Wikipedia:Meetup/Providence, RI/Brown University/AMST2020 Editing, Translation, and Wikipedia (Brown University)
Introduction to Interdisciplinary American Studies (Fall2014) |
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![]() When: Thursday November 6, 1-3:30pm Attendance: Sign in below with your name or username (preferred).If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.
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Possible Topics
[edit]- Race, Identity, and Shared Spaces in North America (based on course material)
- Scholarship Related to the Class
- Incorporation/Translation of Non-English Sources into English Articles (and vice versa)
- Adding Global Perspectives on Articles Related to British and North American History
- Explore Wikipedia Portals
Schedule
[edit]Tentative
4:00-4:15pm Welcome and Introductions
4:15-4:45pm Introduction to Editing Wikipedia
- Talk Pages
- Users and User Pages
- Sign In
- Summarizing Your Changes
- Asking Questions at the Teahouse and Other Helpful Places
- Many Wikipedias and Wikis
- Wikipedia in other languages
- Translating Wikipedia
- Non-Wikipedia Wikis
4:45-5:00pm Brainstorm Editing Topics and Tasks
5:00-6:00pm Editing
6:00-6:20pm Outcomes and Wrap-up
Participants
[edit]Will attend
[edit]FaulkTest (talk) 01:22, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
YnTroOsoW (talk) 23:06, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
Ykfuta (talk) 23:11, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
Sunnie1015 (talk) 23:07, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
Jill 1204 Zhang (talk) 23:09, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
Cmding (talk) 23:10, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
Xiaolu shi (talk) 23:12, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
Catrinali (talk) 23:12, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
Emma Xi (talk) 23:15, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
May attend
[edit]A Little Editing Help
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Editing Basics
[edit]- The Five Pillars of Wikipedia
- Starting an Article
- Writing Your First Wikipedia Article
- Citation Guide
- Infobox templates
- Formatting Shortcuts -
- Wiki Markup Quick Reference
- Wikipedia Cheatsheet
- Wikipedia Image Policy
Community
[edit]- Create your user page and add some info.
- Add pages to your Watchlist to learn about subsequent edits.
- The Wikipedia Teahouse is a good place to go for help
- "How To Create Wikipedia Entries That Will Stick" by Adeline Koh and
Wikipedia(s) & Translation
[edit]- English Article on Chinese Wikipedia
- Chinese Wikipedia
- English Article on Portuguese Wikipedia
- Portuguese Wikipedia
- English Wikipedia Translation Page
- Duolingo Translation
- Duolingo Comment on Posting Translations to Wikipedia
Resources
[edit]More coming soon
Outcomes
[edit]Please share your contributions here.