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Editathon today, Feb 14, 2016. We are in the Exhibit Hall C, along the back wall. The audience includes experienced Wikipedians and new ones.
User:DESiegel advises a new editor at AAAS 2016

At February's AAAS conference there will be FOUR editathons focused on science topics, for beginners and experts alike. Welcome to Wikipedia's Year of Science! For these events, participants must be either attendees at the AAAS conference, or experienced Wikimedians selected as moderators.

These AAAS ediathons are organized by the Wiki Education Foundation, the Simons Foundation, and Wikimedia DC

Want to register?
Click on the big blue button!

To get back to this page, search Wikipedia for WP:AAAS2016

When
  • Saturday, February 13, 2016, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, February 13, 1:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
  • Sunday, February 14, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
  • Sunday, February 14, 1:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. (Diversity in Science edit-a-thon)
Where
What to bring
  • A laptop computer or tablet. We'll have WiFi.
  • Any resources you would like to refer to
  • You're welcome to bring your camera and take pictures
  • Preferably, a registered Wikipedia user account (but we can also create one on the spot)
Schedule
  • Introduction by Simons Foundation and Wiki Education Foundation
  • How to edit Wikipedia, by Wikimedia DC presenters -- 40 mins or so
  • Editing science articles, by Daniel Mietchen
  • Two hours of editing
  • Wiki Education Foundation guidance on staying involved

Sign up!

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Please sign up, either to edit or as a potential moderator (an experienced Wikipedian), here on the AAAS website. If you leave your username (or real name) below, that will be helpful too. This event is open to people of all experience levels.

During or before event

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  1. Create a Wikipedia account
  2. While logged into your Wikipedia account, visit the course dashboard and click "Join course" (under the Actions heading on the right sidebar). This permits identification of your Wikipedia edits.

I'll be attending!

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Maybes or regrets

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Userboxes

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If you are committed to improving scientific content on Wikipedia in the long run, add some of the following Wikitext to your user page. You can also sign up at WikiProject Chemistry and WikiProject Academic journals.

Wikitext Userbox
{{User Chemistry Project}}

To-do list

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  • Please add suggestions below. This list includes categories and lists to correct and build from, and Wikisource and Wikidata projects.
  • If create a new article over 1500 characters long (~3 paragraphs), or expand an existing one 5x in size, it may be eligible to appear on the Main Page in the Did You Know section!

Articles to expand

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Articles to create

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These articles will need a secondary source to cite.

Resources to draw from

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Basics on editing Wikipedia

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See also

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Press

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Outcomes

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Articles created

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Articles improved

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