Join us for the...
US Holocaust Memorial and Museum Edit-a-thon
Join us for training related to topics related to the US Holocaust Memorial and Museum in Washington, DC
When
- December 9, 2016 at 2 pm to 5 pm
Where
- US Holocaust Memorial and Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl SW, Washington, DC 20024
Your hosts Wikimedia DC and US Holocaust Memorial and Museum
Gallery[edit]
US Holocaust Memorial Museum edit-a-thon
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Want to work on an article that's not on the list? You're welcome to choose any topic you like!
Some events also include a video or audio conference. You can find more details on this page.
Content to work on[edit]
Some interesting stats, observations, tasks on USHMM-related material:
- Current account on Commons for USHMM commons:User:USHMM
- GLAMorgan report on how much USHMM content is being used now in Wikimedia Commons [1]
- Commons category commons:Category:United_States_Holocaust_Memorial_Museum
335 files in category tree. 171 files were viewed, out of 171 used. 868 pages on 92 wikis use those files. 7,707,679 file views in 2016-11. 1. Buchenwald Corpses 60623.jpg 2,373,887 2. Adolf Hitler meets Ante Pavelić.1941.jpg 535,536 3. Buchenwald Disabled Jews 13132 crop.jpg 405,523
- Wikidata query on all the instances of genocides "claim[31:41397]" which are incomplete and only return 10 entries [2]while the Wikipedia category in English has many more Category:Genocides. One task is to add the "instance of genocide" to the Wikidata entries.
- Questions for engagement
- Ready to use material for Commons uploading? Public domain, expired copyright, or freely licensed photos?
- Key documents?
- Expertise and current exhibitions?
Worklists
- The Holocaust in France has some french articles to translate
- The Holocaust in Germany currently redirects to History of the Jews in Germany#Jews under the Nazis needs build out.
- Add yours here
Basics on editing Wikipedia[edit]
- Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules
- Wikipedia:Five pillars and Wikipedia:Core content policies
- Wikipedia:Your first article
- Help:Getting started
- Cheatsheet for Wiki markup
Research resources[edit]
- TBD