Welcome to the First Ever ROM Edit-a-thon!August 16th, 2013.

Event Basics

The Edit-a-thon will run from 9am until 5pm

Schedule 9am to10am –Introduction10am to11am –Tour of Chinese

Galleries11am to 12pm –Wikipedia Basics12pm to 1pm –Lunch at Druxy’s

ROM Café 1pm to 5pm –Research and

Writing

Rules/Restrictions

No Food is Allowed in the H. H. Mu Far Eastern Library

Drinks must have lids or be kept in Room 601

The ROM Images Database is under copyright therefore these images cannot be used for Wikipedia articles

Please stay with the group at all times

Goals

To create a sense of unity and collaboration among E-volunteers

To learn Wikipedia Basics

To write articles that relate to the Chinese Galleries

To have fun learning how to edit and write articles

To prepare for the ROM’s Centennial

To clarify any confusion regarding E-volunteering

Introductions

E-Volunteering Team

E-volunteers-Name and Wikipedia Username-Basic Information About Yourself/Fun Fact-Your Interest in Volunteering-Knowledge of Wikipedia-What you hope to gain from the event-Any Question or Concerns

Wikipedia BasicsA Brief Tutorial

Five Pillars of Wikipedia

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia.

Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view.

Wikipedia is free content that anyone can edit, use, modify, and distribute.

Editors should treat each other with respect and civility.

Wikipedia does not have firm rules.

Policies

Neutral Point of View

No Original Research

Verifiability

Wikipedia Tutorial: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial

Your First Article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Your_first_article

Tips

Try editing existing articles first to get a feel for writing and using Wikipedia’s mark up language

Gather references beforehand

Consider requesting feedback

Consider creating the article first in your user space

Personally, I write content before than then worry about the wikicode/ markup

Look at other articles for guidance!

Article Wizard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_wizard

Questions?