ONS Training, Newport

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Wikipedia training for the Office of National Statistics

Basic information

• Date: Monday 14th October 2013, 9:00 – 12:00
• Venue: Office of National Statistics, Government Building, Newport

Information

A training session for staff of Office of National Statistics; how to contribute to Wikipedia with a special focus on Wikidata by John Cummings. This followed from another session delivered on 14 July.

Outcomes

The event was attended by 10 Office for National Statistics staff who all learned the skills to edit Wikipedia. It is now planned to upload infographics the ONS produces to Wikimedia Commons once more complete descriptions have been added and to work with the Wikimedia Community to find uses for them on Wikipedia.

Please see the category below. As of 29 November 2013, there were 42 infographics uploaded.

Feedback

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