Wikipedia:Meetup/Champaign/ICQI Digital Tools Edit-a-thon @ Ricker Library, University of Illinois

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ICQI Digital Tools Wikihack[edit]

Join us in updating the Wikipedia entries related to qualitative research: A Hands-on Experience. You are invited to learn more about Wikipedia and how you, as a qualitative researcher, could participate in the generation, editing, and critique of the information available to the larger world about qualitative inquiry.

Event information[edit]

  • Date: Friday, May 19, 2017
  • Time: 11am-12:20pm
  • Location: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Architecture Building, Rooms 205 (2nd floor), 608 E. Lorado Taft Dr., Champaign, IL 61820 / More accessibility information about building can be found here
  • Cost: Free, but please register (below)
  • Host: Ricker Library
  • Please bring a laptop and power cord with you!

What to expect[edit]

We will provide tutorials for Wikipedia newcomers and an overview of the resource. Bring your laptop, power cord, and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. Stop by for a little bit or stay for the whole afternoon. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary!

If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature (by the way, signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row).

Resources for editing[edit]

Citations and style guidelines[edit]

Formatting shortcuts[edit]

Images and photos[edit]


Outcomes[edit]

Articles improved[edit]

List of Wikipedia articles attendees have worked to improve.

Articles created[edit]

  • List of Wikipedia articles attendees have worked to create.


Participants - Sign Up Here![edit]

Prior to the event:

  1. Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
    No? Create a Wikipedia account
    Yes? Go to Step #2
  2. Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page
Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event! And remember to have fun!
To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.