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Wikipedia Loves Libraries is an event to promote local meetups for discussing libraries in individual cities. Wikipedia depends on content from media sources, and libraries are the source of sources.

Date and venue

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Getting the low down from librarians
  • Date Saturday December 8th,
  • Time 10am-3pm
  • Location Seattle Public Library Meeting Room 1 on Level 4, Central Library, 1000 4th Avenue, Seattle WA, 98104
  • Event An editathon on Seattle-related Wikipedia articles with Wikipedia tutorials and Librarian assistance on hand.
  • Hashtag #wikiloveslib or #glamwiki.
  • Registration http://wll-seattle.eventbrite.com or use on-wiki registration.

Activities and Editing Subjects

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Below are some suggestions, but ultimately participants should decide what they'd like to learn or edit, so add to this section as you see fit. The scope could possibly go beyond Seattle even. Many nearby communities have little more than a bot-written stub drawing on Census data.


Skill requirements

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Behind the scenes at the Seattle Public Library

There will be multiple levels support available at the event, therefore participants with no experience ranging to dedicated Wikipedians are welcomed, and will be challenged at their own skill level.

What to bring

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  • It is highly suggested to bring a laptop.
  • Ideas for topics or articles that you want to work on.
  • We'll have the library's resources at our disposal, but if you have a special resource, bring it.
  • Would-be-editor friends.
  • Digital pictures you've taken that you'd like to be on Wikipedia.

Sign-up

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Sanborn Maps!

Yes

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(Edit and write your name below)

  1. Maximilianklein (talk) 19:57, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  2. - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 03:39, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Liz Mills
  4. I'll probably be there for the first 2 hours. - Jmabel | Talk 01:13, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Dennis Bratland (talk) 00:28, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  6. I am going to try to attend in the AM. Yworo (talk) 21:26, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Anne Tvasoner
  8. I should be able to make it, thanks for the heads up J-Mo - Md gilbert (talk)
  9. Mlet Will be helping with organizational stuff, hope to also learn a little! Mlet (talk) 18:32, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Conor Casey cmcaseylaborarch
  11. Helice Elssler1
  12. It was a very informative event. Wikikaw

Maybe

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Regretfully not

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Attendees

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Outcomes

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Several local librarians and archivists were walked through the account creation process and introduced to the basics of editing, adding sources, creating articles, etc. Additionally, the librarian from Seattle Public Library walked the group through the use of some licensed resources (especially full text for some local newspapers) that could be useful in editing articles.

New accounts created

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Articles improved

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New articles created

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Photos

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Added into Wikimedia Commons, under categories "Wikipedia Loves Libraries" and "Wikipedia meetups in Seattle."