Wikipedia:Meetup/RISD

Poster for a RISD illustration edit-a-thon

On Wednesday May 13th, the first illustration edit-a-thon took place at the picture collection at RISD. Usually, Wikipedia Edit-a-thons are about updating the text of an article, however, this event focused 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

The 2015 first RISD Illustration edit-a-thon took place Wednesday May 13th at the "Visual + Material Resource collection (room 204) in the RISD Fleet Library.

2015 Participants

• Íñigo López Vázquez
• Polina Godz
• Elizabeth Goodspeed
• Jordan Beard
• Brielle Curvey
• Alex Khomyakov
• Barron Webster
• Jon Rinker
• Lizzy Gregory
• Lukas Winklerprins

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

Since most attendants will not have the permissions to upload images directly to Wikipedia, here is the shortcut for newly created accounts:

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

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  Yoann Gourcuff by Jordan Beard
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  Grande Riviere by Jordan Beard
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  Timbers Army by Jordan Beard
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  Pantograph by Íñigo López
• Water buffalo by Brielle Curvey
  Water buffalo by Brielle Curvey
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  First Baptist Church in America by Elizabeth Goodspeed
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  Russ and Daughters by Elizabeth Goodspeed
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  Goodspeed Airport by Elizabeth Goodspeed
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  Smith Rock State Park by Jordan Beard
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  Timbers Army by Jordan Beard
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  Blue Book by Polina Godz
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  Perceptron by Elizabeth Goodspeed
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  Labanotation by Íñigo López
• Environmentalism by Alex Khomyakov
  Environmentalism by Alex Khomyakov
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  Aperture by Alex Khomyakov
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  Aperture by Alex Khomyakov
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  George W. Hart by Lukas Winklerprins
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  Obsesión (Cuban band) by Jordan Beard
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  Daiki Suzuki by Lukas Winklerprins
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  Line length by Jon Rinker
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  Heidelberger Druckmaschinenby Hayon Shin
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  EARTH University by Lizzy Gregory
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  Wythoff's game by Polina Godz
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  Podcast by Brielle Curvey
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  Internet meme by Barron Webster
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  Trinidad and Tobago by Jordan Beard
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  Boris Bally by Lukas Winkleprins
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  Tabloid (newspaper format) by Hayon Shin
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  Weatherization by Lizzy Gregory
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  Public transport timetable by Íñigo López
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  Charles Joseph Minard by Íñigo López