Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Engineering Wikipedia 2018
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Join us for the Engineering Wikipedia edit-a-thon at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday January 26, 2018! |
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Participate in the Independent Activities Period (IAP) at MIT by joining library staff and writing instructors in editing Wikipedia. As always, beginners welcome! We'll provide training for new editors, an introduction to editing Wikipedia, and assistance throughout the event. The theme is "engineering Wikipedia": help improve coverage of all things engineering on Wikipedia, with the help of MIT Libraries resources -- and help us engineer Wikipedia to be more inclusive, comprehensive and accurate! This includes writing about underrepresented engineers, engineered structures and objects, and engineering concepts. Everyone is welcome and you don't have to be an engineer (either by discipline or MIT affiliation) to participate - engineering is everywhere! Editing in multiple languages is welcome.
When: Friday January 26, 2018, 1-5pm Where: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, 14N-132 (building 14N, room 132). Suggested Focus: minority engineers, women engineers, engineering concepts, or the history of MIT What to bring: bring your laptop, or use the computers in the room. Training and snacks will be provided. Drop in anytime. |
| Date | Friday January 26, 2018 |
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| Time | 1pm-5pm (drop-in any time!) |
| Address | MIT 14N-132 |
| City, State | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Schedule
Approximate schedule:
- 1:00-1:30 -- get settled, get started, introductions
- 1:30-2:00 -- introduction to editing class
- 2:00-4:30 -- edit Wikipedia!
- 4:30-5:00 -- wrapup, compare accomplishments!
Participant List
Please add your Wikipedia username below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day-of. Remote participation is also encouraged. Participate virtually, from anywhere!
- phoebe / (talk to me) 20:26, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
- – SJ + 17:42, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
- Rtbhive (talk) 19:20, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
- ChiaLynn 16:57, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
- FaerieDevilish
- Hkbf
- Jfcarrano (talk) 21:07, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
Articles Created or Improved
- Dorothee Kern
- vi:Dorothee Kern
- Peptide microarray
- fr:Réseau de diffraction
- vi:Hỏa_hoạn_bệnh_viện_Mật_Dương_2018
- List_of_African-American_women_in_STEM_fields
- Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
To-Do
- Bring a topic or choose an article from one of these categories to improve or add to:
- Category:Engineering stubs
- Category:Engineer_stubs
- Category:Women engineers & missing women engineers
- Category:Engineering journal stubs
- Category:Standards and measurement stubs
- list of MIT faculty with very short articles
- list of very short engineering stubs
specific articles:
- Campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- add summaries & more citations/history about many of the buildings
Things to do:
- add references
- copyedit
- add sections & infoboxes
- look for photos or take pictures
- clarify technical information
to come -- add your ideas here!
Resources
- Notability Guidelines for Organizations
- Conflict of Interest policy
- Image Use Policy
- Article Naming & Disambiguation
Additional Tutorials:
- Basic tutorial
- More detailed tutorial
- Wikipedia Adventure - a silly but easy and effective tutorial!
Resources from the MIT libraries
(available to MIT affiliates, or on-site)
- see the library guides for engineering fields:
- mechanical
- civil
- electrical & computer
- chemical engineering
- nuclear