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Event description[edit]

The Volunteer Wikipedia Editathon will take place virtually on March 16th, 2021 from 2-6PM EST. An introductory training session will kickoff the event at 2, but participants should feel free to come and go as they please. Editing efforts will be focused on adding and enhancing articles on African-Americans and women who have made an impact on the Volunteer State of Tennessee. All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject, Wikipedia editing experience, or university affiliation required.

Registration[edit]

Please register for this event here. It will direct you to create a Wikipedia account if you don't have one.* If you have a Wikipedia account, login and then click "Join program" in the bottom right corner of the page under Actions. Contact Meredith.hale on her user page via "Email this user" under Tools if you have any questions about registration or would prefer to not share your email during registration.

* Note that you must include your email during account creation for you to receive the Zoom link for the event. While this information will be present in Wikipedia, organizers will not be able to see your email address unless you reply to the email.

Suggestions for goal-setting[edit]

Here is some information to help you set goals for what you would like to accomplish during the event.

If you have 45 minutes: Attend a training session to learn about Wikipedia

If you have 1 hour: Attend a training and add some citations to an existing article. Or, update image metadata on Wikimedia Commons.

If you have 2 hours: Attend a training and add a few well-cited sentences or a paragraph to an existing article. And/or, try adding an image to an article or updating image metadata on Wikimedia Commons.

If you have 3 hours: Create a new article stub and add a well-cited paragraph.

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Training resources[edit]

Guides and Tutorials

Citations and Style guidelines

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Creating new articles

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Wikipedia's Policies and Principles[edit]

Tasks[edit]

We would suggest that those who have never created content in Wikipedia before can start by editing existing pages.

Articles to edit[edit]

Articles to create[edit]

Articles to add infoboxes[edit]

Articles to add portrait[edit]

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University of Tennessee Resources[edit]

Open Resources[edit]

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