Wikipedia:Meetup/FemTechNet/Washington State University
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Welcome
- Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
- No? Create a Wikipedia account
- Yes? Go to Step #2
- Sign up for your workshop! Add your Wikipedia User Name to the appropriate section for the workshop you are a part of today. You will find instructions on how to do this by making a selection amongst one of the following workshops.
- Click here if you are in the ENGL 356 (with Dr. David Squires) workshop
- Click here if you are in the HIST 298 (with Dr. Jenny Thigpen) workshop
- Click here if you are in the Wikipedia in the Classroom workshop
Workshop Session: ENGL 356
Workshop Info
- Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2017
- Location: Face-to-face wikistorming session held at Washington State University
- Course Description: ENGLISH 356 Information Structures (taught by Dr. David Squires). Social and cultural role of information; research with electronic sources; production, validation, storage, retrieval, evaluation, use, impact of electronic information.
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Please make sure to RSVP during the workshop. This will help to keep track of who attended and led the workshop. Once you have an account, make sure to add your name below.
Please add your Wikipedia name to the list below with four tildas (~~~~). (A date and time stamp will also be added to your signature; if you do not want this stamp, use just three tildas (~~~).) If you have comments, insert them after a dash.
Workshop Session: Wikipedia in the Classroom
Workshop Info
- Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2017
- Location: Face-to-face workshop session held at Washington State University
- Workshop Description: This session will provide a brief overview of the communities, policies, and protocols that shape Wikipedia in order to facilitate deeper engagement with the platform in the classroom. In addition to providing instruction on how to technically edit and contribute to Wikipedia, during the session we will explore how to read the unspoken knowledge practices embedded in the free encyclopedia anyone can edit, but to varying results.
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Please make sure to RSVP during the workshop. This will help to keep track of who attended and led the workshop. Once you have an account, make sure to add your name below.
Please add your Wikipedia name to the list below with four tildas (~~~~). (A date and time stamp will also be added to your signature; if you do not want this stamp, use just three tildas (~~~).) If you have comments, insert them after a dash.
Workshop Session: HIST 298
Workshop Info
- Date: Thursday, February 2, 2017
- Location: Face-to-face wikistorming session held at Washington State University
- Course Description: HISTORY 298 History of Women in American Society (taught by Dr. Jenny Thigpen). Exploration of the many roles women have played in American society from the Colonial period through the twentieth century.
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Please make sure to RSVP during the workshop. This will help to keep track of who attended and led the workshop. Once you have an account, make sure to add your name below.
Please add your Wikipedia name to the list below with four tildas (~~~~). (A date and time stamp will also be added to your signature; if you do not want this stamp, use just three tildas (~~~).) If you have comments, insert them after a dash.
Resources
Wikipedia Markup Language (Wikicode)
Wikicode Resources
- Wikipedia Cheat Sheet, Wikipedia markup cheatsheet
- Wiki Markup Quick Reference, PDF version of markup language cheatsheet
Citing Sources
Other Resources
- How to edit a page
- Wikipedia Tutorial
- Welcome to Wikipedia
- GLAM's Beginner Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
- Help pages
- Citation templates
- Infobox templates
Wikipedia community
- When leaving a message on a talk page: if you are responding on an existing thread, be sure to indent your comment (this is how conversations are organized on these pages) by starting your comment with a ":" for each indentation. If you are starting a new thread, indicate this with a new heading. Remember a level 2 heading is made with two equal signs (e.g. "==Talk page heading=="). Also, be sure to sign your name, be logged in and see below.
- Sign your name using four tildes (~~~~); that will automatically produce your username and the date.
- Common Questions
- Introduction
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
From Adrianne Wadewitz’s HASTAC blog
- “The struggle over gender on Wikipedia: the case of Chelsea Manning,” (with Phoebe Ayers)(9/3/13)
- “Looking at the five pillars of Wikipedia as a feminist, part 1″ (8/26/13) & part 2 (11/13/13)
- “Wikipedia’s gender gap and the complicated reality of systemic gender bias,” (7/26/13)
Potential Pages and Articles to Explore
Attendees
Outcomes
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