Goethe Institute Heirlooms Editathon
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About the Event
On 24 November 2018, the Goethe Institut in London and Wikimedia UK are organising a Wikipedia writing session (edit-a-thon) in London! The edit-a-thon includes an introduction in How to Edit and is open to anyone who is willing to learn and edit Wikipedia. Also experienced contributors are welcome.
The writing session is part of the Heirlooms project and organised in multiple countries in Europe.
“Heirlooms” is a digital project designed by the Goethe-Institut and organised and realised in cooperation with Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. and in consultation with the German Cultural Heritage Committee (Deutsches Nationalkomitee für Denkmalschutz, DNK) in different European cities and towns. The DNK itself is responsible for all activities of the European Year of Cultural Heritage within Germany. The aim of “Heirlooms” is to tell the story of our common roots, of how much of Europe can be found in the cultural heritage of different European countries.
We want to encourage to participation from as many different European countries as possible with a variety of their “heirlooms”. Cultural cooperations and influences have constituted the European cultural agenda long before the European Union was founded. Our common European heritage keeps on influencing our lives.
How do I prepare?
- Create a Wikipedia account (please ensure you create an account on Wikipedia, not Wikimedia UK)
- Bring a laptop (wi-fi will be provided)
- Learn about editing if you like: Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
- Think about what you would like to edit - see the list below and please think about preparing some materials to bring with you on the day
Wikipedia has help pages which set out style guidelines for pages being created on certain subject areas. Please have a look at the following pages:
- Manual of Style for Biographies including how to begin the lead paragraph.
- Manual of Style for Biographies of Living Persons
Programme
Lunch and refreshments provided!
- 10:30am Welcome coffees
- 10:50am Introduction
- 11am Wikipedia training with Wikimedia UK
- 12pm Getting editing!
- 1pm Lunch
- 2- 4pm Supported Wikipedia Editing
- 4pm Finish :)
Trainers
- Hannah Evans (WMUK) (talk) 15:54, 2 November 2018 (GMT)
Work List
Please note that you should not create or edit articles about friends, family, employers or places of work.
Helpful updates could be as simple as:
- Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional
- Adding new inline citations/references
- Adding a photo
- Adding an infobox
- Adding data to more fields in an existing infobox
- Creating headings
- Adding categories
Articles for creation
Please note that creating a new article can be a big step for a new user - if you'd like to create a new article, you may wish to do research in advance, there are a list of sources below.