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'''Audience:''' You! Expert or amateur; Wikipedian, Wiki-novice or or Wiki-phobic, come and help us make knowledge freely available to the world. | '''Audience:''' You! Expert or amateur; Wikipedian, Wiki-novice or or Wiki-phobic, come and help us make knowledge freely available to the world. | ||
This will be a fun hands-on event, in which we will be improving Wikipedia’s articles on endangered species. Please bring a laptop or other internet device. Don’t worry if you’ve never edited Wikipedia before: help will be on hand; and it's really easy! | This will be a fun hands-on event, in which we will be improving Wikipedia’s text articles on endangered species. Please bring a laptop or other internet device. Don’t worry if you’ve never edited Wikipedia before: help will be on hand; and it's really easy! | ||
==Venue== | ==Venue== | ||
The location is the {{w|Watershed (Bristol)|Watershed}}, the UK’s first media centre. Its [http://www.watershed.co.uk/info/cafe_bar.php cafe-bar] serves a wide variety of locally-sourced food and drink and has stunning views of Bristol Harbourside. | The location is the {{w|Watershed (Bristol)|Watershed}}, the UK’s first media centre. Its [http://www.watershed.co.uk/info/cafe_bar.php cafe-bar] serves a wide variety of locally-sourced food and drink and has stunning views of Bristol Harbourside. Tea and coffee will be available at the start of each event. | ||
==Booking== | ==Booking== | ||
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The second session will repeat the first. | The second session will repeat the first. | ||
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Wikimedia UK can pay some travel costs for users who have been involved in editing wildlife articles on Wikipedia and who are travelling from outside Bristol. This can only be done by prior arrangement. Please contact martin.poulter@wikimedia.org.uk | |||
Revision as of 19:38, 7 September 2011
When: Thursday 15 September 2011 in two sessions; from 1.30-5pm and from 6-9.30pm
Where: Waterside Two, The Watershed, Bristol BS1 5TX
What: An event focused on writing about endangered species for Wikipedia.
Who: Hosted by Wikimedia UK, with speakers from the Wildscreen charity’s ARKive project (http://arkive.org).
Presenter: Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing), Wikipedia Outreach Ambassador to ARKive.
Audience: You! Expert or amateur; Wikipedian, Wiki-novice or or Wiki-phobic, come and help us make knowledge freely available to the world.
This will be a fun hands-on event, in which we will be improving Wikipedia’s text articles on endangered species. Please bring a laptop or other internet device. Don’t worry if you’ve never edited Wikipedia before: help will be on hand; and it's really easy!
Venue
The location is the Watershed, the UK’s first media centre. Its cafe-bar serves a wide variety of locally-sourced food and drink and has stunning views of Bristol Harbourside. Tea and coffee will be available at the start of each event.
Booking
The event will take place in two sessions (one for people available during daytime, the other for those who are not). You can register for either session through Eventbrite:
- http://wikiwild1.eventbrite.com Register for session 1, 1.30-5pm
- http://wikiwild2.eventbrite.com Register for session 2, 6-9.30pm
The second session will repeat the first.
Travel
Wikimedia UK can pay some travel costs for users who have been involved in editing wildlife articles on Wikipedia and who are travelling from outside Bristol. This can only be done by prior arrangement. Please contact martin.poulter@wikimedia.org.uk