Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Georgetown Disability Awareness Edit-a-thon


Georgetown Disability Culture & Community Wikipedia Edit-a-thon presented with support from Wikimedia DC

When

October 15, 2026 - 2pm-4pm

Where

Georgetown University

Description

Join the Georgetown community to help close the disability gap on Wikipedia by increasing the representation of content about disability culture, identity, and community. Sponsored by Lau Library, the Disability Cultural Center, and Program in Disability Studies. No previous Wikipedia experience is necessary. Everyone is welcome to join.

Registration

Register


START HERE

Step 1:

Step 2:

1) Select 'Check in'
2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes'. DO NOT ADD TEXT TO THE FIELD.
Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees.

Articles to create or edit

Instructions

  1. Go to this Google sheet and add your username next to the article you would like to edit or create
  2. Return here to the event page and select your article's red or blue link. Red=New draft articles for creation, Blue=Existing articles
  3. Select 'Create' (for new articles), and 'Edit' for existing articles
  4. For new articles, start by adding a 'References' header at the bottom. Return to the top and start writing. Publish as you go to avoid losing your work.
  5. Use the sources below each article name to find information and build your article/s. Be sure to cite your sources.

Tip: Open this event page in multiple tabs. You will need it quite often (mostly for sourcing) and it's easy to close inadvertently.

WORKING ON AN ARTICLE THAT'S NOT ON THIS LIST?

  1. Add it to a blank row in the Google sheet.
  2. Enter the article into the Wikipedia search bar to find the article. For new articles, enter Draft:Artivle name into the search bar and select the red link that is generated.

For creation

Artists

Activism/Activists

Doctors and scientists

Schools

Article ratings

Learn more about the article rating system

Wikimedia

Wikipedia Policies

Wikimedia Affiliates

Wikimedia movement affiliates model
Chapters
Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in a specified geographical region (in most cases, a country). Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". There are currently 39 chapters, with at least one on every inhabited continent., i.e. Wikimedia DC
Wikimedia thematic organizations
Thematic organizations are incorporated independent non-profits representing the Wikimedia movement and supporting work focused on a specific theme, topic, subject or issue within or across countries and regions. i.e., Wikimedia Medicine.
User groups
Wikimedia user groups are intended to be simple and flexible affiliates that are an alternative to chapters and thematic organizations - which require more formal requirements. User groups are highly valued as equal players in the Wikimedia movement, i.e., Art+Feminism

WikiProjects

Quick Editing Tips

Tools, Resources

For Wikimedia DC Use

User rights management
Special username creation

Attendees