Wikipedia Editing Workshops for EUFORGEN

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This page contains information specific to EUFORGEN (European Forest Genetic Resources Programme) for workshops facilitated by Wikimedia Community Malta trainer Toni Sant since 2016.

2020

Trainers: Toni Sant and Enrique Tabone Facilitator: Ewa Hermanowicz

9 March 2020

About the event

Following up on the successful workshops in Rome in 2016 and 2018 and in Avignon in 2020 this event is designed to provide similar skills on the basic essentials for anyone already editing Wikipedia and/or exploring other Wikimedia projects at the EFI offices in Bonn, Germany.

Location/venue

European Forest Institute (EFI), 7 Platz der Vereinten Nationen, Bonn, Germany

31 January 2020

About the event

Following up on the successful workshops at Bioversity in Rome in 2016 and 2018 this event is designed to spread similar skills to the broader network of EURORGEN at Avignon #rescueforest conference the opportunity for new Wikipedians and a refresher on the basic essentials for anyone already editing Wikipedia and/or exploring other Wikimedia projects.

Location/venue

University of Avignon - Bâtiment Nord - Amphi 2E0

How do I prepare?

Simply CREATE A WIKIPEDIA USER ACCOUNT (if you don't already have one) + meta link here

If you like, you can also learn a little about editing ahead of time here or here.

If you really want to get ahead of the curve, see Getting started on Wikipedia for more information

  • Goal for the day: explore the power of Wikipedia as a knowledge-sharing tool and learn editing basics.
Agenda
9:00 am - 10:00 am: General induction and orientation to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects
10:00 am - 10:45 am: Exploring the subject area/s of interest to the participants in the room
10:45 am - 11:00 am: Coffee break
11:00 am - 12.00: Preparing to contribute to specific Wikipedia pages and/or wikidata.org and/or Wikimedia Commons
12.00 - 1:30 pm: Lunch break
1:30 pm - 3.00 pm: Editing workshop to apply skills and knowledge acquired during morning sessions

Relevant links

26 January 2018

About the event

Following up on the successful workshop at Bioversity in Rome in 2016 this event was designed to provide a further training opportunity for new Wikipedians and a refresher on the basic essentials for anyone already editing Wikipedia and/or exploring other Wikimedia projects.

  • Goal for the day: explore the power of Wikipedia as a knowledge-sharing tool and learn editing basics.
January 2018 workshop photo by Marta Millere
January 2018 workshop photo by Ewa Hermanowicz


Agenda
9:15-9:30 | Gather in Sakura room, set up laptops, check wifi, connect to Chris, Simon, Rachel and Inge who will be tuning in online
9:30-11:00 | Intro - How Wikipedia works and its pillars, a bit of history, what do we want to learn today and who do we have in the room
11:00-11:15 coffee break
11:15-12:45 | Create accounts, start editing
12:45-13:45 lunch
13:45-15:00 | How is Wikipedia used for science, what can our researchers do with it, what are the trends
15:00-15:15 coffee break
15:15-16:30 | Q&A
Attendees
  1. wikipedia:User:Ewa hermanowicz
  2. wikipedia:User:Gefuyegy
  3. wikipedia:User:Bvinceti
  4. wikipedia:User:SamanthaCollins12
  5. wikipedia:User:Broudge
  6. wikipedia:User:Paz01
  7. wikipedia:User:Nicole Renee Demers
  8. wikipedia:User:MartaMillere88
  9. wikipedia:User:ArwenIncognito
  10. wikipedia:User:Sylvanatura
  11. wikipedia:User:Gennifer Meldrum
  12. wikipedia:User:Chriskettle *
  13. wikipedia:User:Chaserachel *

* denotes attendee who attended the workshop remotely.

The workshop is coordinated for Bioversity by Marta Millere.

29 September 2016

The first Wikipedia Editing Workshop for Bioversity in Rome by Wikimedia Community Malta trainer Toni Sant was held on 29 September 2016.

Agenda
  • hour 1: introduction/s and discussion of expectations for the day
  • hour 2 + hour 3: wikipedia basics and essentials with hands on participation
lunch break
  • hour 4 + hour 5: working on specific examples related to concrete tasks/species
  • hour 6: discussion of specific tasks going forward and handling advanced aspects of wikipedia (inc. wikidata and wikispecies)
Attendees
  1. wikipedia:User:Ewa hermanowicz
  2. wikipedia:User:MartaMillere88
  3. wikipedia:ser:Nina Lauridsen
  4. [[]]

This workshop was coordinated for Bioversity by Ewa Hermanowicz.

Links mentioned during the workshop

See also

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