Hi Alice, That is a great example, thank you for sharing!
Greetings, Romaine Op do 31 jan. 2019 om 15:28 schreef Alice White <[email protected]>: > Hello all, > > > > I’ve made and used these two handouts: > > - Creating a biography: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Building_a_Biography_-_simplified.pdf&page=2 > - And editing an existing page: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Editing_a_Wikipedia_Page_-_Beginners_guide.pdf > > > > They are walkthroughs that seem to be helpful in guiding people through > key steps like citations and edit summary. I hope they might be useful to > other event organisers. > > > > Any feedback greatly appreciated! > > > > Best, > > Alice > > > > *From:* GLAM <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Romaine > Wiki > *Sent:* 31 January 2019 14:20 > *To:* Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [GLAM] Fwd: How to educate participants of an edit-a-thon so > it sticks? > > > > Hi all, > > > > A few days ago we organised an edit-a-thon in what we had participants > write about important women. > > > > With most edit-a-thon we start with a group of people that know Wikipedia, > but are fully new to editing on Wikipedia. We usually start with an > introduction, which includes telling about: > > - Do not copy paste from other sources, but write in your own words. > - For all facts sources need to be added. > - Link keywords to other articles in Wikipedia. > > and some more things... > > > > > > The participants usually do their best, but usually also forget something. > Like for example that a participant forgot to add a source for a sentence. > > > > In our recent edit-a-thon we tried something new: besides the presentation > given and the handout of some instructions, we also created a checklist for > the participants to use at the end of their writing so they did not forget > anything. > > > > That gave us better results than what we have got with similar groups in > the past. > > > > > > > > This leads me to my question: when you organised an edit-a-thon, what kind > of cheatsheets, tricks, ... do you use so that the articles of participants > have a higher quality? > > (Or that they are more inspired/enthusiastic, more aware, ..., etc) > > > > Good examples? > > > > > > If we can share those, we all can learn from good ideas and examples! > > > > Thanks! > > > > Romaine > > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam >
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