Editing as Activism: Black WikiHistory Month Workshop and Edit-a-thon

Social Justice Organizers at University of Washington-Bothell are hosting a two-day editing event for Black WikiHistory Month on Feb. 22 and Feb. 23, 2017.

Learn to Purposefully Edit Wikipedia

• Wednesday, February 22, 2017 ~3-4:30pm
• Location: Activities & Recreation Center (ARC) Overlook (Sports and Recreation Complex on the campus map), Second floor, room 202. Address: 18220 Campus Way NE, Bothell, WA 98011; vehicle parking in North parking garage $6/all day rate cash or card
• This workshop gives you the critical tools you need to log on with purpose and make edits that make a difference.
• Students will have the option of doing the The Wikipedia Adventure during the second portion of the workshop.
• Lead by Monika Sengul-Jones

Black History Month Edit-a-thon

• Thursday, February 23, 2017 3-6pm
• Location: UW Bothell Common Grounds Cafe in the Commons Hall (UW2), main floor. Address: 18115 Campus Way NE Bothell, WA 98011; vehicle parking in South parking garage $6/all day rate cash or card
• Put your editing skills to work in a group editing session. Edit and/or create pages that improve Wikipedia's coverage of Black history and culture. All welcome. Novice editors encouraged to attend the Learn to Purposefully Edit session on Feb. 22. Bring your laptops, power cords, and books/articles to edit with.
• All are welcome; this event is specifically geared towards the University of Washington student and faculty community. Light refreshments will be served.
• Affiliated Sponsor: Cascadia Wikimedians User Group

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

"At the University of Washington Bothell, diversity is integral to excellence. We value and honor diverse experiences and perspectives, strive to create welcoming and respectful learning environments, and promote access, opportunity and justice for all.

• We do pronoun check-ins to engender an inclusive culture and don't assume to know someone's preferred pronoun
• We value a culture of inclusiveness and continuously strive to meet this goal by not tolerating racial, sexist, or hateful comments
• We hold space for dialogues and not debates
• We speak for ourselves and not for others (including groups to which they belong)"

• Vehicle parking for Feb. 22, Editing As Activism workshop in North parking garage; parking for Feb. 23, Black History Month Edit-a-thon in Common Grounds Cafe, South parking garage; $6/all day rate cash or card
• Public transport to UW Bothell

• University of Washington-Bothell Library site guide

Learning Wikipedia Editing

• The Wikipedia Adventure
• Community portal
• Wikipedia training for students
• Systemic bias
• Neutral point of view
• Reference verifiability
• What Wikipedia is not

Edit-a-thon ideas

Recent news feature articles on black history that are references to be weaved into existing wikipedia articles

News story: New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/23/insider/inside-a-report-on-slavery-and-its-legacy.html?_r=2

Articles to add this reference into: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Life_Insurance_Company

Red article to be created https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=First_Baptist_Church_(Midlothian,_Virginia)&action=edit&redlink=1

More Resources

RSVP

Enroll your username in the Wikimedia page for this project: Join the project

Password: edit

Cascadia Wikipedians RSVP

• Shameran81 (talk) 00:10, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Brianhe (talk) 23:49, 23 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Peaceray (talk) 18:24, 24 February 2017 (UTC) (was there for both events)[reply]