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The Keshen Goodman Public Library in Halfax and WikiProject Nova Scotia will be hosting an edit-a-thon on Saturday, 19 March 2016 focused on creating local articles and Nova Scotia content. All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. A brief overview of the basics of Wikipedia editing will be given at the start of the edit-a-thon. We will have library resources and a list of suggested topics on hand.


Goals

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The Nova Scotia edit-a-thon will offer a selection of prepared projects for attendees to work on:

Details

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  • Date: Sunday March 19th, 2016
  • Time: Starting at Noon
  • Location: Goodman Public Library on 330 Lacewood Drive; see on Google Maps
  • Event: An edit-a-thon focusing on (but not limited to) Nova Scotia history and local content.
  • What to bring: Your laptop, power adapter, and any reference materials you'd like to work from or share
  • Facebook: Event page
  • Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, teachers, curators, visitors...
    • Experienced or new Wikipedians (We will provide assistance with Wikipedia formatting and syntax)
    • Amateur historians or research pros (We will have a selection of resources available for your use; we will also pull related materials from the Library

Agenda

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  • 12:00 Welcome & Introductions
  • 12:15 Talk by Presenter
  • 12:30 Talk/Discussion - library resources, copyright, and proper citations
  • 1:00 Edit-a-thon
  • 2:00 Break & Snacks
  • 2:15 Edit-a-thon
  • 4:30 Wrap-up
  • 4:45 Done for the day!

Attending

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JBignell (talk) 13:50, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Articles

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Nova Scotia articles:

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Resources

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Web access

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The Library has public access computers and a wireless guest accounts for participants. Please bring your own laptop. Please make sure you have set up an account before coming to the Library, the IP address is a shared IP and will be blocked by the this site.

Free databases

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Books Online

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Archival and manuscript collections

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Basics on editing Wikipedia

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