When and Where | |
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Date | Thursday, February 6, 2020 |
Time | 11 am - 3 pm |
Address | E-centre, Kenneth Dike Library (To be confirmed), University of Ibadan at
Ibadan,
Oyo state |
City, State | Ibadan, Oyo State |
Wikimedia Nigeria will be hosting a #1Lib1Ref event on Thursday, February 6, 2020 from 10am to 3pm at the E-centre Of Kenneth Dike Library.
This event is designed to increase the number of references on Wikipedia. The edit-a-thon will include tutorials for the beginner Wikipedian, ongoing editing support, reference materials, stickers, prizes and refreshments. This event is free and open to the public. People of all gender identities and expressions are invited to participate.
We will have a list of possible articles to work on but you can also bring your own.
Wikimedia and Libraries User Group supports and promotes the use of Wikipedia and other sisters projects amongst librarians and creating a lasting relationship between librarian and Wikipedia. This is an open group made of librarians and volunteer wikipedian editors.
Wikimedia Nigeria is the regional Wikimedia Usergroup serving Nigeria. They help promote free access to the world's knowledge in support of Wikipedia and the other projects of the Wikimedia Foundation. They also organize edit-a-thons and promotes Wikimedia events in the community.
We will open the area for registration at 9:30 AM, with introductions and the primary training session to start at 10:00 AM. We will have a brief time take a group photo at 2:30 PM and time to share at 2:45 PM. The program will end at 3:00 PM with wrap up to begin 30 minutes before that.
Wikipedia is the fifth most visited website on earth (World Economic Forum), and the English language Wikipedia contains nearly 5.5 million articles, more than 40 million worldwide on 265 separate language sites, resulting in 16 billion page views per month. [7] (See the statistics page for more information.)
Thanks for coming today and participating in the #1Lib1Ref initiative to add references to Wikipedia. Today's mission: Add at least one reference to Wikipedia.
1) First, click on the pencil icon on the right to begin using "Visual Editor". Visual editor makes editing easier - like writing a school paper.
2) In Visual Editor, click on the area you want to add the citation. Then click cite. If you have a website as a source, add the website to the blank area.
If you do not have a website source, click manual and follow the prompts. Then click publish. If you have questions, ask a Wikimedia coach or go to Wikipedia:Tutorial/Citing sources.
3) Then click publish.
Please add your username