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'''Who Are You? : Anna Kavan edit-a-thon, 12nd september 2014, London'''
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'''Who Are You? : Anna Kavan edit-a-thon'''


This Wikipedia editing workshop is a side-event of the [http://annakavansymposium.wordpress.com/ Anna Kavan Symposium] organized on 11st september at the Institute of English Studies in London. This one-day symposium initiated by the [http://www.annakavan.org.uk/ Anna Kavan Society] in association with Liverpool John Moores University Research Centre for Literature and Cultural History and Peter Owen Publishers aims at historicizing her work, situating her within the literary and intellectual context of her times, and charting her legacy as a writer.  
'''12th September 2014, London'''
 
This Wikipedia editing workshop is an associated event to coincide with the [http://annakavansymposium.wordpress.com/ Anna Kavan Symposium] taking place on 11th September at the Institute of English Studies in London. This one-day symposium initiated by the [http://www.annakavan.org.uk/ Anna Kavan Society] in association with Liverpool John Moores University Research Centre for Literature and Cultural History and Peter Owen Publishers aims to historicize Anna Kavan's work, situate her within the literary and intellectual context of her times, and chart her legacy as a writer.  


== About the event ==
== About the event ==


If her sensationalized life has often overshadowed a proper critical attention to her work, her writing are still published and translated, feeding on-going interest, inspiration, fascination for new communities of researchers, readers or artists and highlighting more than ever the experimental and multi-faceted writer of the inner mind she was.
If her sensationalized life has often overshadowed a proper critical attention to her work, Anna Kavan's writing is still widely published and translated, generating on-going interest, inspiring and fascinating new communities of researchers, readers or artists and highlighting more than ever this experimental and multi-faceted writer of the inner mind.


Facilitating a meet-up of passionnated folks, this edit-a-thon is a chance to extend the knowledge shared during the symposium and expand [[Anna Kavan]]'s wikipedia pages through collaborative writing.
Facilitating a meet-up of impassioned folks, this edit-a-thon is a chance to extend the knowledge shared during the symposium and expand [[:en:Anna_Kavan|Anna Kavan]]'s wikipedia pages through collaborative writing.


Come & edit !  
Come & edit !  


This event is organized by [[User:Cathsign|Catherine Lenoble]] with the support of [http://www.annakavan.org.uk/ Anna Kavan Society] and kindly hosted by [https://wikimedia.org.uk/ Wikimedia UK] in London.
This event is organized by [[:en:User:Cathsign|Catherine Lenoble]] with the support of [http://www.annakavan.org.uk/ Anna Kavan Society] and kindly hosted by [https://wikimedia.org.uk/ Wikimedia UK] in London.


==Event details ==
==Event details ==


*'''Where?:'''  Wikimedia UK - 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London & how to get
*'''Where?'''  Wikimedia UK - Basement floor room 1A, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4LT & [[Office|how to get there]]
*[[Office|https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Office]]
*'''When? '''Friday 12th September, 9:30-13:00
*'''When?:'''Friday 12nd september, 9:30-13:00
*'''Participants?''' The event is open to anyone who wishes to help in expanding Anna Kavan wikipedia pages. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary ; an introduction to the fundamentals of Wiki editing will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers.  
*'''Participants?:''' The event is open to anyone who wishes to help in expanding Anna Kavan wikipedia pages. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary ; an introduction to the fundamentals of Wiki editing will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers.  
*'''Cost?''' Free.
*'''Cost?:''' Free.
*'''Registration?''' To register, please add your Wikipedia username to the participants list below or send an email to catherinelenoble [at] gmail [dot] com  
*'''Registration?:''' To register, please add your Wikipedia username to the participants list below or send an email to catherinelenoble [at] gmail [dot] com  
*'''What to Bring?''' bring a laptop if you can, but Wikimedia UK has some available if you can't.  
*'''What to Bring?:''' Attendees should bring their own laptops.  
*'''Point of contact: '''catherinelenoble [at] gmail [dot] com   
*'''Point of contact:'''catherinelenoble [at] gmail [dot] com   
*'''Twitter:''' @cathsign ; @annakavansymposium ; @wikimediauk
*'''Twitter:''' @cathsign ; @annakavansymposium ; @wikimediauk
*'''Hashtag:''' #WiKavan
*'''Hashtag:''' #WiKavan
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*'''Online participants'''
*'''Online participants'''
If you cannot make it in person but would still like to participate, you are more than welcome to do so remotely. To count you as well, please add your name to the participant list below. And be sure to use the Twitter hashtag #wiKavan if you tweet about the event!
If you cannot make it in person but would still like to participate, you are more than welcome to do so remotely. To do so, please add your name to the participant list below. Be sure to use the Twitter hashtag #wiKavan if you tweet about the event!


*'''Confirmed Wikipedians attending'''
*'''Confirmed Wikipedians attending'''
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*'''Trainer'''
*'''Trainer'''
Catherine Lenoble is a french writer currently writing a novel based on Anna Kavan's life and works.
Catherine Lenoble is a french writer currently writing a novel based on Anna Kavan's life and works. She organized a first Wikipedia edit-a-thon for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Ada_Lovelace_Edit-a-thon_2013_-_Brussels Ada Lovelace Day 2013] in Brussels with the support of [https://be.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Belgium Wikimedia Belgium].  
She organized a first Wikipedia edit-a-thon for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Ada_Lovelace_Edit-a-thon_2013_-_Brussels Ada Lovelace Day 2013] in Brussels with the support of [https://be.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Belgium Wikimedia Belgium].  


==Suggested approach==
==Suggested approach==
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If you want to learn more about editing before you come, try these introductions :  
If you want to learn more about editing before you come, try these introductions :  
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BeginnersGuide Beginners' Guide to Wikipedia] (account creation, article editing)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BeginnersGuide Beginners' Guide to Wikipedia]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars Five Pillars of Wikipedia], philosophical guidelines and best practices for editing
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars Five Pillars of Wikipedia], philosophical guidelines
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial Tutorial]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial Tutorial]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page How to edit a page]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page How to edit a page]
*[http://www.cs.duke.edu/csed/wikipedia/index.html Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing] by [[Susan H. Rodger]] (applicable to any biography)
*[http://www.cs.duke.edu/csed/wikipedia/index.html Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing] by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_development Article development]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_development Article development]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Your_first_article Your First Article] (using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_wizard2.0 Article Wizard], if you wish)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Your_first_article Your First Article] (using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_wizard2.0 Article Wizard], if you wish)
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Who Are You? : Anna Kavan edit-a-thon

12th September 2014, London

This Wikipedia editing workshop is an associated event to coincide with the Anna Kavan Symposium taking place on 11th September at the Institute of English Studies in London. This one-day symposium initiated by the Anna Kavan Society in association with Liverpool John Moores University Research Centre for Literature and Cultural History and Peter Owen Publishers aims to historicize Anna Kavan's work, situate her within the literary and intellectual context of her times, and chart her legacy as a writer.

About the event

If her sensationalized life has often overshadowed a proper critical attention to her work, Anna Kavan's writing is still widely published and translated, generating on-going interest, inspiring and fascinating new communities of researchers, readers or artists and highlighting more than ever this experimental and multi-faceted writer of the inner mind.

Facilitating a meet-up of impassioned folks, this edit-a-thon is a chance to extend the knowledge shared during the symposium and expand Anna Kavan's wikipedia pages through collaborative writing.

Come & edit !

This event is organized by Catherine Lenoble with the support of Anna Kavan Society and kindly hosted by Wikimedia UK in London.

Event details

  • Where? Wikimedia UK - Basement floor room 1A, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4LT & how to get there
  • When? Friday 12th September, 9:30-13:00
  • Participants? The event is open to anyone who wishes to help in expanding Anna Kavan wikipedia pages. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary ; an introduction to the fundamentals of Wiki editing will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers.
  • Cost? Free.
  • Registration? To register, please add your Wikipedia username to the participants list below or send an email to catherinelenoble [at] gmail [dot] com
  • What to Bring? bring a laptop if you can, but Wikimedia UK has some available if you can't.
  • Point of contact: catherinelenoble [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Twitter: @cathsign ; @annakavansymposium ; @wikimediauk
  • Hashtag: #WiKavan

Participants List

  • Attendees

Up to 10 editathon participants, registration are open !

  • Online participants

If you cannot make it in person but would still like to participate, you are more than welcome to do so remotely. To do so, please add your name to the participant list below. Be sure to use the Twitter hashtag #wiKavan if you tweet about the event!

  • Confirmed Wikipedians attending
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  • Trainer

Catherine Lenoble is a french writer currently writing a novel based on Anna Kavan's life and works. She organized a first Wikipedia edit-a-thon for Ada Lovelace Day 2013 in Brussels with the support of Wikimedia Belgium.

Suggested approach

Helpful improvements and updates could be done and are as simple as :

  • Adding new biographical elements ;
  • Organizing the biographical elements in life period (i.e : early life, literary life, personal life, etc) ;
  • Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional ;
  • Improving the bibliography (each book is reference with date, place, publisher) ;
  • Creating new entries for books (Ice, Julia and her bazooka, Asylum Piece, etc)
  • Adding new inline citations/references ;
  • Adding photos licensed under Creative Commons and/or ask permissions
  • Adding an infobox ;
  • Translatation
  • Creation of pages in other languages
  • etc

How Do I Prepare?

If you want to learn more about editing before you come, try these introductions :

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