Society of Biology Wikipedia workshop

Biology Online Media Group Wikipedia workshop - In a nutshell Where?: Charles Darwin House, 12 Roger Street, London WC1N 2JU When?: Wednesday 29 August 2012, 10am-4pm Point of contact: Daria Cybulska. You can also call 0207 065 0994 or email daria.cybulskawikimedia.org.uk How do I sign up?: If you are a member of Biology Online Media Group, please contact Lucy Harper (lucy@sfam.org.uk). If you are a Wikimedian interested in running the training session, please sign up below.

A one-day, free, hands-on training event for Society of Biology and other related organisations in improving Wikipedia articles on Biology, arranged in cooperation with Wikimedia UK. Attendees are asked to bring their own laptops and to register a user account on Wikipedia in advance.

The aim is to train a group of people from within the Society so that in the longer term they can cascade their skills down to anyone else interested in improving the relevant Wikipedia articles.

Attendees

If you have a laptop, please bring it in with you.

It will also help if you create an editing account at Wikipedia before you come in on Thursday. If you haven't yet created an account, please go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page and click 'Create an account' at the top right corner. This is a quick procedure that does not need any detailed personal information; although it is advisable to give an email address, to enable the retrieval of forgotten passwords! If you need help you can wait till the workshop.

If you have created an account, please email it to me; or if you can write it down below

1. your username here

Agenda

Suggested topics and scheme (please edit as you feel suitable):

• 10am start and set up; Introduction of participants

• Wikipedia, Commons, WikiProjects
• Basics of Editing
• User space: user page; talk page; sandbox; edit summaries
• Practical work - 1-on-1 and small group work (beginners: sandbox // advanced: Biology articles)
• Plenary discussion - making and editing articles

• 12:30pm -1:30pm lunch

• Sources, referencing, WP:V
• WikiProject Biology
• Practical work - 1-on-1 and small group work (improving and creating Biology articles)
• Plenary discussion - What's next; Help!

• 4pm finish

Attendees who already have some Wikipedia experience and would like to cover particular topics, please list them here:

Biology articles that are missing:

Recommended sources for those articles:

Trainers

• Fæ (talk)
• Charles Matthews
• RexxS (talk)
• LoopZilla (talk)
• KTC (talk)
• Harry Mitchell
• User:Leutha
• please add your name here

Information for trainers

For any queries please contact Daria Cybulska (daria.cybulskawikimedia.org.uk), 0207 065 0994 Expenses will be reimbursed for the trainers, lunch is provided by the venue.

The room has a projector and a wi-fi network.

Trainees will be asked to bring a laptop and also create a Wikipedia account in advance, but some may not do so. Daria will circulate an email to all participants about a week before the event.