UPCOMING EVENTS
Using Duplicity: Create Missing Wikidata Items From Wikipedia
This session will introduce the Wikidata tool Duplicity, which helps identify Wikipedia articles that do not have a Wikidata item, and match them to an existing item or create a new one.
Participants will learn how Wikipedia and Wikidata are connected, how to use the Duplicity tool to find missing Wikidata items, how to create accurate, well-sourced items directly from the tool, and best practices for item creation and linking articles across projects.
The session will be hands-on and beginner-friendly, with time to explore the tool together and make real contributions. It’s ideal for editors who are curious about Wikidata but unsure where to start, or for anyone who wants to improve Wikidata coverage using content that already exists in English Wikipedia.
About Joseph Anthony
Josef Anthony is a Wikimedia volunteer and contributor with experience in Wikidata, Wikipedia, and technical projects within the Wikimedia movement.
How To Calmly Edit In Controversial Areas
Editing in controversial areas can be daunting. In this session, I’ll talk about strategies to avoid conflict, bring these articles through the ‘good article’ or ‘featured article’ process and if conflict does arise, which dispute resolution process works best at resolving the issues. Examples will be drawn from climate and health-related editing.
About Femke Njise
Femke Nijsse is an experienced editor who has worked on a range of tricky and sometimes controversial topics, from climate change and net zero to contested illnesses. She’s helped several of these articles make it through the Good Article and Featured Article processes.
Wikisource Transcribe-a-thon
This event will introduce Wikisource: a community that is building a huge library of freely available texts. Together we will transcribe a pamphlet or paper and explore how 1) contributing to Wikisource can be a rewarding hobby and 2) how transcribe-a-thon events can be part of a campaign to highlight kinds of literature and knowledge.
DR MARTIN POULTER
20 Nov | Time TBC
Duration: 2 hrs
About Dr. Martin Poulter
Dr. Martin Poulter Dr Martin Poulter is a trainer for Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikisource who helps professionals, students, and newcomers to share open knowledge. He has held Wikimedia-related placements at the Khalili Foundation, the Bodleian Libraries and the educational charity Jisc.