Wikipedia:Meetup/Berkeley Edit-a-thon
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An edit-a-thon for Berkeley - as a part of Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2013! The event will be held at the Berkeley Public Library in downtown Berkeley on Saturday, September 21, 2013 from 12:30pm-5pm. Wikipedians of all experience levels are welcome to join us! There will be an intro to editing for beginners session from 12:30–1pm. We will focus on topics related to Berkeley, but you are welcome to work on any wiki articles you like. Come one, come all!
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Event Details
- Date: Saturday September 21, 2013
- Time: Intro to Wikipedia Editing for beginners: 1pm-1:30pm, Edit-a-thon: 1:30pm-5pm
- Location: Central Community Meeting Room, Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, CA
- Transit Info
- BART:Downtown Berkeley
- AC Transit:Shattuck at Kittredge
- Event: An Edit-a-thon! Get together with Wikipedians from Berkeley and around the Bay Area and learn to contibute to Wikipedia in whatever you find interesting.
(Details being worked out - feel free to add any ideas)
What to bring
- a laptop/tablet/smartphone (laptops preferred as you will be doing a lot of typing!)
- ideas for topics or articles you might want to work on (see below)
- any relevant reference materials you might have
- a friend – we love to meet new would-be-editors! (you can also bring your spouse, kids, family, etc.)
- any digital photos you've taken that you would like to use on Wikipedia.
- or, if you don't have any of the above, just bring yourself :-)
- If you don't have a laptop to bring, please make a note when you sign up, and we will try to arrange a loaner!
To-do list
Plenty of Berkeley-related articles that need creation/improvement:
- Campbell Hall (home of the UC Berkeley Astronomy Department)
- Etcheverry Hall (home of Nuclear Engineering Department, that once housed a complete nuclear reactor)
- Henry Durant (first president of the University of California)
- Chancellor Edward Strong and Dean Katherine Towle (key university figures during the Free Speech Movement of 1964-65)
- Nalanda Hostel on Center Street (home of Indian revolutionary Har Dayal while he stayed in Berkeley around 1913)
- How Berkeley Can You Be Parade (this was a thing between 1996 and 2008)
- your suggestions here...
If you really don't know what to do, try a random Berkeley article or one of the three Getting Started tasks.
Sign up
Simply click the edit button, add your name and hit save page. Or have a friend or Wikipedian sign you up!
You can also RSVP at the public Facebook event for the edit-a-thon.
Attendees
- SPat talk (find me on Facebook)
- Ijon (talk) 17:38, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
- I'll be there. Let me know if you need any help with planning stuff beforehand. Kevin Gorman (talk) 01:58, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
- CELINE LIELLE
- Steven Walling • talk 00:51, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
- Accedietalk to me 00:55, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
- マイキ (talk)
- Evelyn Hammid
- Erhan Berber
- ChesPal and Cullen328 (Debra & Jim Heaphy) will attend. Alas our delightful canine friend Dexter will stay at home.ChesPal (talk) 06:10, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
- Karen Coyle - I'll bring copies of editing cheat sheets and as many extension cords as I can muster.
- Saehrimnir (talk) 15:09, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
- JVargas (WMF) (talk) 00:22, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
Maybe
- Gnom (talk) 17:55, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
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量 (talk·contribs) 18:14, 26 August 2013 (UTC) - malcolm
- Lesser Cartographies (talk)
- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:56, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
- Wikfr (talk) 17:33, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
- Merrilee (talk) 23:03, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
- your name here
Not this time
- your name here
Notes
This event is not officially sponsored by the Berkeley Public Library.