Wikipedia:Meetup/Toronto/Black History Edit-A-Thon (February 2024)
| Event details | Wikipedia | Wikidata | Bookshelf |
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| When and Where | |
|---|---|
| Duration | February 2024 |
| Training sessions (times in ET) | Feb 8, 10AM-2PM Feb 15, 12-4PM |
| Event website | https://bhetoronto.my.canva.site/ |
| Social media | |
| Hashtag | #BlackHistoryMonth#UofT#YorkU#TMU#BHMatYU#(your group/institution)+ if you're participating from a library: #1Lib1Ref |
We invite you to celebrate Black History Month with us. Learn to edit Wikipedia and/or Wikidata and help us improve coverage of Black histories!
See website for event summaries and registration links →
Event details[edit]
When[edit]
This virtual editing campaign will last through the month of February 2024, beginning on February 1st.
There will be:
- a virtual kickoff event on Tuesday, February 6, 2023, 11AM-12:30PM
- virtual drop-in editing sessions with training on:
- Thursday, February 8, 10AM-2PM
- Thursday, February 15, 12-4PM
- in-person drop-in editing sessions with training, to be announced through January.
You can come for all or part of an editing session.
Where[edit]
Online and in-person.
You can:
- edit on your own without joining a virtual event
- join a virtual event (kick-off event or facilitated editing sessions)
- join an in-person event
Please register to join an event on our website.
Who[edit]
This event is open to anyone who would like to help grow the sum of fair, dignified, and gender-inclusive Black histories on Wikipedia and Wikidata.
All levels of skill are welcome.
What you will need[edit]
You will need internet access and a device (PC, tablet, etc.) which can handle text editing and web searches.
You will need a Wikimedia account in advance of the event if you don't yet have one. Go to Wikipedia.org or Wikidata.org and click on “Create account” in the top right corner, then fill out the short form to create an account.
After creating your account you can join the 2024 Event Dashboard
If you are new and would like to learn to edit over one of the facilitated sessions, you will need simultaneous access to Zoom.
Acknowledgements[edit]
We thank all participants (you!) and organisers who kindly share their time to make this virtual editing campaign possible. This event is a joint effort by the University of Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan University, York University, and Toronto Public Library. It also builds on previous events in 2023, 2022, 2021, and in 2020.