Wikipedia:Meetup/CCCCWI/Intro to Editing Workshop - September 2020

Intro to Editing Workshop

When and Where
Date	September 25, 2020
Time	3:00pm EDT - 4:00pm EDT
Location	Zoom
Slides	Available here

This Intro to Editing workshop is intended for members of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) who have established a Wikipedia Initiative (WI) to offer support and structure for CCCC members’ work as editors of Wikipedia to more fully and accurately represent the work of this discipline to students, scholars and teachers, administrators, and the global public.

The goals of this workshop will be to:

• Think through the ways editing Wikipedia is similar to and different from professional scholarly research and writing
• Edit and improve at least one Wikipedia article

This event will be led by the CCCC WI Wikipedian-in-Residence, Jeffrey Keefer.

Event information

• Date: September 25, 2020
• Time: 3:00pm EDT - 4:00pm EDT
• Location: Zoom
• Registration: Please sign up here by visiting the event dashboard.

Pre-Work before the workshop

All attendees should complete this Pre-Work before we begin on Friday, September 25, at 3:00pm EDT.

Before you attend the editathon, you should:

1. Sign up for a Wikipedia account of you do not have one, and
2. Register for the session using the link below so we can track output and outcomes from the event.

If you already have a Wikipedia account, you can use that one. If so, skip to the "Please register and check-in here" link below and then simply log on to register for this session.

If you do not yet have a Wikipedia account, when you click the link below to register for this session you will be invited to create one. Some people use their real name on Wikipedia, yet others use a pseudonym for privacy reasons. All Wikipedia contributions are tied to your username indefinitely, including mistakes and edits to controversial topics. For example, the facilitator of this editathon itself uses the username FULBERT instead of an actual, legal name. This is up to you, though it is one of the few things on Wikipedia that is very difficult to change afterward, so please consider this before creating a Wikipedia account.

Whether you have a Wikipedia account or will create one now, make sure to associate your account with your email address and respond to the confirmation email. This will allow you to get notifications and alerts of changes to your edits if you choose, and will also allow Wikipedians to contact you if there is a need. Please note, your email will not be publicly visible or given to anybody else without your consent. Additionally, a confirmed email address is the only way to recover an account if you ever forget your password.

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Agenda

This is a one-hour workshop intended to help scholars think through the ways editing Wikipedia is similar to and different from professional scholarly research while also editing and improving at least one Wikipedia article.

All participants will need access to Wikipedia via their web browser during this session.

0:00-0:03 - Welcome, Introductions, and Overview

0:03-0:12 - Create a Wikipedia account (if do not yet have one) / Enroll in the Dashboard / Adjust Settings

0:12-0:15 - What is Wikipedia? What is it not?

0:15-0:35 - Editing 101

0:35-0:55 - Make one edit

0:55-1:00 - Discuss & Debrief, and Next steps

Getting started with editing

1. After we introduce Wikipedia editing for academics and explain basics about editing, you will be enouraged to find a Wikipedia article that lacks credible sources, has a content gap, or demonstrates a lack of knowledge equity.
   1. Alternatively, outside of Wikipedia, find something from a credible source to cite, and then browse Wikipedia to find an article that could benefit from including it.
   2. Remember, Wikipedia articles should be written in an encyclopedic tone that focuses on secondary sources presented from a Neutral point of view while avoiding original research.
2. Insert your edit in that Wikipedia article, add a citation, and then click Save/Publish with a brief edit summary of what changes you made.
3. Congrats, you did your first edit!

Some articles in need of help to get you started

• Writing circle
• Revision_(writing)
• Redaction
• Free writing
• Confessional writing
• Writing lines
• Peer review (as an educational activity)
• Reflective writing
• Composition (language)

External resources

• Language, Writing & Rhetoric journals in the field This workshop assumes you can locate high quality sources to support the edits you make in Wikipedia, but in case you need some suggestions, here is a basic list of resources within this area.
• CCCC Wikipedia Initiative

Contact

For post-session questions or support, ping me on User_talk:FULBERT or Email me.