Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/NYBG July 2023

New York Botanical Garden
Environment of the Bronx
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
The LuEsther T. Mertz Library
When and Where
Date:Saturday, July 29th, 2023
Time:12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Address:LuEsther T. Mertz Library
New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd
Bronx, NY 10458

The LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden, Wikimedia New York City, and the Environment of New York City Task Force, welcome the general public of all experience levels to come to the Mertz Library in person and learn how to use Wikipedia! All skill levels welcome at the event! Experienced Wikipedia editors from the local Wikipedia chapter will be in attendance and available to help. Training sessions will be offered at the start of this event covering introductory topics. Attendees familiar with editing Wikipedia can edit off of a worklist focused on the environment of New York City; as well as, a sub-list focused on the environment of the Bronx. The Mertz Library will pull topical media from their collection to assist the editing.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.

Please contact User:wil540_art, Mertz Library Manager of Public Services Samantha D'Acunto, or any other member of WMNYC or Mertz library staff if any activities appear to go against the WMNYC Code of Conduct.

The event will run from 12pm to 3pm, attendees are invited to come at any time they can make it and stay for as long or little as they'd like!

You can also sign-up & learn more about the event here on the NYBG's website: https://www.nybg.org/event/wikipedia-environment-of-the-bronx-edit-a-thon/

To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.

Event details

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Wikipedia Editathon at the NYBG July 29th 2023
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Note: We have compiled a list of articles that need attention. For the beginners: Don't be intimidated! A great place to start is to search through an article that interests you and look for spelling or grammar errors. Find one word out of place. Editing one sentence to make it flow better. Those are all great contributions. It is ok to start small.

For multilingual editors, there are wikipedia projects in many different languages, for example: Spanish-language Wikipedia. For those that are multilingual, there are a lot opportunities to translate English language wikipedia articles into other languages.

Current exhibition: Ebony Patterson, mention of art exhibitions at LuEsther T. Mertz Library and New York Botanical Garden#Exhibitions generally.

Other thematic: Elizabeth Akers Allen poem, natural dye yarns

Oysters in New York City

Agenda

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12:15pm-1pm - Welcome to Wikipedia & Introductions
Welcome to NYBG - words from Samantha D'Acunto - Reference Librarian and Manager of Public Services
Welcome to Wikipedia
Welcome to Wikimedia New York City
Group introductions
City Island Oyster Reef - presentation by Barbara Burn Dolensek
Hutchinson River Restoration Project - presentation by Barbara Zahm
Editing Wikipedia demonstration
1pm-2:30pm - Independent Editing & Snack breaks
2:30pm-3pm - Library Tour/Display
Please break for snacks whenever desired! - light snacks provided by WMNYC
after 3pm - possible walk

Training

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Training will be offered throughout this event covering introductory topics.

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Attendees

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You can also optionally sign up off-wiki at the nybg.org event page.

To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.

Regrets

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Likely

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Confirmed

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Edit-a-thon Recap

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