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File:WIKITHON GROUP.jpgThe WikiThon group under the European bison (wisent) head in the entrance hall of the faculty of Forestry, University of Krakow. 2020-01-28.
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The Krakow Invasive Species Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, 27th - 29th January 2020
[edit source]An Alien-CSI event to teach and discuss the use of Wikimedia for the dissemination and awareness raising of invasive species.
This is an invitation only event
Goals:
[edit source]- Improving Wikipedia for the List of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern (https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/invasivealien/list/index_en.htm)
- Learning how to be better Wikipedians
- Learning how we can teach Wikipedia to others at home
- Learning what we can use Wikipedia for
- Finding out how we can improve dissemination of knowledge on invasive species globally
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_run_an_edit-a-thon
Before arriving:
[edit source]- Get a Wikipedia account.
- Get an iNaturalist account https://www.inaturalist.org/home
- Add the iNaturalist app to your mobile phone
Day 1: Monday 27th January 2020
[edit source]| When | What | Who |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Registration and meet for lunch 🍞 | Everyone |
| 13:00 - 13:15 | Welcome & logistics | Anna Gazda & Quentin Groom |
| 13:15 - 13:30 | An overview of the issue | Sofie Meeus |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | An introduction to editing on Wikipedia | Daniëlle Jansen |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Choosing your target(s) for editing | Quentin Groom |
| 14:15 - 15:30 | Finding literature and webpages to provide evidence for your statements |
Everyone |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea Break ☕ | |
| 16:00 - 17:15 | First attempts at editing Wikipedia | Everyone |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | A roundtable on people’s experiences | Everyone |
Day 2: Tuesday 28th January 2020
[edit source]A continuation of the editing from day one and learning how we can use iNaturalist to support us
| When | What | Who |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome to Day 2 | Quentin Groom |
| 09:10 - 10:00 | Editing | Everyone |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | A short introduction to Wikidata | Daniëlle Jansen |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Editing | Everyone |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Photographing and trying iNaturalist outside | Anna Gazda |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch 🍞 | |
| 13:30 - 13:50 | Introduction to iNaturalist | Daniëlle |
| 13:50 - 15:30 | Continuation of editing | Everyone |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea Break ☕ | |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | 3 minute presentations What were you working on? Species, topic, language What did you learn about the subject? What tips have you got to share? What problems did you have? |
Everyone |
Day 3: Wednesday 29th January 2020
[edit source]For COST invitees only A roundup of what we've learned and how we can progress this further
Trying to resolve the questions such as...
- What are the challenges in getting invasion biologists and managers to edit Wikipedia?
- What are the solutions?
- How do we resolve disagreements within Wikipedia on invasive species?
- How important is language to successful communication on invasive species?
| When | What | Who |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome to Day 3 | Quentin Groom |
| 09:10 - 10:30 | How can invasive species biologists be encouraged to edit Wikipedia? |
Daniëlle & Quentin |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Tea Break ☕ | - |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | How will we communicate the outcomes of this workshop? | Quentin Groom |