Wikipedia Workshop

Where: 
Computer Lab (Room 111)
When: 
Friday, January 12, 2018 - 10:00 to 12:30
Audience: 
Public
Project/Event Cost: 
Free
Description: 

 

Presenter: 

Anirudh S. Bhati

Executive Director

Greater Mekong Research Center

mekongresearch.org

 

Date: Friday Jan 12, 2018

Time: 10:00-12:30

Venue: Room 111

 

A Wikipedia workshop is a short training program for students and young professionals aimed at building their skills in creating and editing articles, uploading media files, using reliable sources of encyclopedic articles. 

The program is aimed at promoting a culture of scholarly research among college/university students and young professionals.

 

Also on the agenda:

Sister projects such as 

Wikimedia;

Wiktionary, the free dictionary; 

Wikiquote, a free repository of quotations; 

Wikibooks, the free library; 

Wikisource, a free archive of free and open content texts; 

Wikispecies; 

Wikinews; 

Wikiversity; 

Wikivoyage; 

Commons etc.

 

More info:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Workshop

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Workshop/Sample_one-day_workshop

 

https://www.mekongresearch.org/events/2018/1/12/zaman-university-wikiped...

Contact Person: 
CS Department / MIS Department
Notes: 
40 seats available in the lab.