Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis/UMN Women in STEAMM Edit-a-Thon/University of Minnesota
| When and Where | |
|---|---|
| Date | Thursday, March 5, 2020 |
| Time | 5:00pm - 8:00pm CT |
| Address | 117 Pleasant St SE |
| City, State | Minneapolis, MN 55455 |
| Website | Event website |
| Parking and Transportation | Visiting Walter |
| Campus Map | Campus Map |
Event information[edit]
- Event Title: UMN Women in STEAMM Wikithon
- Date: Thursday, March 5th
- Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm CST
- Location: University of Minnesota, Walter Library, The Toaster Innovation Hub, 117 Pleasant St SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.
- Hosts: A collaboration between the College of Science and Engineering, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, College of Biological Sciences, Biotechnology Institute and the Digital Arts, Sciences and Humanities (DASH) Program at the University of Minnesota, Women's Center, Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), University Libraries.
Details[edit]
The University of Minnesota is home to many accomplished women scientists. Help raise their profile by joining us for UMN Women in STEAMM Wikithon during Women's History Month! You don’t need a background in science and art or experience editing Wikipedia. Just show up with your curiosity and a laptop. We’ll walk you through the rest. It’s a great opportunity to contribute and learn! Whether you have an hour or four, you can make a difference.
- Share your knowledge
- Add references to existing pages
- Build new entries, or
- Locate open access versions of sources.
Our working theme will be UMN STEAMM faculty and alumni who identify as women with existing Wikipedia pages. Event leaders will be there to help new editors get started, and will share our own best practices document.
Come at any time, but please bring your own device and chargers.
List of Resources[edit]
We will have a list of resources at the event to help build off of. There are many resources available to help in editing Wikipedia. Here are a few pages to get you started.