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The Rakow Research Library (CMoG) and the Southeast Steuben County Library hosted an edit-a-thon on Wednesday, November 12, 2015, focused on improving articles about contemporary artists working in glass.

When and where

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Corning Museum of Glass
  • When: November 11, 2015, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST
  • Where: The Education Lab at The Corning Museum of Glass (website), 5 Museum Way, Corning, NY 14830
  • Cost: Free
  • Participants: No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; tutorials will be provided.
  • What to Bring: Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords, if possible. Please create a Wikipedia account before the event.‎

Agenda

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  • 1:00 PM - Welcome, lunch, and brief intro to Wikipedia
  • 1:45 PM - Explore the contemporary wing
  • 2:30 PM - Edit articles about contemporary artists working in glass

Goals

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The Contemporary glass art 2015 edit-a-thon will offer a selection of prepared projects for attendees to work on:

  1. Build Wikipedia editing skills through tutorials and basic edits.
  2. Create and/or expand articles pertaining to contemporary glass art and artists working in glass.

List of articles to edit

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Create

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Remember, a new Wikipedia article should be backed up by at least 5 reliable sources.

Alphabetical by last name

Edit

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With online sources

Still need online sources

Outcomes

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List of new articles created

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List of new article drafts created

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List of articles edited

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Resources

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Web access

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Participants can connect to the "GlassApp+ Free WiFi" network while on the museum campus. Please bring your own laptop or mobile device, if possible. A limited number of laptops and tablets will be available.

Websites

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Online databases

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For a full list of databases available through the Rakow Research Library and NOVEL NY, visit this page.

Basics on editing Wikipedia

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If you have a question about editing, feel free to ask one of the CMoG Wikipedia editors for help! The Teahouse is also a great place to ask for help from expert editors.

Editing tips

  1. Preview your changes before you save them.
  2. Write a brief edit summary noting your changes.
  3. Don’t forget to use the help bar at the top of the edit box.
  4. Sign your posts on talk pages by adding four tildes (~).

Useful links

Attendees

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Attendees at the 2014 Southern Tier history edit-a-thon at the Rakow Research Library of the Corning Museum of Glass.

Please add your username below and read this page before you get to the edit-a-thon!

Will attend

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Maybe attending

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Regrets

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Will attend remotely

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Users who are unable to attend in person but are interested in contemporary glass art are welcome to edit articles remotely.

Please notify me of the next Corning meetup

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Please add yourself to the Corning Wikipedians list to be informed of future Corning-area meetups.