Wikipedia:Mosman Library 2022

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Mosman Library event 2022

Monday 25 July 2022

6.30pm – 8.30pm

Before attending event

• Create an account in Wikipedia
• Bring your own laptop to the gallery (not iPad)
  

What should I work on during the edit-a-thon?

There are many different ways for you to contribute today. Wikipedia is the product of millions of individual contributions and every change that is made, no matter how small, makes a difference! However, a good way to start is to edit an existing article by adding a fact or two.

We’ve prepared a list of suggested articles and assembled some preliminary sources to get you started. Keep in mind Wikipedia’s Conflict of Interest guidelines when selecting your subject to make sure it is appropriate for you to make the edits. Once you’ve decided which task you’d like to tackle, add your username to the table.

Instructions

• Add yourself to the event Dashboard
• Choose an article from the list. Write your username in the last column so different people don't work on the same page during the edit-a-thon. After the edit-a-thon anyone is able to edit any page.
• If you are a first-time editor, it may be easier for you to edit an existing page rather than create a new one.
• If a person is living, please read and follow the guidelines in Wikipedia: Biographies of living persons (shortcut WP:BLP), for both new pages and editing existing ones.
• If there is already a page for a person or topic, check its Talk page for any comments or suggested edits and check the Article page for any templates with suggestions for improvements.
• Use Australian English and spelling.
• See also the Helpful links under the list for more guidance.

List of possible articles

Article	Description	Suggested resources	Example	Username for page during edit-a-thon
Alice Wells	Australian entomologist	Alice Wells (Q22111695) Trove ID PhD thesis VIAF NLI Species named by Alice Wells	Loisette M. Marsh Guilherme Muricy
Annette K. Walker	New Zealand entomologist	Annette K. Walker (Q21391730) Trove id species named by Walker	Guilherme Muricy Loisette M. Marsh
Scelio amoenus	Australian wasp	copy Scelio nigricoxa Scelio amoenus (Q14492570) AFD id	Scelio nigricoxa
Scelio	add the authority & links to him (and reference the paper he wrote)	AFD id Pierre André Latreille	Scelio nigricoxa
Telenomus	add authority & links to him (and reference the paper he wrote)	AFD id Alexander Henry Haliday	Scelio nigricoxa
Phlaeothripinae	add authority & links to him (and reference the paper he wrote)	description Jindřich Uzel Monographie der Ordnung Thysanoptera (Q112444294) AFD pub id	Scelio nigricoxa
Mosman Art Prize	Update 2020 art prize	Mosman AG mgnsw
Salote Tawale	winner 2020 Mosman Art prize	winner salote tawale artspace
Shoreshocked	music festival	shoreshocked
Mosman Public School		Mosman Public School schoolzone News1903 News1904 News1912	St Ives North Public School
Sirius Cove		past/present tourist info
Balmoral	Add aboriginal history; Add history of Balmoral Band Rotunda as employment project; Add more general history	aboriginal hist1 Aboriginal hist2 Band rotunda resource Brief history
Mosman Bay	Add information about previous waterfalls; add image	waterfall history image
Curlew Camp	add aboriginal history	Aboriginal history..
Chinamans Beach		The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 245; Naming DoS
Mosman	Add new Mosman Scenic Protection Area information	scenic protection
Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church	start page; one (two) sentences; use at least 3 references	website history+
Carolyn Corrigan	Mayor of Mosman (needs at least three references)	our team

Helpful links

Guides to writing biographies
A simplified guide for contributing to Wikipedia	Wikipedia:Manual of style/Visual arts (shortcut WP:VAMOS)	MOS, Biography, Lead section (shortcut MOS:OPENPARABIO) Notability policy for people
Tips for writing your first article	Wikipedia: Manual of style/Visual arts/Lead section	What Wikipedia is not (shortcut WP:NOT)
Detailed editing tutorial	Wikipedia: Manual of style/Visual arts/References are essential	Wikipedia: Biographies of living persons
Cheat sheets: cheat sheets here!	Wikipedia: Manual of style/Visual arts/Lists of artworks	Conflict of Interest guidelines
Using images	Style, language	Sources of help and online information about artists
Adding pictures to an article	National varieties of English (shortcut MOS:ENGVAR) Wikipedia: Manual of style/Spelling (shortcut WP:MOSS)	Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red - Wikipedians who create and edit articles about women, a good place to get help and inspiration.
Wikipedia:Guidelines for images and other media files	Wikipedia Manual of Style	WikiProject help Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women artists.
Wikipedia:Image use policy	Indigenous languages, examples of use of appropriate words: Mabel Juli, Lena Nyadbi.	Trove Find Australian and online resources: books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives etc. See the people and organisations search option.
Wikipedia:Images	For users of source editing: List of Wiki markups	Australian Women's Register
Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Visual arts/Using images of art	ABC style guide	National Gallery of Australia
Commons:Simple media reuse guide	Macquarie Dictionary	Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO)
Wikimedia Commons	Commonwealth Style Manual	For many more online sources of information and guides: Know My Name project page

Get help or stay in touch!

If you're having any other issues, feel free to contact Wikipedian Caddie Brain at caddie.brain@wikimedia.org.au, Kerry Raymond kerry.raymond@wikimedia.org.au, Margaret Donald margaret.donald@wikimedia.org.au

See also

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