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Wikipedia:Meetup/Austin/2016-04 UT-Austin Global Migration

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2016 Global Migration
Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon at UT Austin
When and Where
DateTuesday, April 12, 2016
Time12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
AddressPerry Castaneda Library
Learning Lab 3
University of Texas at Austin
City, StateAustin, TX 78712

Please to join us for an inclusive and fun one-day event. We are planning to bring together diverse communities to create and work on Wikipedia articles related to global migration.

This event is hosted by the Global Studies team at the University of Texas at Austin and is open to the community.

Event information

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  • Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2016
  • Time: 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • Location: Perry Castaneda Library, Learning Lab 3, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
  • Map: A map can be found on the main page of the library website UT PCL Library Site.
  • Cost: Free!
  • Please bring a laptop if possible. There will be a limited number of computers available.

What to expect

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No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary. If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you can get started with this this training module. Editing "Cheat Sheets" will be available during the event and friendly volunteers will be on hand to help answer your editing questions. Editors, with experience in issues pertaining to migration, are particularly encouraged to attend.

We plan to offer "Getting Started" tutorials each hour: the first will be at 12:15 pm, and we'll repeat the tutorial at 1:15 pm.

Resources for editing

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Useful templates for creating pages:

Suggested articles for editing

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This is a crowd-sourced list. Please help us by adding appropriate articles.
To kick things off, here are some pages which could benefit from edits and expansion:

To improve:

To create:

Articles improved

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Alphabetical by first letter

Articles created

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Alphabetical by first letter

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Participants - Sign Up Here!

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Prior to the event:

  1. Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
    No? Create a Wikipedia account
    Yes? Go to Step #2
  2. Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page
Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event! And remember to have fun!
To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.
Co-organizers and facilitators
  1. Esmeralda000 (talk) 00:17, 9 March 2016 (UTC) (co-organizer and facilitator) -- I'll be there![reply]
Participants
  1. Esmeralda000 (talk) 03:59, 10 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. 70.113.37.86 (talk) 13:13, 29 March 2016 (UTC) -- Mary Rader[reply]
  3. MystearicaGrants (talk) 01:43, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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