Monmouth Wikipedia training
Basic information
- Date: Saturday 20 July 2013, 9:30am to 2pm
- Venue: Shire Hall, Monmouth
- Cost: Free
- Twitter details: @wikimediauk
- Any questions: Katie Chan on katie.chan
wikimedia.org.uk, 0207 065 0990. For Monmouthshire council - Joanna Goodwin (JoannaGoodwinmonmouthshire.gov.uk)
Trainee information
The aim of the event is to keep the Monmouthpedia project active and to ensure local residents and businesses can continue to engage and promote the project positively in the area.
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
- Sources, referencing, WP:V
- Practical work - 1-on-1 and small group work
8 people attended (incl 3 women), all newcomers to Wikipedia editing, although some with a background knowledge of the Monmouthpedia project. A good understanding of how Wikipedia works and it's rules aournd notability and referencing was achieved. All users went away confident in making basic edits to articles and were enthusiastic to be involved.
- Andrew Burford
- Lucas Burford
- Marcia Burford
- Dr Cheryl Morgan
- Haydn Cullen-Jones
- Robin Davies
Trainer information
Trainers
- Robin Owain; can also offer training in Welsh, if any one is interested.
- John Cummings
- RexxS
- Hitching a lift with Doug. Harry Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?
Logistics
- Refreshments will be provided
If you have any questions please contact Katie Chan on katie.chanwikimedia.org.uk, 0207 065 0990.