introduction to edit-a-thons
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NEDERLANDEdit-a-thon - a scheduled gathering,in person or online, where volunteers collectively write Wikipedia articles and/or improve existing articles with new information and enrich them with multimedia and/or data.
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Volunteer engagementI’d like to offer our existing volunteers to learn
new ways to contribute.
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Content productionContent promotion
Volunteer reqruitmentVolunteer engagement
Event programming
One yes is enough
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By Sebastiaan ter Burg (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2013-05-13_Europeana_Fashion_Editathon,_Centraal_Museum_Utrecht_23.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Computer_Society_Women_Wikipedia_editathon_at_Southampton_Solent_University.JPG
By John Cummings (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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By Llywelyn2000 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEditathon_at_Llyfrgell_Abertawe_Library_01.JPG
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By Sebastiaan ter Burg [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEuropeana_Sounds_Editathon_at_the_National_Institute_for_Sound_and_Vision_16.jpg
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09:30 – 10:00 Doors open10:00 – 10:15 Introduction of the event and host10:15 – 10:35 Topic related presentation10:35 – 11:15 Workshop Wikipedia editing 11:15 - 13:00 Edit13:00 – 13:45 Lunch13:45 – 14:30 Tour14:30 – 15:30 Edit15:30 – 16:00 Recap of results
Example program
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FacilitiesAn accessible and comfortable room
Computers or open wifiAccess to collection (information)
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing
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Content: File Formats
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:File_types
Images Audio VideoSVG Midi WebMPNG Ogg OggTheoraJPG WebMGIF FlaccTIFF WavXCF
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Large batchesGLAMwiki Toolset
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GLAMwiki_Toolset
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_run_an_edit-a-thon
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Edit-a-thon
Further reading