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Women in Science @
Rockefeller University
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
exterior of Collaborative Research Center
When and Where
Date:Thursday, March 9, 2017
Time6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where:The Rockefeller University Faculty Club
Address1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
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Women in Science @ Rockefeller (WISER) is excited to welcome science enthusiasts to join us for a Women In Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon! Attendees at the event will develop Wikipedia articles about women scientists and their work.

This event requires pre-registration to prepare seats at the event.

On-wiki registration is required also to track wiki articles edited.

Event information

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Agenda

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Before the training

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  • Bring your laptop Editing Wikipedia is easier with a keyboard
  • Bring a published source to cite There will be suggested books and papers available at the event. If you like, bring your own academic paper or other reliable source of information to cite in support of the information you will add to Wikipedia. You will use Wikipedia to distribute information from this source. Try to bring the highest quality most reputable source you can find for the information.
  • Create a Wikipedia account, if you do not have one already.
  • If you wish, take Wikipedia's own 30-minute online training and tour at The Wikipedia Adventure.

At the event

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0:00-0:05 - leisurely start
0:05-0:10 - Introductions
0:10-0:25 - Presentation on editing Wikipedia. In summary (1) click edit (2) add a sentence (3) provide a citation (4) repeat
0:25-0:50 - Participants will have the Wikipedia editing experience; demos and support are offered mostly to individuals
0:50-1:00 - Break, group discussion, demos
1:00-2:30 - Continued workshop, questions answered and demos made on request for group or individuals
2:30-3:00 - Wrap up

List of articles to create/edit

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Wiki pages on Women in Science

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Other support

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All of these organizations support this educational outreach. Your facilitator, user:bluerasberry, does not represent any of them except Consumer Reports. The nature of the support is as follows -

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