{"id":40,"date":"2018-06-05T14:10:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T14:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/eahil-editathon\/?p=40"},"modified":"2018-07-03T15:42:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T15:42:09","slug":"pre-workshop-tasks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/eahil-editathon\/pre-workshop-tasks\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-workshop tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things to do before arriving in Cardiff:<\/p>\n

Core (15 minutes)<\/p>\n

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  1. Create a Wikipedia account<\/strong><\/a>
    \nYou should ideally create a Wikipedia account at least 4 days before an editathon event<\/strong> as new users cannot create new pages on Wikipedia until their account has been registered for 4 days and they have accrued over 10 edits.<\/li>\n
  2. Join the EAHIL event dashboard page here<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. Watch the Visual editor tutorial\u00a0(5 minute video)<\/a>\u00a0to see how easy it now is to start editing Wikipedia<\/li>\n
  4. Read What is an editathon\u00a0(links\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0next\u00a0page)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Recommended<\/p>\n

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    1. Read Wikipedia’s guidance on running an editathon<\/a> (10 minutes)<\/li>\n
    2. Decide what you want to work on during the session. There will be about 25 minutes to edit Wikipedia. You can either prepare something in advance, or choose from a list of suggested tasks on the day.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      During the session there will be time to do simple editing such as: add missing citations, add links between existing articles, add images to a wiki article, translate existing English articles into your own language. If you want to prepare a topic in advance, please do! To get ideas of what to prepare, look in Wikipedia for a subject on which you have some interest or expertise, and find gaps that you could help fill.<\/p>\n

      Further preparation<\/p>\n

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      1. Video tutorial How to edit Wikipedia<\/a> (40 minutes)<\/li>\n
      2. The Wikipedia Adventure<\/a> (modular – estimate 1 hour to complete all modules. Uses ‘source editor’ rather than ‘visual editor’)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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