Please tell local people you think might be interested in learning how to edit or new editors wanting to beef up their skills and knowledge! _______________________________________________ Wikimedia DC invites you to learn to edit Wikipedia
Saturday, February 25th Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM (40 minute lunch) Martin Luther King Library in DC 901 G St. NW, in the Library Lab, Street Level floor. Directions at http://dclibrary.org/mlk
Register today. Limited seating. Please RSVP: workshops@wikidc.org Or email us with any questions.
Learn how to edit Wikipedia! - “the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.” Or beef up your skills if you've already tried it.
Participate in Wikimedia DC’s one day Workshop on how to edit the world's most popular encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org
You can improve its content and accuracy on your favorite topics. And it's fun! A great new hobby for writers, researchers, bloggers, and those with a little extra time who want to improve their writing and researching skills and help contribute to the sum of the world's knowledge.
Experienced Wikipedia editors will show you the ropes and answer your questions about editing, formatting, policy and collaboration with others.
All you have to do is bring your laptop, notebook or tablet. (Outlets available.)
Read more about this workshop - including any advanced preparation you may choose to do - at http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Workshops
Update, FYI:
A couple of us have been busy per the below (see evolution of discussion at archives of http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Talk:Wikipedia_Workshops).
1. Beefing up content of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Workshop so that we can make available a place to learn different outreach and training options and to see one or more examples of workshops and exercises and read reports of others' workshops. When it's more together I'm going to advertise the project to Wikiprojects (is there a bot?), chapters and meetups to encourage them to organize independent workshops (i.e., not necessarily part of other larger outreach/training programs).
2. Working on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Workshop/Archive._February_25,_2012_W... - page planning the Feb 25th workshop and using its talk page. It is linked on the workshop talk page as our final report page, ''but the link is hidden right now.''
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Workshop/Sample_exercises I had a lot of fun creating a bunch of permanent ones to integrate/link into the Feb. 25th workshop format. I tried to make them interesting. Too interesting? You be the judge, offer suggestions or create some of your own!
4. http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Workshops The page currently linked as advertising for the Feb. 25th workshop. Link I'll use in emails. Plus this talk page where we have been organizing this effort.
Carol in dc
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 2:32 AM, Carol Moore DC carolmooredc@verizon.net wrote:
reports of others' workshops. When it's more together I'm going to advertise the project to Wikiprojects (is there a bot?), chapters and meetups to encourage them to organize independent workshops (i.e., not necessarily part of other larger outreach/training programs).
I checked approvals and it looks like a number of bots are approved for message delivery, but only to user talk pages. There are a few approvals that look like they might be broad enough to deliver to WikiProjects' talk pages, but if you'd like I can request that specifically as a task for my bot to be speedily approved.
Cheers! Madman
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