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Open Gov Hub Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

When

:September 28, 2023

:December 13, 2023

Registration

:Private

Event Dashboard

:Coming soon

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Articles of potential interest

New biographies for creation

Biographies are often easier to create for beginners

  • Draft:Kristy Drutman - Environmental justice activist[https://www.lwv.org/blog/aanhpi-activist-you-should-know-kristy-drutman][https://www.newsweek.com/kristy-drutman-fighting-green-equity-one-job-time-1815319][https://www.climate.columbia.edu/events/conversation-kristy-drutman-brown-girl-green]
  • Draft:Chicago Asian Americans for Environmental Justice - Organization[https://freespiritmedia.org/features-search/2020/2/10/didakph9qqe2b3pat83qhhfpidy3in] [https://voices.aaja.org/stories/washington-d-c-2023/asian-american-environmental-activists-strive-to-make-climate-crisis-an-electoral-priority/] [https://earthjustice.org/article/aapi-heritage-month-tribute-giving-voice-to-asian-american-communities]
  • Draft:Sue Ko Lee - Labor activist[https://www.nps.gov/people/sue-ko-lee.htm][https://nuhw.org/sue-ko-lee/]

Sample conflict of interest statement

I am a current employee of [org. here] and edit as part of my professional duties. When doing do, I strictly abide by Wikipedia's accepted practices on conflicts of interest, neutrality, and notability. I will modify my editing behavior based on any issues brought to my attention by other editors.*

Wikimedia

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Wikipedia Policies

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Wikimedia Affiliates

:[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/Models Wikimedia movement affiliates model]

::[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters Chapters]

:::Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in a specified geographical region (in most cases, a country). Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". There are currently 39 chapters, with at least one on every inhabited continent., i.e. Wikimedia DC

::[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_thematic_organizations Wikimedia thematic organizations]

:::Thematic organizations are incorporated independent non-profits representing the Wikimedia movement and supporting work focused on a specific theme, topic, subject or issue within or across countries and regions. i.e., Wikimedia Medicine.

::[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups User groups]

:::Wikimedia user groups are intended to be simple and flexible affiliates that are an alternative to chapters and thematic organizations - which require more formal requirements. User groups are highly valued as equal players in the Wikimedia movement, i.e., [https://www.artandfeminism.org/ Art+Feminism]

WikiProjects

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Tools, Resources

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  • [https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews Track Wikipedia Page Views]
  • [https://stats.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Statistics]
  • [https://wikiedu.org Wiki Education Foundation]
  • [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules]
  • [https://archive.org/ Internet Archive Wayback Machine]

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For Wikimedia DC Use

::[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UserRights User rights management]

::[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CreateAccount Special username creation]