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Intro to Wikipedia Editing In-Person
This session will occur online and is facilitated by the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. It is part of the library's Part of ongoing Black History Month Wikipedia-Edit-A-Thon.
A duplicate training event will be held January 12 – 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Facilitators:
- Alex Jung, Open Technology Specialist, Robarts Library, U of T Libraries
We're gearing up for a whole month of editing Wikipedia in honour of Black History Month. Please join us for one of our "facilitator prep" sessions if you are interested in helping edit Wikipedia, or helping others to edit Wikipedia. In this session, Alex Jung, Open Technology Specialist will provide training for those interested in editing Wikipedia, with a focus on those interested in participating or helping with our February Black History Month Wikipedia-Edit-a-Thon!
What we’ll cover:
- Overview and technicalities - making an account - anatomy of a Wikipedia article - navigating Wikipedia (categories, sidebars, Wikiprojects) - common types of edits and how to do them: linking, citing, adding categories/templates.
Zoom link will be sent to registrants.
Learn more about the Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon: https://utsc.library.utoronto.ca/join-black-history-wikipedia-edit-thon
- Date:
- Friday, January 8, 2021 Show more dates
- Time:
- 1:00pm - 2:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Campus:
- UTSC
- Categories:
- Citation Management Digital Tools