Wikipedia:Stony Brook University/Open Access Week 2016

Open Access Week Edit-a-thon @
Stony Brook University
	Melville Library at Stony Brook
When and Where
When:	Monday, October 24, 2016
Time	12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Where:	North Reading Room N1005, Stony Brook University Libraries, 100 Nicolls Rd, Stony Brook, NY 11794
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Melville Library at Stony Brook University celebrates Open Access Week 2016! New and experienced Wikipedians are invited to join us for the Open Access Editathon taking place Monday, October 24, 2016, 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm at Melville Library in Stony Brook, New York. This event seeks to increase awareness of open access among Wikipedia contributors and to increase familiarity of Wikipedia editing among open access enthusiasts.

Official event details are on the university's own website.

Event information

Date: Monday, October 24, 2016
Time: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Melville Library at Stony Brook University. 100 Nicolls Rd, Stony Brook, NY 11794
slides for event

Please bring a laptop with you!

Bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. We'll also have a few laptops on hand for participants to use during the live event.

We'll have a selection of print materials and sources on hand at the event.

We're going to get copies of some printed reference materials to have on hand at the event for participants to use during the live event.

Getting started

If you do not have one already, create a Wikipedia account
While logged into your Wikipedia account, please register as a participant in this event
If you like, take the Wikipedia Adventure tutorial to tour Wikipedia
Identify a reliable source which is interesting
Add information from that source to a Wikipedia article and cite your source

Support

Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Adventure - an online tutorial
Writing an article
About the Sandbox - if you are shy, post sentences to your private sandbox before copy/pasting them to a live Wikipedia article
Wikipedia:Teahouse Beginners can ask a question online and get an answer at Wikipedia's Teahouse

Outcomes

Wikipedia articles edited during the event may be listed here:

v t e Wikipedia help pages
*Visit the Teahouse* or the Help desk for an interactive Q & A forum. FAQs (?) Reference desks (?) Noticeboards (?) Cheatsheet (?) Directories (?)**
About Wikipedia (?)	Administration Purpose Principles Policies and guidelines What Wikipedia is not Disclaimer (parental advice) Making requests Who writes Wikipedia?
Help for readers (?)	FAQ Books Copyright Glossary Mobile access Navigation Other languages Searching Students Viewing media
Contributing to Wikipedia (?)	Advice for young editors Avoiding common mistakes Etiquette Simplified Manual of Style Simplified rule-set "Ignore all rules" "The rules are principles" Style-tips Tip of the day Your first article (article wizard)
Getting started (?)	Why create an account? Introductions by topic Graphics tutorials Picture tutorial IRC (live chat) tutorial VisualEditor user guide
Dos and don'ts (?)	Accessibility Biographies Biographies (living) Categorization Consensus Discussions Disambiguation Images Leads Links Lists References Tables Titles (of articles)
How-to pages and information pages (?)	Appealing blocks Article deletion Categories Citations/references Referencing for beginners Citation Style 1 Cite errors References and page numbers Convert Diff Editing Minor edit toolbar edit conflict Find sources Files Footnotes Image deletion Infoboxes Linking (link color) Logging in Merging Page name Renaming pages Redirect Passwords Email confirmation Reverting Simple vandalism cleanup Talk pages (archiving simple archiving) User contributions WP search protocol
Coding (?)	Wiki markup Barcharts Calculations Characters Columns Elevation Hidden text HTML Lists Magic words Music symbols Sections Sounds Tables Templates Transclusion URL Visual files
Directories (?)	Abbreviations Contents (Encyclopedia proper) Departments Editor's index Essays FAQs Glossary Guidelines Manual of Style Policies Tasks Tips Tools
Missing Manual Ask for help on your talk page (?)

Wikipedia:Stony Brook University/Open Access Week 2016

Event information

Getting started

Support

Outcomes

External links