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FAIRly Obscure: An Edit-a-thon Exploring Anthropology, Communities, and Wikipedia Representation

Presented by:

The University of Maryland Center for Archival Futures, the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution; The Bentley Historical Library and University of Michigan School of Information; the University of Missouri’s College of Information Studies; and the Council for the Preservation of Anthropological Records (CoPAR), and Wikimedia DC

Event description

Are you interested in the history of anthropology? In archival description, outreach, and linked data? In FAIR and CARE principles for social science and scientific information? Join a co-sponsored edit-a-thon event to support the ethical description of anthropological knowledge and anthropological records focused on reworking and expanding related Wikipedia and Wikidata entries. This edit-a-thon will focus on editing, adding, and checking information on these publicly available and publicly maintained databases relating to anthropologists and anthropology. Interested audience may include community members, anthropologists, graduate students in anthropology, graduate students in information science, linked data nerds, and others!
No Wikipedia editing experience necessary. Training will be provided. If you've never edited before, please plan to attend the training session.
Lunch will be provided for in-person participants.
Laptops are required. Please bring your own.

When

December 13, 2024
Schedule:
11AM -11:30AM: Arrival and lunch for in-person attendees
11:30AM: Virtual meeting opens for online attendees, opening ceremony
11:45AM: Introduction and overview
12:00PM-12:45PM: Wikipedia editing training
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM: Breakouts, Q&A
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Open editing time
4:00PM - 4:30PM: Close

Where

Primary site: Univ. of Michigan: Whiting Room, Bentley Historical Library, 1150 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Satellite site: Room 2119, Hornbake Library-South, College of Information, University of Maryland, 4130 Campus Dr., College Park, MD 20740
Online

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Pre-reading

Please read or refresh on the following:

Sign in: Outreach Dashboard

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Step 1: Go to the Dashboard

Step 2:

  • Have a Wikipedia username? Select 'Log-in with Wikipedia'.
  • Don't have a username? Select 'Sign-up with Wikipedia'

Note: Your Wikipedia username will be public and can be used to log-in across all Wikimedia projects.

Today's goals

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Goal 1. Create drafts of new Wikipedia articles. Move articles from draft form to Wikipedia main space when ready (this may or may not be today). Expand for step-by-step instructions.
 
  • Choose an article you want to edit or create from the list below
  • Use this Google sheet to reserve the article you would like to edit and find the sources needed to create the articles.
  • Return to this page and select the red link to open a blank page
  • Select Create, not Create source (top right). This may happen automatically.
  • Start writing and cite sources from this Google sheet. You may also use verifiable secondary sources you've found on your own.
  • Tip: Be sure to add a header titled 'References' at the bottom of the page before you begin.
  • Publish as you go (blue button, top right)
  • Select 'Edit' to re-open the draft and keep working
  • Once you are pleased with the article, publish one last time.
  • Select the 'More' button (top right next to View History). Note: This button may not be visible to new editors. Ariel can deactivate this restriction. Be sure to sign in to the Dashboard so she has your username. It is needed to give these extra permissions.
  • Open the 'New title' drop down menu.
  • Change Draft to (Article). You may need to scroll up to find it.
  • Select the blue 'Move' button
Goal 2: Edit existing articles. Expand for step-by-steps instructions.
 
  • Choose an article you want to edit or create from the list below
  • Reserve the article you want to edit in Google sheet.
  • Return to this page and select a blue link to open an existing article
  • Select 'edit'.
  • Make changes, add content, etc.
  • Publish as you go

Articles to edit or create

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Use the Google sheet to reserve the articles you would like to edit and find the sources needed to create these articles.

Select a red link below to start an article draft. Once the draft is ready, you may move to Wikipedia mainspace. Feel free to ask Ariel to review your draft before it is moved. DO NOT select the 'submit my article for review' option.

CoPar and SNAC lists

A-C
 
D-F
 
G-J
 
K-M
 
N-P
 
Q-S
 
T-V
 
W-Z
 


Indigenous anthropologists See airtable list for more detail, descriptors, etc.


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