Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Virginia/Women Writers October 2018

Women Writers 2018
Event details
Date:Date: Monday October 15, 2018
Time3:30-4:45pm EST
Where:Bryan 310
SlidesWiki + Collective Biographies of Women
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University of Virginia class ENNC 8500 is hosting "Women Writers", a private Wikipedia and Wikidata editing event for the class.

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Date: Monday October 15, 2018
Time: 3:30-4:45pm EST
Place: Bryan 310
Slides: Wiki + Collective Biographies of Women

Agenda

This event includes wiki editing. Please bring a laptop!

0:00-0:05 - Welcome
0:05-0:20 - Orientation and tutorial for Wikipedia, Wikidata, and related Wikimedia projects
0:20-0:25 - particular discussion about women's projects
0:25-0:55 - Wiki editing!
0:55-1:05 - Check in, share results
1:05-1:15 - Wrap up!

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Goal

The minimum target goal for participants in the editing workshop is the following:

  1. Register a Wikimedia account
  2. Add 1 sentence and 1 citation to any Wikipedia article
  3. Add 1 statement (structured data with citation) to any Wikidata item

Doing this much will leave participants with insight into how Wikimedia projects work.

Steps

  1. For Wikipedia
    1. off Wikipedia and in library resources, find a publication with interesting facts
    2. identify a fact
    3. now browse Wikipedia for an article covering the topic of the fact
    4. click edit at Wikipedia article
    5. type your fact into the Wikipedia edit box
    6. click "cite" at top, and enter your citation
    7. click save
  2. For Wikidata
    1. Consider Wikipedia's presentation of the Collective Biographies of Women database
    2. identify a fact
    3. now browse Wikidata for an item covering the topic of the fact
    4. insert the fact as structured data
    5. cite the source
    6. save

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