BU Libraries Summer ‘18 Wikipedia Meetup: the Global South
Join us on Tuesday, July 10, from 1:00pm-4:00pm at Mugar Library for a Wikipedia Meetup. No experience necessary!
In anticipation of the upcoming Wikimania South Africa conference, our theme for this event will be the Global South: Bridging Knowledge Gaps.
Other gaps in contributor diversity have been somewhat less-well publicized, especially Wikimedia’s global gaps. We know that as of 2015, only 20% of Wikipedia’s editors come from the Global South (broadly, Asia, Africa and Latin America). https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/02/05/wikimania-cape-town-ubuntu/
- Time: 1:00-4:00pm
- Place: 3rd floor library conference room, Mugar Memorial Library
- Food: Snacks and refreshments will be served. Please RSVP using the form below.
Please register for a Wikipedia account before the event, if you do not have one. (There is a limit on the number of Wikipedia accounts that can be created from one location or IP address per day.)
At the start of the event, we’ll be doing a short demo of how to add a citation, but you may also want to read through Wikipedia’s simple instructions for adding references.
Please bring a laptop if you have one available; if you need a loaner laptop, please let us know when you RSVP. For more information about the Summer Wikipedia Meetup at BU click here.