Hi all, just to remind you that we have an event this weekend at Conway
Hall in Central London, starting at 11am, but you're welcome to come after
lunch when the main editing session will begin. The subject is on 19th
century pamphleteers, as many pamphlets have been digitised and placed on
CC licensed by Conway Hall. The sign up page on Eventbrite is here <Are you
interested in 19th century history? Come to @ConwayHall this Saturday from
10am and learn to edit Wikipedia and improve its content on 19th century
pamphleteers!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victorian-blogging-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tic…
if you would like to come. The timings of the event are:
11am-11:10am Brief intro to Conway Hall and our digitised
pamphlet collection and why it’s important to add info about freethought
pamphleteers to Wikipedia
11:10- 1pm Wikipedia trainers provide intro to
editing Wikipedia
1pm-1:30pm Quick break for people to grab lunch
1:30pm-4pm More editing
See you there!
John Lubbock
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