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US Holocaust Memorial and Museum

US Holocaust Memorial and Museum Edit-a-thon

Join us for training related to topics related to the US Holocaust Memorial and Museum in Washington, DC

When

December 9, 2016 at 2 pm to 5 pm

Where

US Holocaust Memorial and Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl SW, Washington, DC 20024

Your hosts Wikimedia DC and US Holocaust Memorial and Museum

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Sign up!

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I'll attend in person

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  1. Fuzheado
  2. Rosiestep
  3. Sturmvogel_66
  4. Kellyjeanne9
  5. Brock-brac
  6. Kirill Lokshin (talk)

I'll participate online

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Can't make it to the event? You can participate online! Here's how it works:


Content to work on

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Some interesting stats, observations, tasks on USHMM-related material:

335 files in category tree.
171 files were viewed, out of 171 used.
868 pages on 92 wikis use those files.
7,707,679 file views in 2016-11.

1. Buchenwald Corpses 60623.jpg	2,373,887
2. Adolf Hitler meets Ante Pavelić.1941.jpg	535,536
3. Buchenwald Disabled Jews 13132 crop.jpg	405,523
  • Wikidata query on all the instances of genocides "claim[31:41397]" which are incomplete and only return 10 entries [2]while the Wikipedia category in English has many more Category:Genocides. One task is to add the "instance of genocide" to the Wikidata entries.
  • Questions for engagement
    • Ready to use material for Commons uploading? Public domain, expired copyright, or freely licensed photos?
    • Key documents?
    • Expertise and current exhibitions?

Worklists

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Basics on editing Wikipedia

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Research resources

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  • TBD

Outcomes

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