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Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Earth Day 50 Virtual Editathon
When and Where
HostBoston University
Time3:00pm to 6:00pm ET
AddressVirtual: Please register for more information
City, StateBoston, Massachusetts (Virtual)
DateApril 23, 2020

Earth Day 50 Virtual Edit-a-thon Information

As part of Boston University's Earth Week celebrations, the Boston University Libraries are hosting a virtual edit-a-thon on Thursday, April 23, 2020, from 3 - 6 p.m. Our event will include a presentation by MIT Librarian and Wikipedia expert Phoebe Ayers on the many sustainability and climate change related initiatives in the Wikimedia Community. Please register by April 22 at 3pm.

Event Information Information

  • Date: April 23, 2020
  • Time: 3-6 pm ET
  • Location: Online through Zoom. We will send a link to Zoom prior to the event. You must register to receive this link.
  • Host: Boston University Libraries
  • RSVP: Please register by April 22 at 3pm ET.
  • Register for a Wikipedia account. Don't have a Wikipedia account? That's ok. Please create one in advance. Wikipedians will be on hand to assist those who need help setting up an account.

Before the event

We will show you how to edit during the event, but if you'd like learn more on your own:

Schedule

  • 3 - 3:30 p.m.: Welcome and technical troubleshooting
  • 3:30 - 4 p.m.: Presentation: Sustainability and Climate Initiatives in the Wikimedia Community, Phoebe Ayers, Wikipedian and Librarian for Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, MIT
  • 4 - 6 p.m.: Editing, with the option to join breakout 'rooms' for instruction or projects. This will include a brief training for absolute beginners or others interested from 4-4:30.

Track your participation

We will be using a Wikipedia Dashboard to easily track the edits made during this Edit-a-thon. By logging into the dashboard before you start editing, your edits will be automatically tracked, and we'll be able to collect statistics on the work we've done during this editing event.

  1. Go to Earth Day 50 Dashboard.
  2. Under Actions, click Join Program.
  3. Enter the passcode we will provide you with your registration.

Participant list/registration

Please add your Wikipedia username below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day-of.

Confirmed Wikipedians attending:

add your name here:

Possible Topics for Editing

  • Expand an environment stub. You can improve stubs by adding a reference or brief information. There are many topic related to sustainability in this project.
  • Clean-up an article listed in the WikiProject Climate Change. For new editors, Cleaning up Dead links is often an easy way to edit.
  • Sustainable Art Consider adding internal links to this start-class article. Are there other additions that can be made?
  • Add missing citations using citation hunt. Try limiting your search to WikiProject Environment or WikiProject Climate change.
  • More topics to be added
  • One Health Initiative Task Force (OHITF). [1]

Articles to Edit

  • Articles about the environment in New England:
  • Other environmental-related articles:
  • Other biocentric public health-related articles:

Articles to Create

Tools to Help You Edit

Wikipedia Editing

Research Resources

  1. ^ "One Health : A New Professional Imperative" (PDF). American Veterinary Medical Association. 15 July 2008. p. 9. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  2. ^ Boston Climate Action home page
  3. ^ "One Health : A New Professional Imperative" (PDF). American Veterinary Medical Association. 15 July 2008. p. 9. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  4. ^ Boston Climate Action home page
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