Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/AAAS2016

At February's AAAS conference there will be FOUR editathons focused on science topics, for beginners and experts alike. Welcome to Wikipedia's Year of Science! For these events, participants must be either attendees at the AAAS conference, or experienced Wikimedians selected as moderators.

These AAAS ediathons are organized by the Wiki Education Foundation, the Simons Foundation, and Wikimedia DC

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When

Saturday, February 13, 2016, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 13, 1:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 14, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 14, 1:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. (Diversity in Science edit-a-thon)

Where

2016 AAAS conference at the Marriott Wardman Park hotel in Washington, DC. Go to Hall C, head to the Social Media Space and watch out for Wikipedia logos near one of the corners.

What to bring

A laptop computer or tablet. We'll have WiFi.
Any resources you would like to refer to
You're welcome to bring your camera and take pictures
Preferably, a registered Wikipedia user account (but we can also create one on the spot)

Schedule

Introduction by Simons Foundation and Wiki Education Foundation
How to edit Wikipedia, by Wikimedia DC presenters -- 40 mins or so
Editing science articles, by Daniel Mietchen
Two hours of editing
Wiki Education Foundation guidance on staying involved

Sign up!

Please sign up, either to edit or as a potential moderator (an experienced Wikipedian), here on the AAAS website. If you leave your username (or real name) below, that will be helpful too. This event is open to people of all experience levels.

During or before event

Create a Wikipedia account
While logged into your Wikipedia account, visit the course dashboard and click "Join course" (under the Actions heading on the right sidebar). This permits identification of your Wikipedia edits.

I'll be attending!

Maybes or regrets

Something come up and I will not be able to attend. A pity as I was looking forward to it. --Jarekt (talk) 18:34, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Userboxes

If you are committed to improving scientific content on Wikipedia in the long run, add some of the following Wikitext to your user page. You can also sign up at WikiProject Chemistry and WikiProject Academic journals.

Wikitext

Userbox

{{User Chemistry Project}}

This user is a participant in WikiProject Chemistry.

To-do list

Please add suggestions below. This list includes categories and lists to correct and build from, and Wikisource and Wikidata projects.
If create a new article over 1500 characters long (~3 paragraphs), or expand an existing one 5x in size, it may be eligible to appear on the Main Page in the Did You Know section!

Articles to expand

Take a look at Science stubs -- very short articles
Women in Technology Requests
Federal R&D agencies worklist
Feel free to start browsing article in your area of expertise, and if you see something that doesn't look quite right or is missing, fix it! (But remember to cite a reliable source!)

Articles to create

These articles will need a secondary source to cite.

Resources to draw from

Basics on editing Wikipedia

Cheatsheet
Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines
Help:Getting started
Wikipedia:Your first article
Daniel Mietchen's advice to editors of scientific articles, to be linked here and presented at the events
User:Antony-22/Advice for scientists
Recent presentation slides about Wikipedia
Another similar one

Press

Wikipedia Activism and Diversity in Science

Outcomes