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*'''Participants:''' The event is open to everyone! We recommend you [http://apps.library.mcgill.ca/workshops-and-tours/sessions/wikipedia-edit-thon-mcgill-montreal reserve your space] but no one will be turned away.
*'''Participants:''' The event is open to everyone! We recommend you [http://apps.library.mcgill.ca/workshops-and-tours/sessions/wikipedia-edit-thon-mcgill-montreal reserve your space] but no one will be turned away.
**If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia don't be shy! You can play around with a [[Wikipedia:Tutorial|this tutorial module]] which will help explain a lot of things and we'll have volunteers and librarians on site to help as well.
**If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia don't be shy! You can play around with a [[Wikipedia:Tutorial|this tutorial module]] which will help explain a lot of things and we'll have volunteers and librarians on site to help as well.

*'''What to Bring:''' The room is equipped with PC desktops accessible with your McGill login but we encourage people from outside the McGill community to bring their own laptops. McGill wifi passwords will be available for anyone outside the McGill community.
*'''What to Bring:''' The room is equipped with PC desktops accessible with your McGill login but we encourage people from outside the McGill community to bring their own laptops. McGill wifi passwords will be available for anyone outside the McGill community.
*'''Twitter Hashtag:''' #wikimcgill
*'''Twitter Hashtag:''' #wikimcgill
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Wikidata is a free knowledge base that can be read and edited by humans and machines alike. It is for data what Wikimedia Commons is for media files: it centralizes access to and management of structured data, such as interwiki references and statistical information.
Wikidata is a free knowledge base that can be read and edited by humans and machines alike. It is for data what Wikimedia Commons is for media files: it centralizes access to and management of structured data, such as interwiki references and statistical information.


==I need information! ==
==Resources : I need information! ==
Wikipedia articles should be based on [[Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources | reliable, published sources]] that have a [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view | neutral point of view]]
Wikipedia articles should be based on [[Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources | reliable, published sources]] that have a [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view | neutral point of view]]


===Sources on McGill===
===McGill===


*[http://www.archives.mcgill.ca/resources/db/photosearch.htm McGill University Archives photo collection database]
*[http://www.archives.mcgill.ca/resources/db/photosearch.htm McGill University Archives photo collection database]
*[http://fontanus.mcgill.ca/issue/current Fontanus]
*[http://fontanus.mcgill.ca/issue/current Fontanus]


===Sources on Montreal===
===Montreal===
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*[http://archivesdemontreal.com/ Archives de Montreal ]
*[http://archivesdemontreal.com/ Archives de Montreal ]
*[http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/scripts/explore.php?Lang=1&tableid=4&tablename=department&elementid=00016__true Notman Photographic Archives ] or on [http://www.flickr.com/photos/museemccordmuseum/ | Flickr]
*[http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/scripts/explore.php?Lang=1&tableid=4&tablename=department&elementid=00016__true Notman Photographic Archives ] or on [http://www.flickr.com/photos/museemccordmuseum/ | Flickr]
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*[http://www.atsa.qc.ca/ressources/fichiers/frags_2/downloads/atsa_frags_en.pdf Frags on the Main]
*[http://www.atsa.qc.ca/ressources/fichiers/frags_2/downloads/atsa_frags_en.pdf Frags on the Main]
*[http://artdecomontreal.com/buildings/ Art Deco Montreal]
*[http://artdecomontreal.com/buildings/ Art Deco Montreal]
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===Sources on Canada===
===Canada===
*[http://ccca.concordia.ca/start.html?languagePref=en& Canadian Art Database]
*[http://ccca.concordia.ca/start.html?languagePref=en& Canadian Art Database]
*[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:British_Library/Picturing_Canada Picturing Canada by the British Library]
*[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:British_Library/Picturing_Canada Picturing Canada by the British Library]


====Print sources====
====Print sources====
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*[http://mcgill.worldcat.org/oclc/56058372 Gray, Charlotte. Canada: A Portrait in Letters, 1800-2000. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2003. Print.]
*[http://mcgill.worldcat.org/oclc/56058372 Gray, Charlotte. Canada: A Portrait in Letters, 1800-2000. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2003. Print.]
*[http://mcgill.worldcat.org/oclc/22382772 Gubbay, Aline. A Street Called the Main: The Story of Montreal's Boulevard Saint-Laurent. Montreal: Meridian Press, 1989. Print.]
*[http://mcgill.worldcat.org/oclc/22382772 Gubbay, Aline. A Street Called the Main: The Story of Montreal's Boulevard Saint-Laurent. Montreal: Meridian Press, 1989. Print.]
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*[http://mcgill.worldcat.org/oclc/3481863Moodey, Edgar C. The Fraser-Hickson Library: An Informal History. London: Bingley, 1977. Print. ]
*[http://mcgill.worldcat.org/oclc/3481863Moodey, Edgar C. The Fraser-Hickson Library: An Informal History. London: Bingley, 1977. Print. ]
*[http://mcgill.worldcat.org/oclc/46581120 Continuity & Change: 175 Years of the Mcgill University Health Sciences Library. Montréal: The Library, 1999. Print.]
*[http://mcgill.worldcat.org/oclc/46581120 Continuity & Change: 175 Years of the Mcgill University Health Sciences Library. Montréal: The Library, 1999. Print.]
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===Wikipedia editing===
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*[[Help:Cheatsheet|Wikipedia markup cheatsheet]]
*[[outreach:Wikipedia Cheat Sheet (Bookshelf)|Wikipedia Cheat Sheet (Bookshelf)]], another markup cheatsheet
*[[Wikipedia:Training/For_students|Training for Students]], a tutorial for beginners
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BeginnersGuide Beginners' Guide to Wikipedia] (account creation, article editing)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars Five Pillars of Wikipedia], philosophical guidelines and best practices for editing
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial Tutorial]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page How to edit a page]
*[http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Welcome2WP_English_Flap_081810.pdf Wiki Markup Quick Reference], PDF version of printed handout
*[http://www.cs.duke.edu/csed/wikipedia/index.html Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing] by [[Susan H. Rodger]] (applicable to any biography)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_development Article development]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Your_first_article Your First Article] (using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_wizard2.0 Article Wizard], if you wish)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style Manual of Style]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_templates Citation templates]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Infobox_templates Infobox templates]
*[http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf/ Bookshelf], additional "getting started" resources
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===Wikipedia movement===
*[http://libguides.metro.org/content.php?pid=495121 Wikipedia and Open Access LibGuide and Directory of GLAM-wiki and editing resources]
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia for Libraries Archives Museums]] learning resources, training tools, guide for galleries, libraries, archives, museums
*[[Wikipedia:GLAM/US]] GLAM-Wiki (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) U.S. Consortium

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Revision as of 21:03, 18 February 2014

Have you seen [ citation needed ] and wondered how you can fix it? Do you think Wikipedia know all they can know about poutine? Know some good sources about the history of the Redpath Library ?

Join us for the first McGill library wikipedia edit-a-thon and help us contribute to Wikipedia articles on McGill and Montreal. Drop in anytime during the day to learn how use open sources and support online scholarship by editing Wikipedia. We'll have librarians and other volunteers on site to help you access sources and editing.

Details

  • Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014. 10am - 4pm.
  • Venue: David C. Edwards Cyberthèque Classroom, in the basement of the Redpath Library Building near the cafeteria
  • Participants: The event is open to everyone! We recommend you reserve your space but no one will be turned away.
    • If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia don't be shy! You can play around with a this tutorial module which will help explain a lot of things and we'll have volunteers and librarians on site to help as well.
  • What to Bring: The room is equipped with PC desktops accessible with your McGill login but we encourage people from outside the McGill community to bring their own laptops. McGill wifi passwords will be available for anyone outside the McGill community.
  • Twitter Hashtag: #wikimcgill

What could I work on?

Wikipedia

Wikipedia is the world's most popular not-for-profit website and the world's largest encyclopedia. There is a number of ways you contribute to wikipedia . You can create or enhance Wikipedia articles, add sources, verify and update citations, provide resources to help those writing articles, and assist with research.

Articles needing citation or authority control

Articles needing expansion, updating and/or cleanup

Articles needing creation

If you don't have time to create a full article make sure you mark it as a stub. You can also help out by categorizing existing stub articles


WikiProjects

A focused and often thematic area of collaboration among wikipedians.

Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons is the free media repository used by Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. You can contribute images, video, and other media, as well as meta-data and media descriptions.

Ways to contribute

Wikisource

Wikisource is a free library of primary sources, featuring transcribed manuscripts. Your institution can provide manuscripts for scanning and uploading, as well as assistance with transcription.

Wikidata

Wikidata is a free knowledge base that can be read and edited by humans and machines alike. It is for data what Wikimedia Commons is for media files: it centralizes access to and management of structured data, such as interwiki references and statistical information.

Resources : I need information!

Wikipedia articles should be based on reliable, published sources that have a neutral point of view

McGill

Montreal

Canada


Wikipedia editing

Wikipedia movement

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