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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: A Library of Congress Wikipedia Edit-a-thon  

Mural painting "Discovery of Gold" by Candido Portinari, on the vestibule wall of the Hispanic Reading room, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C

Join us in the Hispanic Reading Room at the Library of Congress on October 5 from 10:00AM-1:00PM to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. During this event, we will improve and create Wikipedia articles related to Latinx Heritage, including Women Voting Rights, Latinx Authors, and Latinx history, among many other topics. This Wikipedia Edit-a-thon includes training for first time editors and lunch.

Laptops are required. Please bring your own. Wikimedia DC has two laptops to loan. Reserve one by emailing info@wikimediadc.org.

When

Saturday, October 5, 2019 10AM-1PM

Where

Library of Congress Hispanic Reading Room
101 Independence Avenue Southeast
Jefferson Building, LJ-240
Washington, DC 20540

Register

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Coordination

TO AVOIDING EDITING THE SAME ARTICLES AS OTHER ATTENDEES, please use the Etherpad link below to share what you are currently editing. Remember to type 'Done' or 'Finished' when you are through making changes. REMEMBER TO PUBLISH (SAVE) OFTEN.

https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Celebrating_Hispanic_Heritage_Month__A_Library_of

Presentation

Please sign in

This is for use on the day of the event.
1) Select 'Sign in'
2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes' or 'Save changes'.
Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees.

Wikimedia Projects

Wikipedia Policies

Quick Editing Tips

Tools, Resources and WikiProjects

Suggested Article Work List

About the Article Assessment Quality Scale

Stubs

Start

C

B

GA

FA

For Creation

Potential Sources

References

Participants