Society of Biology Wikipedia workshop
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A one-day, free, hands-on training event for Society of Biology and other related organisations in improving Wikipedia articles on Biology, arranged in cooperation with Wikimedia UK. Attendees are asked to bring their own laptops and to register a user account on Wikipedia in advance.
The aim is to train a group of people from within the Society so that in the longer term they can cascade their skills down to anyone else interested in improving the relevant Wikipedia articles.
Attendees
If you have a laptop, please bring it in with you.
It will also help if you create an editing account at Wikipedia before you come in on Thursday. If you haven't yet created an account, please go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page and click 'Create an account' at the top right corner. This is a quick procedure that does not need any detailed personal information; although it is advisable to give an email address, to enable the retrieval of forgotten passwords! If you need help you can wait till the workshop.
If you have created an account, please email it to me; or if you can write it down below
- your username here
Agenda
Suggested topics and scheme (please edit as you feel suitable):
- 10am start and set up; Introduction of participants
- 12:30pm -1:30pm lunch
- 4pm finish
- * Attendees who already have some Wikipedia experience and would like to cover particular topics, please list them here:
Trainers
Information for trainers
For any queries please contact Daria Cybulska (daria.cybulska
wikimedia.org.uk), 0207 065 0994
Expenses will be reimbursed for the trainers, lunch is provided by the venue.
The room has a projector
Trainees will be asked to bring a laptop and also create a Wikipedia account in advance, but some may not do so. Daria will circulate an email to all participants about a week before the event.