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San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 5! You are invited!
The San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 5 (aka Memorial Day Picnic and Edit-a-Thon!) will be held on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at the Wikimedia Foundation offices in San Francisco. Wikipedians of all experience levels are welcome to join us! We will copyedit, source, and write articles and can teach you how to do these things too! Bring a friend -- come one, come all!
Participants at the first WikiWomen's Edit-a-thon

Event details

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  • Date: Saturday May 25, 2013
  • Time: 10a-2pm (and maybe later) -- we'll have coffee and lunch
  • Location: Wikimedia Foundation offices (149 New Montgomery Street, 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105) – Google Maps view
  • Event: An edit-a-thon! Learn how to contribute to Wikipedia and collaborate with others to write about whatever interests you!
  • Hashtag: The Twitter and social hashtag is #wikiathon

Come meet your fellow editors and help improve Wikipedia articles! Food and drinks will be provided (vegan/vegetarians welcome). Don't know how to edit Wikipedia? That's ok, friendly, experienced editors will be here to help!

Everyone is welcome to come edit Wikipedia with us at this event. Women, men, new editors, archivists and librarians who have resources to share about much needed coverage areas in Wikipedia (women's history, Bay Area history & culture, contemporary culture), those who want to learn how to edit or can teach others how, and anyone with an interest having a great time & editing collaboratively are encouraged to attend!!

What to bring

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  • a laptop
  • ideas for topics or articles you might want to work on (though suggestions will be provided for those just looking to be put to work)
  • Ideas can be shared here: here
  • any relevant reference materials you might have
  • a friend – we love to meet new would-be-editors! (you can also bring your spouse, kids, family, etc.)
  • or, if you don't have any of the above, just bring yourself :-)
  • any digital photos you've taken that you would like to use on Wikipedia.

To-do list

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Seeking inspiration? Visit our to-do list to find articles that need writing, improvement and a little love.

Sign up

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Feel free to mention if you'll be bringing a friend, or family member. Children are welcome. Please let us know if you can make it so we have an idea of how much food to get.

Attendees

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(Simply click the edit button, add “* ~~~~” on a new line and hit save page.

Maybe

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Can't make it this time, but keep me on the list

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Outcomes

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