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World AIDS Day 2017
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Organized with Wikimedia LGBT+
When and Where
Date	Thursday, November 30
Time	12-2pm
Address	The Center, West Village, 208 West 13th Street, 40.738255°N 74.001123°W / 40.738255; -74.001123
Transit:	Subway: ​​ to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 7th Avenue) ​ to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 6th Avenue) to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 6th Avenue) ​​ to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street - Union Square) ​​​ to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street - Union Square) ​​ to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 8th Avenue) Bus : M1, M2, M3, M14A, M14D, X1, X7, X9, X10, X12, X17, X27, X28 buses

The World AIDS Day Wikipedia Editathon 2017 will be held Thursday, November 30, 12-2pm at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center to commemorate World AIDS Day. Attendees at the event are invited to edit Wikipedia articles about HIV/AIDS activism, social issues, medical topics, or related biographies.

Wikimedia New York City and Wikimedia LGBT+ are presenting the event in alliance with TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO.com.

please register after signing into your Wikipedia account

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

Event details

All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will provide research resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics.

• Date: Thursday, November 30
• Time: 12-2pm
• Location: The Center in the West Village. 208 West 13th Street 40.738255°N 74.001123°W / 40.738255; -74.001123
• What to bring: A laptop and a reliable source of information to cite
• Slides Wiki World AIDS Day

Event activites

This event invites its attendees to edit Wikipedia articles related to HIV/AIDS. Since Wikipedia is a summary of what reliable publications have already reported, participants can prepare for the event by identifying information that they wish to share in reliable publications. Wikipedia's standard of reliability matches academic opinions, so if a university librarian would approve of a source, Wikipedia will also!

1. Prepare before the event
   1. Please create a Wikipedia account before the event
   2. While logged into your Wikipedia account, register for the event on wiki
   3. Outside of Wikipedia, identify a publication which you find interesting and worthwhile to share
   4. Based on the publication you choose, take your own notes about some individual facts
2. During the event
   1. Only after you have a publication to cite and some facts to share, browse relevant Wikipedia articles to see if this information is present
   2. If your information is not already in Wikipedia, then click the edit button at the top to add it.
   3. Be sure to use a citation after every sentence you add!

Note that before the event, your focus for preparation should be the research you do outside of Wikipedia for identifying good sources of information to cite!

Resources

• New York Public Library Gay and Lesbian Collections – AIDS/HIV Collections
• Rainbow History Project
• Washington Post Historical Database

Support

Organizations supporting Wikipedia LGBT+ outreach in New York City and providing Wikipedia support for this event include the following:

• 
  Wikimedia New York City
• 
  Wikimedia LGBT+
• 
  thebody.com
• 
  La Guardia and Wagner Archives
• 
  AfroCROWD
• 
  Black Lunch Table
• 
  Art + Feminism

• Thanks Wiki NYC for presenting the event!
• Thanks Wikimedia LGBT+ for managing the global Wiki Loves Pride 2017 campaign!
• Thanks thebody.com for publicizing the event to local people and LGBT+ organizations!
• Thanks La Guardia and Wagner Archives for bringing in researchers from the Ed Koch Collection research project!
• Thanks AfroCROWD for inviting your community of Wikipedia editors!
• Thanks Black Lunch Table for inviting your community of Wikipedia editors!
• Thanks Art + Feminism for helping to organize art-related Wikipedia events in NYC and beyond!

Developing Wikipedia is a collaborative effort. Thanks to everyone who contributes to the success of this and other programs.

External links

• Wiki Loves Pride
• Wiki Loves Pride 2017
• Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)

Sign up

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Possible attendees

• Jim.henderson (talk) 16:17, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Remote attendees

Likely attendees

• Shanluan (talk) 18:02, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
• Jeremyb (talk) 16:49, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
• Blue Rasberry (talk) 13:49, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
• Mozucat (talk) 21:30, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
• Jdavids13 (talk) 22:23, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
• Enjen99 (talk) 22:23, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

• Cimato1957 (talk) 19:04, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

• Cimato1957 (talk) 19:05, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

• NYCPhoto (talk) 01:33, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
• Becksguy (talk) 18:40, 27 November 2017 (UTC)