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DNAdigest Wiki Editathon

2014-05-16T16:45:41Z

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{{In a nutshell|title=DNAdigest Editathon Wikimedia Page|
*'''Where?:''' Wayra, 2-10a Capper Street, London, Euston, WC1E6Ja,
*'''When?:''' 29 May 2014; 17:30-21:45 for the editathon and 21:45-22:30 for drinks and socialising
*'''Point of contact:''' s.rai@dnadigest.org for DNAdigest contact,
*'''Twitter:''' @dnadigest, @wikimediauk, #wikigenedit
*'''Cost:''' Free
*'''How do I sign up?:''' Register for the Editathon using [https://dnadigestedit.eventbrite.co.uk the Eventbrite signup]
*'''Photos from the event:''' tbc
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<p>This is an event organised by DNAdigest with support from WMUK</p>

<p>Your knowledge is valuable.Could you come share it with the world?
Learn, contribute and build upon on the open knowledge within Wikipedia.</p>

<p>DNAdigest is organising a wiki editathon on May 29th open to everyone. The aim of the editathon is to make it easier to find new resources, online tools and recent content for genetics research when searching Wikipedia. We want to make wikipedia enriched with new content and links. Everything from “genetic data sharing”, “gene research”, "DNA data", “genomic formats”, “gene data governance” to queries related to: “How should I manage my data and how can I make it available for other researchers?”,"Where can I find and understand what a gene does?","Where can I contribute to genetic research?",“Where can I store my data in a public repository? What data goes in which repository?”,“How can I find data that I may access and use for my research?”.Join us on May 29th, either in person or online as a wikipedia contributor.</p>

<p>We are inviting the participation of the broad range of people including students, the general public, geneticists, data analysts, bioinformaticians, developers anyone who has an interest in this topic. The knowledge of our community has been exemplified with the extensive references and documentation already gathered during our hack days (see examples: existing metadata standards, tools and standards.) Our previous hackdays have benefited vastly from this multitude of experiences and perspectives, please do join us regardless of your experience. We want to increase the wikipedia knowledge base on practices for genetic data sharing and link out to relevent resources, tutorials, databases, data format standards and organisations. We'll provide the space, food and drink. Please do come with your knowledge.</p>

=== How do I prepare? ===

* Sign up for the event - Editathon via [https://dnadigestedit.eventbrite.co.uk Eventbrite];
* Create a Wikipedia account - [[:w:en:Special:UserLogin/signup]]
* Bring a laptop, cameras anything you like (wi-fi, paper materials will be provided)
* Learn about editing if you like: [[w:en:Wikipedia:Tutorial|Wikipedia Tutorial]], or [[w:en:Help:Contents/Getting started|Getting started on Wikipedia]] for more information
* Think about what you would like to edit about - you can prepare materials to bring with you on the day. Or join the discussion with others on the day in person or online through our [https://dnadigest.hackpad.com/ hackpad].

===Online participation===

We'd love you to join us online communicate with us using:
* '''Twitter hashtag:''' #wikigenedit
** @dnadigest, @wikimediauk

* Useful links for new contributors:
** [[w:en:Help:Contents/Getting started|Getting started on Wikipedia]]
** [[w:en:Help:Edit toolbar|Editing toolbar help]]

== Programme ==

=== Editathon ===
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<span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:1.6em; font-weight-bold; letter-spacing:2px;color:#FFF; text-shadow:0px 0px 1px #AA3;">[https://dnadigestedit.eventbrite.co.uk Register]</span>
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Draft Outline:
* 17:30 Teas, Coffees and drinks reception
* 17:45 Introduction to problems; resources; markup; references; materials
* 18:00 Break out into into sub groups or individuals
* 18:10 Editathon begins. First session
* 19:00 Teas and Coffee Break
* 19:20 Editathon begins. Second session (Opportunity to switch areas of interest)
* 20:20 Teas and Coffee Break
* 20:30 Editathon begins. Third session (Opportunity to switch areas of interest)
* 21:45 Close + Wrap up
* 21:50 Beer + Pizzas. Networking + Socialising

== Target list for the editathon ==

A number of these are scientists. Anyone can create their own list and share it with us. (more to follow)

== Trainers ==

We would like at least 1, but we believe we don't need more than 3 trainers for the event. Volunteers interested in being involved please sign below:
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=== Apologies ===



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2014-05-02T15:44:00Z

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==Discussion==
Hi Suraj, thank you for your application. The members of the [[Grants Committee]] will get back to you soon with any comments they may have. -- [[User:Katie Chan (WMUK)|Katie Chan (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Katie Chan (WMUK)|talk]]) 15:51, 28 April 2014 (BST)
:This sounds good and looks like reasonable cost, I also see the timescale is short so I hope we can respond quickly. It would, though, be good to have some clarification re: whether the proposal is to add new articles (or other content) or if it's to strengthen ties between articles (improving their quality), etc. and if you have a set of target articles in advance. Cheers [[User:Sjgknight|Sjgknight]] ([[User talk:Sjgknight|talk]]) 16:51, 28 April 2014 (BST)
::<p>Thank you for the opportunity. We've had to reschedule the day to the 22nd of May to avoid clashes. Initially we had wanted to do everything in a long day of editing. However because it's now an evening day starting from 4:30 finishing most likely at 10. The key aspects we'll be focusing on is adding content of new tools, references and also creating stronger links between existing articles. I hope this is clear</p>
*This sounds like exactly the sort of thing WMUK should support, and as Simon says, it's only a relatively small amount of money. If you need some experienced Wikipedinas to help with the event, I'd more than happy to help. [[User:HJ Mitchell|Harry Mitchell]] ([[User talk:HJ Mitchell|talk]]) 20:10, 28 April 2014 (BST)
::<p>Hi Mitchell yes we'd love to invite and host yourself we'll be having the event in our offices in Wayra. We'll be making sure to publicise this very well.</p>
* £5 per person for the food and drink is perfectly reasonable. Same with £1 per person on pens and other materials. This is clearly within the mission of the charity, so I see no reason not to give this our approval. [[User:CT Cooper|CT Cooper]]<small><span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> [[User talk:CT Cooper|talk]]</small> 03:26, 30 April 2014 (BST)
::<p>Thank you very much, we have had to move the event two days earlier on the 22nd but we hope to make it well worth Wiki's grant</p>