Wikipedia:Meetup/RISD

Poster for a RISD illustration edit-a-thon

On Wednesday May 13th, the first illustration edit-a-thon is going to take place at the picture collection at RISD. You can register at Eventbrite, entry is limited to 15 participants due to space limitations. Usually, Wikipedia Edit-a-thons are about updating the text of an article, however, this event will focus on editing the illustrations, charts, diagrams, and photographs within Wikipedia articles. A Wikipedia edit-a-thon is a great opportunity to publish unused or new work on Wikipedia and make existing articles better. It is also a way to re-think school projects that end up nowhere and see how the work we make in studio can help strengthen open source communities.

First Wikipedia RISD Illustration edit-a-thon

What to bring to the event

• Laptop! Very important.
• A list of topics/articles you would be interested in editing. The more specific the better.
• Bonus: create a Wikipedia account.

Participants (so far)

• Íñigo López Vázquez
• Polina Godz
• Elizabeth Goodspeed
• Omar Nema
• Jordan Beard
• Brielle Curvey
• Alex Khomyakov
• Barron Webster
• Libby Hays
• Lizzy Gregory
• Lukas Eigler-Harding

Location & time

The event will take place on May 13th. The event will happen at the "Visual + Material Resource collection (room 204) in the RISD Fleet Library from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Students participating in the 2015 "Wikipedia Edit-athon" at the RISD Library.

Useful links

• Image syntax for Wikipedia articles
• TED talk: How cognitive surplus will change the world
• Libre Graphics Meeting
• Open Source Kitchen
• Wikipedia markup cheat sheet

Steps for uploading

1. Upload your work to Wikimedia
2. Once you finish uploading, click on "Use this file"
3. Copy the markup provided and paste it into the Wikipedia page you wish to edit.

Works collected so far

• Logo of Wikipedia
• Pantograph
• Map of Napoleon's march to Russia
• Internet Memes
• Tabloid Newspaper

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  By Elizabeth Goodspeed
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  [[1]] By Íñigo López
• By Alex Khomyakov
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  By Alex Khomyakov
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  By Alex Khomyakov
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  By Lukas Winklerprins
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  By Jordan Beard
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  By Lukas Winklerprins
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  By Jon Rinker
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  By Hayon Shin
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  By Lizzy Gregory
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  By Polina Godz
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  By Brielle Curvey
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  By Barron Webster
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  By Lukas Winkleprins
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  By Hayon Shin
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  By Lizzy Gregory
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  By Íñigo López
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  By Íñigo López