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Learn to write about people & research at MIT's Wikipedia Data & Editing Workshop, Jan 9-11 |
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Practice editing and creating articles about academic topics. Learn how to compile lists of professors, buildings, and projects from university databases; practice using templates and bots; learn how to find and update problematic articles. Participants will choose a topic and complete either a list or an article by the end of the workshop. Lunch is provided.
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Date | Tu-Th January 9-11, 2018 |
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Time | 12pm-4pm (until 5:30pm on Tuesday) |
Address | MIT E15-359 |
City, State | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Schedule
[edit]- 12:00-13:00 -- lunch and discussion by visiting mentor each day
- 13:00-15:30 -- editing + small-group collabs
- 15:40 -- 3 minute talks from each group about progress & challenges
Participant List
[edit]- Please make an account and add your username below
- – SJ +
- phoebe / (talk to me) 17:52, 9 January 2018 (UTC) (only wed)
- ChiaLynn 20:38, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
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Articles & data worked on
[edit]Potential topics
[edit]- Add your ideas here, or existing articles you want to improve
- Tod Machover
- Any articles at a university of your choice that also have been flagged for problems.
- You can use PetScan to find the intersection of category intersection, for instance between "Harvard University people" and "Articles with a promotional tone".
NB: There will also be a separate engineering editathon later in the month.
Resources
[edit]- Notability Guidelines for Organizations
- Conflict of Interest policy
- Image Use Policy
- Article Naming & Disambiguation
Additional Tutorials: