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Learn to write about people & research at MIT's Wikipedia Data & Editing Workshop, Jan 9-11

Practice editing and creating articles about academic topics. Learn how to compile lists of professors, buildings, and projects from university databases; practice using templates and bots; learn how to find and update problematic articles.

Participants will choose a topic and complete either a list or an article by the end of the workshop. Lunch is provided.


What: Wikipedia Data & Editing Workshop
When: Tue-Thu January 9-11, 2018, 12-4pm
Where: MIT, Media Lab, Room E15-359. Lunch Tuesday will be in a separate place: [1] for details
Focus: Boston-area professors, research groups, buildings, university history, datasets & scripts


Wikipedia Data & Editing Workshop
DateTu-Th January 9-11, 2018
Time12pm-4pm
(until 5:30pm on Tuesday)
AddressMIT E15-359
City, StateCambridge, Massachusetts

Schedule

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  • 12:00-13:00 -- lunch and discussion by visiting mentor each day
  • 13:00-15:30 -- editing + small-group collabs
  • 15:40 -- 3 minute talks from each group about progress & challenges

Participant List

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Please make an account and add your username below

Articles & data worked on

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Potential topics

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Add your ideas here, or existing articles you want to improve
  • Tod Machover
  • Any articles at a university of your choice that also have been flagged for problems.
You can use PetScan to find the intersection of category intersection, for instance between "Harvard University people" and "Articles with a promotional tone".

NB: There will also be a separate engineering editathon later in the month.

Resources

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Additional Tutorials: