Learning new skills at the Philadelphia WikiSalon - Mary Mark Ockerbloom & Doreva Belfiore
Channel: OpenStreetMap US
Date: 2022-12-13

Full title: "You can help us fix it: Learning new skills at the Philadelphia WikiSalon" In this lightning talk, Mary Mark Ockerbloom and Doreva Belfiore will introduce the work of the Philadelphia WikiSalon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia), a Wikipedia Meetup that focuses on creating community while helping build Wiki skills among people of diverse interests and levels of expertise. We provide:
* Alternating monthly format of demonstrations followed by practice review and reflection to maximize skill retention
* Concise, no-frills format for presentations and demonstrations with an emphasis on building skills with easy-to-manage content blocks
* Commitment to open access: everything uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, multiple demonstrations about US copyright and open access
* Central repository for ongoing opportunities for editing in various projects (Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons) in a variety of subject areas (sciences, art, history, craft) that dovetail with demonstrated skills
* Guest speakers
* Robust Q&A with topics of concern and interest to Wikipedia editors encompassing a wide range of expertise
* Welcoming of all participants and celebration of community contributions
* Crossover with WCNA, Art + Feminism and other related events. 

This talk was presented at Mapping USA 2022. To learn more, visit: https://mappingusa.org/

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