Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/National Museum of American History Staff Wikipedia Editing Workshop
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National Museum of American History Staff Wikipedia Editing Workshop
Did you know that Wikipedia is an openly editable resource, meaning that anyone can improve the quality and accuracy of Wikipedia entries? Join us for a Wikipedia editing workshop and learn how to edit and contribute to Wikipedia with hands-on training provided by representatives from Wikimedia DC. The training will include tips for sharing NMAH resources and tracking Wikipedia page views on topics of interest.
No Wikipedia editing experience necessary.
Laptops are required. Please bring your own. Lunch will be provided.
This event is open to NMAH staff only.
When
- Tuesday, January 28 Time: 10am - 2pm
Where
- National Museum of American History
- Washington, DC
Register
- Registration has closed.
Please sign in[edit]
- This is for use on the day of the event.
- 1) Select 'Sign in'
- 2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes' or 'Save changes'.
- Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees.
Presentation[edit]
Safe Space Policy[edit]
Wikimedia Projects[edit]
- Wikimedia movement
- Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Commons, a data repository of media (images, videos and sounds). (See * Wikiproject Wikimedia Commons:GLAM Wikiproject)
- Wikidata, a common source of data, also accessible by the other projects
- Wiktionary, a dictionary
- Wikibooks, educational textbooks
- Wikinews, news articles
- Wikiquote, a collection of quotations
- Wikisource, a library of source texts and documents
- Wikiversity, educational material
- Wikivoyage, a travel guide
- Wikispecies, a taxonomic catalogue of species
- Search Wikiprojects
Wikipedia Policies[edit]
- Wikipedia:Five pillars
- Wikipedia:Core content policies
- Wikipedia:General notability guideline
- Wikipedia:Verifiability
- Wikipedia:Conflict of interest
- Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources
- Wikipedia:No original research (Examples of Original Research)
- Wikipedia:Citing sources
- Wikipedia:Identifying and using primary sources
Quick Editing Tips[edit]
WikiProjects and Resources for GLAM Professionals[edit]
- Wikipedia:GLAM
- Sample User Page Conflict of Interest Statement for GLAM Projects (User:Dominic, WIkipedian in Residence)
- Wikipedia:GLAM/Getting started
- Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library/Cultural Professionals
- WikiProject Women in Red
SI Specific
Tools, Resources and WikiProjects[edit]
Coordination[edit]
TO AVOID EDITING THE SAME ARTICLES AS OTHER ATTENDEES, please use the Etherpad link below to share what you are currently editing. Remember to type 'Done' or 'Finished' when you are through making changes. REMEMBER TO PUBLISH (SAVE) OFTEN.
[Etherpad link coming soon]
Requested articles, themes or tasks[edit]
Articles and Categories
- Women's suffrage in the United States
- National Numismatic Collection
- Cleopatra's Barge
- Gunboat Philadelphia
- Japanese American incarceration
- Military history of the United States
- Abraham Lincoln
- First Lady of the United States
- Voting rights in the United States
- Political cartoons
- Tillie Lewis
- Flotill Cannery
- Mary-Dell Chilton
- GMO plants
To do
- Create an article for the NMAH Photo History collection; specific photographers and photographic processes
- Improve history of National Museum of American History. Staff should conflicts of interest by suggesting changes on the talk page
suffrage
Wikiprojects
- Wikipedia:WikiProject United States History
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by occupation/Suffragists
Attendees[edit]
- Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 15:19, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
- NumisCurator (talk) 15:19, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
- PhotoHistoryGal (talk) 15:19, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
- Johnstonpf (talk) 15:20, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
- Jonesjl8522 (talk) 15:20, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
- PhotoHistoryGal (talk) 15:20, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
- 160.111.254.17 (talk) 15:21, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
- 38.127.143.248 (talk) 15:22, 28 January 2020 (UTC)