentation which gives the Wikipedia community perspective on the following:
- To what extent does Wikipedia matter in science communication?
- How does one edit Wikipedia?
- What is Wikipedia's quality control system?
Following the presentation, anyone may ask any question about Wikipedia to get answers or demonstrations. Following this, it will be time for a Wikipedia "editathon", which is an event in which a group of people edit together. Desktop view, not mobile access, is preferred for this exercise, but come regardless. At the editathon, this is the goal:
- Come to the event with some published source of good information
- Identify a Wikipedia article where you think information from that source should go
- In your own words, take information from your source and add it to the Wikipedia article
- Cite your source. See referencing for beginners or better, learn at the event
Hopefully everyone at the event will add at least 1-3 sentences in the time we have. After making additions, since Wikipedia is public, participants will review the accuracy and quality of other participants' edits. As we leave, participants will be invited to check back on Wikipedia after some time (3-7 days) to see if there is any online community response to anyone's contributions.
Suggested articles to edit[edit]
Check existing Wikipedia articles in
About this event[edit]
Organizations supporting Wikipedia outreach to health organizations and providing Wikipedia support for this event include the following:
The Wikipedia trainer at the event is Lane Rasberry, Wikipedian-in-Residence at Consumer Reports, who can be reached regarding matters of consumer outreach and Wikipedia at lrasberry
consumer.org
External links[edit]
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)