[Sigah-l] SJSU Student Chapter Event: Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon (9/29 - 10/5)

[Jeremy McLaughlin]

We'd love to see SIG-AH participation!

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The SJSU ASIS&T Student Chapter is pleased to announce our first
LIS-related Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon. Everyone is invited to participate and
make a difference in the content of this heavily-used (over 400 million
unique visitors <http://reportcard.wmflabs.org/> each month) information
resource. As of July 2014
<http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesRecentTrends.htm> there were nearly 33
million articles on the Wikipedia platform, with 15,000 new articles added
every day and 27 million links redirecting users to additional resources.
That’s a lot of potential information to edit and enhance...and there’s
always new LIS topics and recent developments to add, too!


Participation is a great way to learn more about the (not-too-techy)
technical side of Wikipedia, improve the platform as a data source, and
improve the visibility of librarians who are engaged with Wikipedia and
other information resources of interest to/used by the global community.


The Edit-a-Thon will be held *virtually and asynchronously*. Participants
should register with SJSU ASIS&T (see below) and can *make event-related
edits September 29 through October 5*. Not sure how to create a Wikipedia
account or how to edit entries? The event Getting Started Guide can be
found here: http://bit.ly/1wdEdna (PDF) and http://bit.ly/1CDS6ja (web
page).


Event registration: http://bit.ly/1ocYqnU  (*it is important that all
participants register prior to making any edits to Wikipedia.)*


Please visit the event website for complete details: http://bit.ly/Wrrdh2
<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FWrrdh2&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEcYSIV8S_jrKY_gfafHxTPSrLOcw>


Thanks,

Jeremy L. McLaughlin
Chair, SJSU ASIS&T SC
2014-16 ASIS&T New Leader
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