Wikipedia:Meetup/RISD

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
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.

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.