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Engineers for Earth Day 2022: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

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Join the USC Libraries and the Engineering in Society Program at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering on Earth Day, April 22, 2022, as we contribute to Wikipedia articles about sustainability and engineering. New and experienced editors welcome! Training and support will be provided. This event is part of USC's Earth Week 2022 celebrations.

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Engineers for Earth Day 2022: Wikipedia edit-a-thon
HostUSC Libraries and the Engineering in Society Program at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering
LocationScience & Engineering Library University of Southern California
City, StateLos Angeles, California
DateApril 22, 2022

When and where

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  • Friday, April 22, 2022
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Pacific)
  • University of Southern California, Science & Engineering Library (SSL 210)
  • Register for this event by Thursday, April 21, 2022 here.

Before the event

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  • If you don't have a Wikipedia account, create one here.
  • Learn and review Wikipedia policies and practices here. If your time is limited, focus on this Wikipedia Policies module.

Schedule

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  • 1:00-1:30 PM: Welcome and introduction to Wikipedia editing; editing begins
  • 1:30-3:00 PM: Continued training for new editors; collective editing and troubleshooting

Drop-in anytime, and we'll help you get started!

Participants

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Once you have created a Wikipedia account, add your signature (Wikipedia username) below. Signatures are created with four tildes [~] in a row.

Participants attending:

Impact

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Our work during this event will be tracked though an event dashboard, which will count the number of words and references added, along with the number of views. To ensure that your contributions are counted,

  1. Go to the event dashboard here
  2. Under Actions, click Join Program.
  3. Under Articles, go to Available Articles and select the one(s) you want to edit!

Articles for editing

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Select from the list below or work on another article.

Research resources

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USC Libraries Resources

USC Libraries

Engineering Research Guide

Environmental Science Research Guide

Sustainability Research Guide


Engineering

Engineering Village

Engineering Database

SciTech Premium Collection

ASCE Library

AccessEngineering


Environmental Science

Environmental Science Database

GreenFILE

GeoScienceWorld

Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Collection

Energy Citations Database

Water Resources Abstracts

NOAA Central Library Publications