Wikipedia:Meetups/UK/British Museum Waddesdon Bequest 2015

DRAFT - date not yet confirmed

Wikipedia Editathon at the British Museum in a nutshell:

Where?: British Museum, London
Nearest station - Russell Square
When?: TBC, 10:00-17:00
Point of contact: Jonathan Cardy (jonathan.cardywikimedia.org.uk) for Wikimedia UK,
Twitter: @wikimediauk
Cost: Free

About the event

This is a joint event between Wikimedia UK and the British Museum.

The event will focus on editing Wikipedia articles about the objects in the Waddesdon Bequest

There will be a tour of the exhibition and a chance to talk to British Museum experts about the collection

Some of the metalwork
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Lunch; We are grateful to our hosts the British Museum for providing lunch, there will be both vegetarian and non vegetarian food.

How do I prepare?

[tbc Sign up for the event]
Create a Wikipedia account - Special:UserLogin/signup
Bring a laptop (wi-fi will be provided), if you don't have a laptop then email glamwikimedia.org.uk as Wikimedia UK has some loan PCs for such events
Learn about editing if you like: Wikipedia:Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information

Attendees

When you have arrived and logged on please sign below with * ~~~~

Trainers

Jonathan Cardy (WMUK) (talk)

Target List

Attendees and others are welcome to suggest Wikipedia articles that could be improved during this session.

If the query on a talkpage has been resolved you can strike it out and mark it resolved with the code:

<s>[[talk:Nevil Maskelyne]]</s> resolved giving ~~talk:Nevil Maskelyne~~ resolved

Wikipedia articles that could be improved, and talkpages with queries we may be able to answer with sources at the National Maritime Museum:

Missing Wikipedia articles:

These are subjects related to the board of longitude that don't yet have a wikipedia article. To avoid having multiple articles on the same topic, or having edit conflicts with each other, please start articles in sandboxes and move them to mainspace when ready. If a sandbox or article is red it doesn't exist yet, if its blue it has been started.

Sandbox for Jane Squire - Article: Jane Squire source1, source2
Sandbox for Elizabeth Johnson - Article: Elizabeth Johnson (astronomer) source1

Disability

This event is wheelchair accessible. If you need a disabled parking space please contact us.

Our hosts have hearing loops in the rooms we are using.

Bespoke welcome

We have a tailored welcome for this event, just post:

{{subst:User:Jonathan Cardy (WMUK)/NMM}} ~~~~ to the talkpage of any new accounts created for the event