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Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/NYBG June2022

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New York Botanical Garden
Environment of the Bronx
Editing Wikipedia for Beginners
The LuEsther T. Mertz Library
When and Where
Date:Wednesday, June 8th, 2022
Time:11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Address:LuEsther T. Mertz Library
New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd
Bronx, NY 10458

The LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden and the Environment of New York City Task Force of Wikimedia New York City, welcome the general public of all experience levels to come to the Mertz Library in person and learn how to use Wikipedia! All skill levels welcome at the event! Experienced Wikipedia editors from the Wikimedia New York City chapter will be in attendance and available to help. A one hour training session will be offered at the start of this event covering introductory topics. Attendees familiar with editing Wikipedia can edit off of a worklist focused on the environment of New York City; as well as, a sub-list focused on the environment of the Bronx. The Mertz Library will pull topical media from their collection to assist the editing.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.

Please contact the event facilitator User:wil540_art (talk) if any activities appear to go against the WMNYC Code of Conduct.

The event will run from 11am to 5pm, attendees are invited to come at any time they can make it and stay for as long or little as they'd like!

To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.

Event details

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Wikans (left) and Eric W. Sanderson, author of the book "Mannahatta"

Wikipedia articles to edit & create:

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Note: We have compiled a list of articles that need attention. For the beginners: Don't be intimidated! A great place to start is to search through an article that interests you and look for spelling or grammar errors. Find one word out of place. Editing one sentence to make it flow better. Those are all great contributions. It is ok to start small.

For multilingual editors, there are wikipedia projects in many different languages, for example: Spanish-language Wikipedia. For those that are multilingual, there are a lot opportunities to translate English language wikipedia articles into other languages.

Itinerary (11am-5pm)

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11am-12pm (Intro)
Welcome & Introductions
Welcome to NYBG - words from Samantha D'Acunto - Reference Librarian and Acting Manager of Public Services
Welcome to Wikipedia
Welcome to Wikimedia New York City
Verify your sources on Wikipedia - a talk by Roy Smith
Rare book room and stacks tour
Group introductions
12pm-5pm (Edit-a-thon)
General editing
A Beginner's Guide to Wikipedia
Live demonstrations
Editing a wikipedia article - where to start?
Is my local park notable enough for a wikipedia article?
How do I upload a photo to Wikimedia Commons and put it in a wikipedia article? What photos are and aren't allowed?
What does the Environment of the Bronx look like via Wikidata?
What are some potential botanical applications of the Wikimedia Foundation projects?


Snack Break (whenever desired!) - light snacks

Training

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A one hour training session will be offered at the start of this event covering introductory topics.

Wikipedia Policies

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Quick Editing Tips

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Wikimedia Projects

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Attendees

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You can also optionally sign up off-wiki at the nybg.org event page.

To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.

Regrets

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Confirmed

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Edit-a-thon Recap

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