Wikipedia:McGill Poetry Matters: Editing on Wikipedia: January 2021
Please join Poetry Matters this coming Wednesday, January 13, 6:30-7:45pm (ET), for a virtual seminar on editing Wikipedia entries, with a spotlight on entries for modern poets Mina Loy and E.E. Cummings.
The session offers a brief introduction to editing on Wikipedia, intended to demystify the process and prepare people to engage in editing themselves. The tour will be facilitated by Nathan Drezner, whose Fall 2020 paper on Wikipedia editorial communities is available here. Poetry Matters will contextualize with current work on representing the careers and lives of modern poets such as Cummings and Loy.
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Event Details
[edit]WHO: Poetry Matters, with Nathan Drezner
WHAT: introductory session on editing Wikipedia entries
WHEN: January 13, 2021, 6:30-7:45pm (ET)
WHERE: link to be sent to registrants
OTHER: Session will focus on Wikipedia entries for modern poets Mina Loy and E.E. Cummings
How-To's
[edit]- Wikipedia:Citing sources
- Wikipedia:Cheatsheet
- Wikipedia:Citation templates
- Wikipedia:Principles
- Wikipedia:Tutorial
- Wiki markup quick reference (PDF)
- Editing Articles About Living Persons
Resources
[edit]- Art+Feminism schedule/information: [1]
- Data Feminism book/information: [2]
- Do Wikipedia Editors Specialize: [3]
- It's a Man's Wikipedia: [4]
- The Evolution of Wikipedia's Norm Network: [5]
- The Rise and Decline: [6]
- The Wikipedia gender gap: [7]
- Invisible Women: [8]
- "Howard University Fills in Wikipedia’s Gaps in Black History": [9]
Wikipedia specific resources
[edit]- List of edit-a-thons, which often provide excellent resources and recommendations for articles to contribute to: Category:Wikipedia_edit-a-thons
- Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith
- Wikipedia:Why_create_an_account?
- Help:Editing
- Wikipedia:User pages
- Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red
- Wikipedia:Wikipedians
- Should Stanley Kubrick have an infobox? More info: Talk:Stanley_Kubrick/Archive_9#Lack_of_infobox
- Steven_Pruitt (and his user page: User:Ser_Amantio_di_Nicolao)
Userboxes
[edit]- All userboxes (use the search bar to find some for specific topics): Wikipedia:Userboxes/Galleries
- Some specifically related to "books": Wikipedia:Userboxes/Media/Books
Lighthearted resources
[edit]- Depths of Wikipedia instagram
- Wikipedia Pictures instagram
- Cool Freaks' Wikipedia Club facebook group
- Wikipedia Picture of the Day twitter
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