Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/World Oceans Day 2015
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![Rotating series of maps showing alternate divisions of the oceans](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/World_ocean_map.gif/240px-World_ocean_map.gif)
Various ways to divide the World Ocean
On Monday June 8, 2015, which is World Oceans Day, we will get together to improve content about the wettest 3/4 of our planet surface, and perhaps other worlds too! Beginners are welcome – Wikipedia editing training will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!
Organized by Waitt Institute, the Smithsonian Ocean Portal, and Wikimedia DC
- When
- Monday, June 8, 2015
- 11am – 3 pm EDT
- Where
- 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW #300
- Washington, DC
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/EilatFringingReef.jpg/220px-EilatFringingReef.jpg)
Coral reef and beach
A previous editathon: On 17 April 2015, Women in Tech Edit-a-Thon editors preparing to edit.
A previous editathon: On 17 April 2015, Women in Tech Edit-a-Thon editors working on STEM articles.
- What to bring
- A laptop
- Any resources you would like to refer to
- You're welcome to bring your camera and take pictures
- Preferably, a registered Wikipedia user account (but we can also create one on the spot)
- Schedule
- 11am -- start (and add detail)
- Lunch will be provided.
- 3pm -- end
Sign up!
[edit]This event is open to people of all experience levels.
Sign up below by adding your username, and/or sign up with your email address at the Worlds Ocean Day editathon web site: http://worldoceansdayeditathon.splashthat.com/
I'll be there in person!
[edit]- econterms (talk) 07:06, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
- Duckduckstop (talk) 17:57, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
- Sarasays (talk) 13:20, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
- Charlotterunzel (talk) 14:15, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
I'll be attending virtually!
[edit]Regrets
[edit]- Great idea! But day job calls. --Djembayz (talk) 17:28, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
Userboxes
[edit]If you are committed to improving Oceans content on Wikipedia for the long run, add one of the following Wikitext expressions to your user page:
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{{User WikiProject Oceans}}
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{{User WP Oceans}}
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To-do list
[edit]- Please add suggestions!
- From WikiProject Oceans:
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Here are some tasks awaiting attention:
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- hot topic: The Blob (Pacific Ocean)
- From The Ocean Portal:
- New Page Request: Deep Reef Observation Project [1] [2] [3], Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative [4], Marine Geo [5]
- Census of Marine Life - Some projects missing [6]
- Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - Intro needs updating [7]
- Resilience of coral reefs - expand
- Coral bleaching - verify
Resources
[edit]- Today's presentation slides about Wikipedia
- General Wikipedia resources:
Outcomes
[edit]- Cortes Bank add image, infobox
- Environmental DNA - new article
- Ocean Acidification - added paragraph, new video external link
- Smithsonian Ocean Portal - Updated sections external links to match current site organization
- Aquaculture - added 'National laws, regulations, and management' section and external links
- Sustainable seafood - new section for MSC
- Marine reserve - added external links
- Frog shark - added conservation section
- Waitt Institute - new article
- Polyp - added Threats section and external links
- Cabo Pulmo National Park - added external links
- Mangrove - added several lines of information
- Ocean zoning - new article
- Bacterioplankton - added information on abundance and biogeochemical cycling
- Coral - added external link
- Coral reef - added external link
- Parrotfish - added external link
- Overfishing - added external link
- Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing - added external link
- Pterois - added external link
- Lobatus gigas - added external link
- Sea urchin - added external link
- Shrimp fishery - added external link
- Spiny lobster - added external link