Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/American Archive of Public Broadcasting/Library of Congress Wikipedia Editing Workshop

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American Archive of Public Broadcasting and Library of Congress Wikipedia Editing Workshop

Join us for a remote Wikipedia editing workshop and learn how to improve and create Wikipedia articles using collections from the American Archive of Public Broadcasting and Library of Congress.

Attendees will be encouraged to continue editing during the ongoing period of social distancing. A suggested article work list will be made available to all attendees.

Please create a Wikipedia username prior to joining the session.

This event will be streamed via Zoom. A password protected link will be shared via email with all registrants. Please contact us if you are interested in hosting a remote training session for your staff or constituents.

When

Monday, April 27, 2020 10am-12pm EDT

Where

Remote

Register

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Safe Space Policy[edit]

Safe Space Policy

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Presentation[edit]

Wikimedia[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

Wikipedia Policies[edit]

Sample Conflict of Interest Statement[edit]

About Me

I am a paid employee of the Library of Congress. We are working to make our resources more accessible to the public by working directly with Wikipedia.

Conflict of interest statement

I am editing Wikipedia as part of my official duties at the Library of Congress. I will abide by Wikipedia's accepted practices on conflicts of interest, neutrality, and notability. Because the educational mission of the Library of Congress is in line with Wikipedia's mission to disseminate knowledge freely, I will not make edits that I do not believe are in accordance with Wikipedia's practices and procedures. The Library of Congress official work on Wikipedia is being governed by internal Library guidelines. If you believe I have made an error or violated Wikipedia’s norms, please let me know.

Wikimedia Affiliates[edit]

Wikimedia movement affiliates model

Chapters

Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in a specified geographical region (in most cases, a country). Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". There are currently 39 chapters, with at least one on every inhabited continent., i.e. Wikimedia DC

Wikimedia thematic organizations

Thematic organizations are incorporated independent non-profits representing the Wikimedia movement and supporting work focused on a specific theme, topic, subject or issue within or across countries and regions. i.e., Wikimedia Medicine.

User groups

Wikimedia user groups are intended to be simple and flexible affiliates that are an alternative to chapters and thematic organizations - which require more formal requirements. User groups are highly valued as equal players in the Wikimedia movement, i.e., Art+Feminism