Wikipedia:Meetup/sisedits/Montreal
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| When and Where | |
|---|---|
| Date | Friday, March 23, 2018 |
| Time | 4:00-8:00 p.m. |
| Address | Humanities and Social Sciences Library, McLennan Library, e-classroom 3459 McTavish Street |
| City, Province | Montreal, Quebec |
Join the #SISedits project at the University of McGill for a Wikipedia edit-a-thon on social justice issues. Our mission is is to give more access to knowledge on social justice issues by creating reliable and improved sources that are freely accessible to global communities through Wikipedia. Hashtag for edits: #SISedits
Project Partners
The #SISedits Project
Who are we?
- A group of information studies student organizing a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to improve Wikipedia entries related to social justice topics.
Participants
Who do we do it for?
- In engaging and working with locals, we can have a global impact and outreach to various communities in terms of understanding social justice issues.
What is it?
- An edit-a-thon to improve Wikipedia articles on social justice
- Highlight the voices of marginalized and underrepresented communities.
When & Where?
- Date: March 23rd, 2018
- Time: 16:00-20:00
- HSSL McLennan Library e-classroom at McGill University
Who Can Participate?
- We encourage the participation and we welcome people of all genders, backgrounds and identities.
- Everyone can participate; affiliation with an institution is not required
- All Wikipedia levels are welcome
What Will We Learn?
- The importance of Wikipedia in raising awareness on social justice issues by using reliable and improved sources that are accessible to communities.
- Creating a Wikipedia account
- Adding citations to existing articles that require verification
- Editing Wikipedia pages that require more information and reliable resources
Contribution ideas
Below is a list of Wikipedia articles that need improvement : missing citations, lack of neutral view point, general lack of information, editing, updating, etc.
Wiki Projects
- Black Lunch table meetup
- Feminism
- Human Rights
- Disability
- Women in Red
- Women in Red (2018 Meetup)
- Sexology and sexuality
Transformative Justice
Indigenous Peoples
- Indigenous decolonization
- Traditional knowledge
- Linda Tuhiwai Smith
- Reparations (transitional justice)