Oldham Wikipedia training

Oldham from the air

Oldham Market Hall

Basic information

• Date: 27 April, time 10:00am to 4:00pm
• Venue: Oldham Library, Greaves Street, Oldham, OL1 1AL
• Cost: Free
• Twitter details: @wikimediauk
• Registration: HERE
• Any questions: Daria Cybulska on daria.cybulskawikimedia.org.uk, 0207 065 0990

Trainee information

Attendees are interested in articles covering the whole borough of Oldham, not just the town, so looking at nearby Failsworth, Royton, and Saddleworth.

The course will be run by experienced Wikipedians who will provide all the necessary instruction to get you going. The workshop agenda has not been finalised yet, but will follow the outline below:

• Basics of Editing
• User space: user page; talk page; sandbox; edit summaries
• Practical work - 1-on-1 and small group work
• Plenary discussion - making and editing articles
• Sources, referencing, WP:V
• Practical work - 1-on-1 and small group work (improving and creating Oldham related articles)
• Plenary discussion - What's next; Help!

Trainer information

Trainers

The following trainers will be giving training. Worm That Turned will be taking the lead.

• --Deskana (talk) (email)
• Julia W (talk)
• I'm in and will drag along Stacey Worm^TT(talk)

Logistics

• There will be up to 20 trainees present, as of 23rd April 14 have signed up.
• The library has 8 computers available, so attendees will need to bring laptops if possible
• Refreshments will be provided for the trainers

If you have any questions please contact Daria on daria.cybulskawikimedia.org.uk or 0207 065 0994.

Outcomes

• Blog post by the leading trainer here
• Evaluation on the talk page.
• Attendees have been sent a post event email on 8 May 2013 via Eventbrite.