Heya,
Wikipedia Loves Libraries will be at Norlin Library, CU Boulder, this
Thursday! The focus is going to be mainly on primary resources, but
come on down to meet with other local Wikipedians! It'll be on
Thursday, November 1, at 4pm.
I'm going to be doing a presentation on "your first edit" on
Wikipedia, covering the absolute basics of using the Sandbox, the edit
page, previewing your changes before committing and taking part in
conversations on Wikipedia. Lisa suggested that this might be more
interesting if multiple editors presented this -- giving multiple
perspectives and giving us a chance to show off our diversity. Any
volunteers? Let me know!
All details here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boulder/November_2012
cheers,
Gaurav
Heya,
I think a great way to bring more CU students to Wikipedia would be to help CU student groups to connect their interests with Wikipedia. For instance:
- The Boulder Photography Club (https://www.facebook.com/boulderphotoclub) might be interested in finding out about open access and why sharing images with Wikipedia is a good thing.
- CU Wild (http://www.colorado.edu/studentgroups/cuwild/index.html) and the EBIO Club (http://www.colorado.edu/ebio/bioclub/Biology_Club/Welcome.html) might be interested in improving articles about Colorado's flora, fauna and wild spaces, as well as possibly having photos to contribute.
I'm not sure which other groups might be worth approaching, but I thought I'd put this idea out there!
cheers,
Gaurav