Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/Engineers for Earth Day 2022

= Engineers for Earth Day 2022: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon =

Join the USC Libraries and the Engineering in Society Program at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering on Earth Day, April 22, 2022, as we contribute to Wikipedia articles about sustainability and engineering. New and experienced editors welcome! Training and support will be provided. This event is part of USC's Earth Week 2022 celebrations.

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Wikipedia edit-a-thon

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University of Southern California

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When and where

  • Friday, April 22, 2022
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Pacific)
  • University of Southern California, Science & Engineering Library (SSL 210)
  • Register for this event by Thursday, April 21, 2022 [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuXYqBZzh_Tq8QhtBJlw15rN3lENHzQtmqidQP48kRQDyFkA/viewform here].

Before the event

  • If you don't have a Wikipedia account, create one here.
  • Learn and review Wikipedia policies and practices here. If your time is limited, focus on this Wikipedia Policies module.

Schedule

  • 1:00-1:30 PM: Welcome and introduction to Wikipedia editing; editing begins
  • 1:30-3:00 PM: Continued training for new editors; collective editing and troubleshooting

Drop-in anytime, and we'll help you get started!

Participants

Once you have created a Wikipedia account, add your signature (Wikipedia username) below. Signatures are created with four tildes [~] in a row.

Participants attending:

Impact

Our work during this event will be tracked though an event dashboard, which will count the number of words and references added, along with the number of views. To ensure that your contributions are counted,

  1. Go to the event dashboard [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/University_of_Southern_California/Engineers_for_Earth_Day_2022?enroll= here]
  2. Under Actions, click Join Program.
  3. Under Articles, go to Available Articles and select the one(s) you want to edit!

Articles for editing

Research resources

Category: Wikipedia meetups in Los Angeles

USC Libraries Resources

[https://libraries.usc.edu/ USC Libraries]

[https://libguides.usc.edu/engineering Engineering Research Guide]

[https://libguides.usc.edu/environmental_sciences Environmental Science Research Guide]

[https://libguides.usc.edu/sustainability Sustainability Research Guide]

Engineering

[https://libraries.usc.edu/databases/engineering-village-2 Engineering Village]

[https://libraries.usc.edu/databases/engineering-database Engineering Database]

[https://libraries.usc.edu/databases/proquest-scitech-premium-collection SciTech Premium Collection]

[https://libraries.usc.edu/databases/asce-library ASCE Library]

[https://libraries.usc.edu/databases/accessengineering AccessEngineering]

Environmental Science

[https://libraries.usc.edu/databases/environmental-science-database Environmental Science Database]

[https://libraries.usc.edu/databases/greenfile GreenFILE]

[https://libraries.usc.edu/databases/geoscienceworld GeoScienceWorld]

[https://libraries.usc.edu/databases/earth-atmospheric-aquatic-science-collection Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Collection]

[https://libraries.usc.edu/databases/energy-citations-database Energy Citations Database]

[https://libraries.usc.edu/databases/water-resources-abstracts Water Resources Abstracts]

[https://libraries.usc.edu/databases/noaa-central-library-publications NOAA Central Library Publications]