Wikipedia:GLAM/Manchester LGBT History Editathon

An editathon will be held at Manchester's brand new Arcadia Library on Saturday, 5 March 2016 (2.00-5.00pm), facilitated by Andy Mabbett, User:Pigsonthewing.

The session will cover:

• Introduction to Wikipedia
• What you need to know about conflicts of interest and referencing sources
• How to edit and add articles

Booking

The event will cater for at first time or inexperienced users, as well as those with previous Wikipedia experience. All are welcome, but places are limited and so booking is required. The museum have an Eventbrite page about the event; please book using that.

Any experienced Wikipedians, wishing to assist new users, please contact Andy Mabbett in the first instance.

Access

Please see the library's page for location details.

What to bring

You can bring a laptop (tablets are not advised) and use the venue's free Wi-Fi, but we will be in a room equipped with internet-connected PCs. Photography will be allowed, so bring your camera, too.

How to prepare

If you don't already have a Wikipedia account, please sign up for one. When given the option, please enter your email address (it's always hidden, and you can turn off the ability for people to send you messages; but giving an address means you can recover lost passwords). The account name may be pseudonymous, but is personal to the individual, not their job, so not "Arcadia Librarian", or suchlike. It only takes a minute.

Make sure to bring a note of the account name and password, on the day!

You might like to research a topic to write about, but don't worry if you don't have time, or can't think of a subject. If it's a new article, it must meet our notability guidelines.

Check back here shortly before the event, for any last-minute notices.

Attendees

When you have registered to attend on Eventbrite, please drop a note here:

1. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits - facilitator
2. Dave Govier (drwgovier); - host

What to work on

Think of an article you might write (check it doesn't already exist) or expand (check it has missing content). You can bring any relevant source material (books, journal articles, URLs etc) with you, but there's plenty of material in the archives. For a new article, your subject needs to be notable - i.e. written about by more than one independent, significant publication.

Here are some suggestions:

• LGBT Foundation
• Canal Street (Manchester)
• Harry Stokes
• Allan Horsfall
• Margaret Roff (this is an example of a page which doesn’t exist yet!)

and we'll have more suggestions on the day.