Event summary: An Edit-a-thon! Get together with Wikipedians from Berkeley and around the Bay Area and learn to contribute to Wikipedia in whatever you find interesting.
What to bring
a laptop/tablet/smartphone (laptops preferred as you will be doing a lot of typing!)
ideas for topics or articles you might want to work on (see below)
any relevant reference materials you might have
a friend – we love to meet new would-be-editors! (you can also bring your spouse, kids, family, etc.)
any digital photos you've taken that you would like to use on Wikipedia.
or, if you don't have any of the above, just bring yourself :-)
Many prominent figures involved with the
Peralta Land Grant that once covered most of the East Bay, including
Vicente Peralta, are covered poorly or not at all
The
Berkeley Student Cooperative's article is disorganized, and few houses have their own pages, although most could warrant one.
online resources at the BPL -- could be good resources for sourcing biographies, art & music articles, and local/California history (with full text access to newspapers)
Simply click the edit button, add your name and hit save page. Or have a friend or Wikipedian sign you up! Come even if you didn't sign up, but signups help us plan.
not this time -- I'm getting over a cold -- but I will be editing at home along with y'all! Have fun! --
phoebe / (
talk to me) 16:49, 7 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Dreamyshade (
talk) - I've ended up with other plans, but next time!
Notes
This event is not officially sponsored by the Berkeley Public Library.