On Monday June 8, 2015, which is World Oceans Day, we will get together to improve content about the wettest 3/4 of our planet surface, and perhaps other worlds too! Beginners are welcome – Wikipedia editing training will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!
Organized by Waitt Institute, the Smithsonian Ocean Portal, and Wikimedia DC
- When
- Monday, June 8, 2015
- 11am – 3 pm EDT
- Where
- 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW #300
- Washington, DC
- What to bring
- A laptop
- Any resources you would like to refer to
- You're welcome to bring your camera and take pictures
- Preferably, a registered Wikipedia user account (but we can also create one on the spot)
- Schedule
- 11am -- start (and add detail)
- Lunch will be provided.
- 3pm -- end
Sign up!
editThis event is open to people of all experience levels.
Sign up below by adding your username, and/or sign up with your email address at the Worlds Ocean Day editathon web site: http://worldoceansdayeditathon.splashthat.com/
I'll be there in person!
edit- econterms (talk) 07:06, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
- Duckduckstop (talk) 17:57, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
- Sarasays (talk) 13:20, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
- Charlotterunzel (talk) 14:15, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
I'll be attending virtually!
editRegrets
editUserboxes
editIf you are committed to improving Oceans content on Wikipedia for the long run, add one of the following Wikitext expressions to your user page:
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{{User WikiProject Oceans}}
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{{User WP Oceans}}
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To-do list
edit- Please add suggestions!
- From WikiProject Oceans:
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Here are some tasks awaiting attention:
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- hot topic: The Blob (Pacific Ocean)
- From The Ocean Portal:
- New Page Request: Deep Reef Observation Project [1] [2] [3], Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative [4], Marine Geo [5]
- Census of Marine Life - Some projects missing [6]
- Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - Intro needs updating [7]
- Resilience of coral reefs - expand
- Coral bleaching - verify
Resources
editOutcomes
edit- Cortes Bank add image, infobox
- Environmental DNA - new article
- Ocean Acidification - added paragraph, new video external link
- Smithsonian Ocean Portal - Updated sections external links to match current site organization
- Aquaculture - added 'National laws, regulations, and management' section and external links
- Sustainable seafood - new section for MSC
- Marine reserve - added external links
- Frog shark - added conservation section
- Waitt Institute - new article
- Polyp - added Threats section and external links
- Cabo Pulmo National Park - added external links
- Mangrove - added several lines of information
- Ocean zoning - new article
- Bacterioplankton - added information on abundance and biogeochemical cycling
- Coral - added external link
- Coral reef - added external link
- Parrotfish - added external link
- Overfishing - added external link
- Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing - added external link
- Pterois - added external link
- Lobatus gigas - added external link
- Sea urchin - added external link
- Shrimp fishery - added external link
- Spiny lobster - added external link