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{{In a nutshell|title=''Civic Tech Edit-a-thon''| | {{In a nutshell|title=''Civic Tech Edit-a-thon''| | ||
*'''Where?:''' [http://www.nwspk.com Newspeak House], | *'''Where?:''' [http://www.nwspk.com Newspeak House]<br>133 Bethnal Green Road<br>London, England, E2 7DG | ||
*'''When?:''' 4th November, 6pm - 9pm | *'''When?:''' 4th November, 6pm - 9pm | ||
*'''Point of contact:''' Aisha Brady - aisha@nwspk.com | *'''Point of contact:''' Aisha Brady - aisha@nwspk.com | ||
*'''Twitter:''' @aishabrady | *'''Twitter:''' @aishabrady | ||
*'''Hashtag:''' #?? | |||
*'''Cost:''' Free | *'''Cost:''' Free | ||
*'''How do I sign up?:''' ''email aisha@nwspk.com or sign up below'' | *'''How do I sign up?:''' ''email aisha@nwspk.com or sign up below'' | ||
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== | ==Purpose== | ||
This event will focus on improving content relating to all aspects of technology in civil society, political media and government. Civic technology is technology (mainly information technology) that enables engagement or participation of the public for good development, enhancing citizen communications, improving government infrastructure, or generally making national and local governments more effective. It encompasses civic applications, platforms supporting government bodies and institutions and other software enabling those goals. | This event will focus on improving content on Wikipedia relating to all aspects of technology in civil society, in political media and in government. Civic technology is technology (mainly information technology) that enables engagement or participation of the public for good development, enhancing citizen communications, improving government infrastructure, or generally making national and local governments more effective. It encompasses civic applications, platforms supporting government bodies and institutions and other software enabling those goals. | ||
==Participants== | ==Participants== | ||
* Aisha Brady | * Aisha Brady | ||
* [[User:EdSaperia]] | |||
* Josh Russell | |||
* Scott Craig | |||
* Mevan Babakar | |||
== Suggested articles == | |||
* [[:w:Civic_technology]] | |||
* [[:w:Data_journalism]] | |||
* [[:w:John_S._and_James_L._Knight_Foundation]] | |||
* [[:w:MySociety]] | |||
* [[:w:Civil_society]] | |||
* ... | |||
== Improved articles == | == Improved articles == | ||
Latest revision as of 16:27, 29 October 2015
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Purpose
This event will focus on improving content on Wikipedia relating to all aspects of technology in civil society, in political media and in government. Civic technology is technology (mainly information technology) that enables engagement or participation of the public for good development, enhancing citizen communications, improving government infrastructure, or generally making national and local governments more effective. It encompasses civic applications, platforms supporting government bodies and institutions and other software enabling those goals.
Participants
- Aisha Brady
- User:EdSaperia
- Josh Russell
- Scott Craig
- Mevan Babakar
Suggested articles
- w:Civic_technology
- w:Data_journalism
- w:John_S._and_James_L._Knight_Foundation
- w:MySociety
- w:Civil_society
- ...
Improved articles
New articles
How Do I Prepare?
If you want to learn more about wiki-editing, please try these introductions:
- Beginners' Guide to Wikipedia
- Five Pillars of Wikipedia, philosophical guidelines
- Tutorial
- How to edit a page
- Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
- Article development
- Your First Article (using the Article Wizard, if you wish)
- Manual of Style
- Citation templates
- Infobox templates
- Bookshelf, additional "getting started" resources