Wikimedia Girl Geek Dinner/Manchester November 2012

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Wikipedia and You - Learn How to Edit at the Girl Geeks event. See here for why you should come!

Girl Geek dinner in September 2011

Basics

  • Date: Sunday 25 November, 11am-4pm
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  • Venue: MadLab, 36-40 Edge St, Manchester, M4 1HN
  • Cost: Free
  • Twitter details: @wikimediauk, @mcrgirlgeeks
  • Participants: Girl Geeks wanting to learn how to edit!
  • Registration: here
  • Any questions: Daria Cybulska on daria.cybulskaatwikimedia.org.uk, 0207 065 0994; Katie on katiestecklesatgmail.com

Venue

The venue has desks, power and wi-fi everyone can use, and we'll have a projector.

Details for attendees

Manchester Girl Geek’s afternoon tea party is going ALL DAY for November, as we edit Wikipedia together with a focus on improving coverage female scientists. Of course, if there's anything else you're particularly interested in, you can edit whatever pages you like! Is your favourite lady scientist a stub? Fix it! With special guests from Wikimedia UK, lunch included and help with editing if you’re not sure, plus of course our usual tea and cake and good Girl Geek company. Boy geeks welcome, as long as they come with a girl. We'll be at Madlab in the Northern Quarter, from 11am until 4pm.

What to Bring:

  • Your laptop, which you can plug in to our electricity and connect to our lovely hosts Madlab's Wi-fi
  • Your favourite mug for tea and coffee
  • As always, any homemade cakes or biscuits you've made (Wikipedia/famous ladies themed treats especially welcome!)
  • If you have not done so already, please create an account on Wikipedia (by going here and clicking 'create account' on the top right).

Tickets are free, and include lunch, although donations to Madlab are as always very welcome. We'll be providing lunch in the form of self-assembly sandwiches, with a range of options (let us know if you have any special requests) and accompanying snacks - as well as tea, coffee and squash all day. If you don't have a laptop, and can't borrow one, then please get in touch (manchestergirlgeeks@gmail.com) and we'll see if we can lend you one for the day. All ages welcome, and all levels of experience.

Trainers

At the moment we don't require more trainers to attend. Some Girl Geeks will know how to edit and can help others out too.

  1. KTC (talk) (possibly)
  2. Yaris678 (talk) - I am fresh from Training the Trainers/October event and ready to use my new skills.
  3. Julia W (talk) I wouldn't call myself a 'trainer' necessarily, but I intend to come and help. And I can bake! ^^
  4. RexxS (talk) -- I'll come and help, but you won't want me to bake.
  5. Daria Cybulska (WMUK) (talk) Should be present to help.


Info for trainers

  • The venue has desks, power and wi-fi everyone can use, and we'll have a projector.
  • There will be max 20 people attending.
  • Attendees are encouraged to think about editing pages from the Women in Science list (from the recent Ada Lovelace event), but if they have other interests that's fine too. If you can please bring a couple of books with you that may encourage people who don't know what they want to edit about.
  • Lunch will be provided.
  • Expenses will be covered, please contact Daria with any questions.
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