Wikipedia:Meetup Agnic
Introduction
[edit]This page is a meetup for the virtual Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Pilot Program hosted by the partners of AgNIC. Our goal is to bring together our knowledge of high-quality agricultural information to crowdsource Wikipedia pages that deal with some aspect of agriculture and which are listed within the "Stub" and "Start" classes. Since this is a pilot program and will be hosted synchronously online, there is a cap at 10 participants. Register early for your spot!
In addition to our main goal of adding more high-quality agricultural information to Wikipedia, we also desire to:
- encourage new or inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia
- learn from and document our experience so that we may continue to host edit-a-thons at scale
- foster and support the already robust and extensive professional network of agricultural information specialists
Schedule
[edit]- Registration : January 14-31, 2016
- Training Session #1: Tuesday, February 15, 2016
- Training Session #2: Friday, February 26, 2016
- AgNIC Edit-a-Thon: Friday, March 4, 2016
Event information
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- Date: Friday, March 4, 2016
- Time:
- 2-4:30pm EST
- 1-3:30pm CST
- 12-2:30pm MST
- 11am-1:30pm PST
- Location: Synchronous online meeting.
- Registration: Registration open for members of AgNIC,[1] USAIN,[2] and our colleague librarians at land grant institutions.
- Prerequisites: No prior Wikipedia editing experience necessary. At least 2 short training sessions will be provided in advance of the Edit-a-Thon, with small homework assignments. During the events, editors will be on hand to help with questions.
Register (optional)
[edit](You can register by signing your name with four tildes)
1. KellyDoyle (talk) 17:00, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
2. That librarian 88 (talk) 14:48, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
3.User:Wintersown (talk)
4. Koprivan (talk) 16:18, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
5.Fyr3opal (talk) 00:48, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
6.Julieannkelly (talk) 22:49, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
7.foodfriendly130.184.237.71 (talk) 18:41, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
8.Theloneshopper (talk) 20:09, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
9.BarbaraHutchinson (talk) 14:02, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
Articles to edit
[edit]For beginning editors it is often best to begin with a stub or start class article. If you are a more experienced editor, please feel welcome to select more advanced articles and/or help other editors get started.
Otherwise, the organizers of this event have selected a list of stub and start class articles that need some help. Below you will find alphabetized lists of stub[3] and start class articles, the Wikipedia Community has helped us by organizing the stubs by category (below).
- Agriculture stubs *W
- Livestock stubs
- Cattle stubs
- Goat stubs
- Poultry stubs
- Sheep stubs
- Other children: {{horse-stub}} under {{mammal-stub}} in Zoology
- {{domestic-pig-stub}} feed into this category
- Livestock stubs
"Start-Class Agriculture articles"
[edit]Tracking
[edit]We will be asking our participants to track their efforts in a shared Google spreadsheet, which will be available via email closer to the date of the event.
Top Training Resources
[edit]- Wikipedia Markup Cheatsheet (Web version)
- Wiki Markup Quick Reference (PDF version of printed handout)
- Wikipedia:FAQ
- WikimediaFoundation Youtube channel
- GLAM-Wiki initiative ("galleries, libraries, archives, and museums") Beginners Guide
- Tutorial
- How to Edit a Page
- Institutional Partnerships with Wikipedia / Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Wikipedia Info Booklet
- This guide has directions on the various Wikipedia projects, and includes a guide for beginners, guides to Wikipedia markup, adding references, and other tasks
Additional Training Resources
[edit]- Five Pillars of Wikipedia (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
- Article Development
- Wikipedia Community Portal
- Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
- Manual of Style
- Citation templates
- Infobox templates
- Bookshelf (additional "getting started" resources)
- Art+ Feminism Beginner Training Video Part 1
See especially the section on "Anatomy of a Wikipedia Page" and "Making Simple Edits."
Covers userpages, working in the sandbox, and adding citations.
Includes best practices for more in-depth editing.
Additional Readings of Interest
[edit]- Why GLAM Wiki: Wikipedia and Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums
- Art+Feminism Downloadable Organizer's Kit
References
[edit]- ^ "AgNIC List of Partners". Agriculture Network Information Collaborative. Agriculture Network Information Collaborative. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "United States Agricultural Information Network". United States Agricultural Information Network. United States Agricultural Information Network. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "Category:Stub-Class Agriculture articles". Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types". Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13 January 2016.