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Date | Sunday, November 17, 2013 |
Time | 2:30–4:30pm |
City/State | Vancouver, Washington |
Address | Vancouver Community Library 901 C Street (98660) |
Wikipedia Loves Libraries is a general initiative for improved Wikimedia engagement with libraries (and archives), and more concretely an annual campaign of wiki-workshops and edit-athons at libraries around Open Access Week in October/November.
In Vancouver, Washington, Wiki Loves Libraries will be held from 2:30–4:30pm on Sunday, November 17, 2013 at the Vancouver Community Library (901 C Street; 98660), part of the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District. The library can provide print resources on local subjects, meeting rooms, and laptops for those who do not bring their own.
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WIKI LOVES LIBRARIES 2013! You are invited to attend the upcoming "Wiki Loves Libraries" edit-athon. The event will be held from 2:30–4:30pm on Sunday, November 17, 2013 at the Vancouver Community Library (901 C Street) in Vancouver, Washington. The edit-athon will focus on creating and expanding articles related to Vancouver and Clark County. Details and signup here! |
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There were maybe eight of us present. Amy the librarian made helpful resources available to editors and talked about how Wikipedia comes up often in her work. Rather than active content creation, most of the session was Q&A-based and included discussion about various wiki-related topics. Attendees received an overview of how Wikipedia works, we discussed notability and markup, examined the edit toolbar and made some practice edits. Wikimedia Foundation brochures were also available; the cheatsheet proved to be most helpful. At least two participants took photographs of local sites before the meetup, most of which can be found at commons:Category:November 2013 in Washington (state). -- Another Believer ( Talk) 01:52, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Overall, more than 250 images of local sites were added to Wikimedia Commons.