Wikipedia:Meetup/RISD
On Wednesday May 13th, the first illustration edit-a-thon is going to take place at the picture collection at RISD. You can register at Eventbrite, entry is limited to 15 participants due to space limitations. Usually, Wikipedia Edit-a-thons are about updating the text of an article, however, this event will focus on editing the illustrations, charts, diagrams, and photographs within Wikipedia articles. A Wikipedia edit-a-thon is a great opportunity to publish unused or new work on Wikipedia and make existing articles better. It is also a way to re-think school projects that end up nowhere and see how the work we make in studio can help strengthen open source communities.
First Wikipedia RISD Illustration edit-a-thon
What to bring to the event
- Laptop! Very important.
- A list of topics/articles you would be interested in editing. The more specific the better.
- Bonus: create a Wikipedia account.
Participants (so far)
- Íñigo López Vázquez
- Polina Godz
- Elizabeth Goodspeed
- Omar Nema
- Jordan Beard
- Brielle Curvey
- Alex Khomyakov
- Barron Webster
- Libby Hays
- Lizzy Gregory
- Lukas Eigler-Harding
Location & time
The event will take place on May 13th. The event will happen at the "Visual + Material Resource collection (room 204) in the RISD Fleet Library from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Useful links
- Image syntax for Wikipedia articles
- TED talk: How cognitive surplus will change the world
- Libre Graphics Meeting
- Open Source Kitchen
- Wikipedia markup cheat sheet
Steps for uploading
- Upload your work to Wikimedia
- Once you finish uploading, click on "Use this file"
- Copy the markup provided and paste it into the Wikipedia page you wish to edit.
Works collected so far
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By Brielle Curvey -
By Barron Webster -
By Lukas Winkleprins -
By Hayon Shin -
By Lizzy Gregory -
By Íñigo López -
By Íñigo López
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