2019 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

2019 is the UN International Year of Indigenous Languages. Please join the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America for a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in honor of the occasion!

Where: University of Texas at Austin, Perry-Castañeda Library, Learning Lab 2 (PCL 2.340)
When: Friday, February 1, 2019, Noon to 5pm

Event Description:
At this workshop we will provide participants with an introduction to Wikipedia editing while we focus on improving the Wikipedia records about indigenous languages. We will provide a list of indigenous languages from Latin America that need editing in Wikipedia, as well as some physical and virtual resources and information about these languages that can be used to make edits and write articles. Participants are also welcome to edit any Wikipedia page for any indigenous language that interests them.

This event is open to anyone interested in indigenous languages and editing Wikipedia.
Experienced and novice Wikipedians (Wikipedia editors) welcome.
Wikipedia editing instruction offered at 12:15pm & 3:15pm.
Pizza, snacks and drinks provided.
Participants are welcome to come and go as their schedules allow.
The language of instruction will be English, but participants may edit any language edition of Wikipedia.

This event is part of a larger #lingwiki initiative comprising edit-a-thons at multiple locations in honor of the UN International Year of Indigenous Languages.

How to prepare:
Please do these steps ahead of time to get yourself set up to participate in this event:

  1. Create a Wikipedia editor account here if you don't already have one. This is a crucial step that should be done ahead of time!
  2. Enroll in our official Wikipedia Program Event here.
  3. Plan to bring your laptop to the event.
  4. Join and share this event on Facebook.
  5. See bit.ly/UTwikiEdit to get started editing!

Interested in participating but can't make it to a local event?
Sign up for the remote editathon with your Wikipedia account and boldly start editing!

Contact AILLA for more information.
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