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Magicpedia:All Things Magic Edit-a-thon 2013

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A Wikipedia Edit-a-thon is being planned for 2013 concentrating on a range of topics around magic history with sponsorship by MagicPedia (the wiki for magicians by magicians), Genii Magazine, the Conjuring Arts Research Center and Grand Illusions magic store.

The event is being planned to be held virtually around the world, with the goal to help assimilate MagicPedia's content into Wikipedia (and vice versa). This is similar to Lee Asher's proposal to Wikipedia's WikiProject Magic back in 2008 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Leeasher#Original_Letter_to_Project_Magic ), but will now encourage a broader participation from all levels of Wikipedia users and magic history enthusiasts.

Overview

An edit-a-thon is an event in which people work together to build content on a wiki. They can be very informal or very structured and designed as a primarily outreach event (to draw in new contributors) or to meet the needs of longtime contributors.

Some example of edit-a-thons: Washington Post article on the Washington DC edit-a-thon DC History, DC Civil War, Wiki loves Humanities, Topeka Wikipedia Day, Wikipedia_Goes_to_the_Movies NY Times article wikiwomen-love-libraries Bodleian Libraries ‘editathon’ focusing on the Queen Victoria’s Journals Bloomsbury_Group_editathon

Suggested tasks

Proposed dates

  • Will need quite a few months to prepare and advertise, so earliest chance would be in July.
  • Black out dates
    • July 17-20 (IBM conv)
    • August 11-14 (Magic Live)
    • August 27 through September 3rd (Sorcerers Safari Magic Camp)

I'm leaning toward a Saturday in September. Will discuss with Bill Kalush next week for dates CARC is availble.

  • Sept 7 (Sat after Labor Day weekend)
  • Sept 14
  • Sept 21
  • Sept 28
  • Oct 26 (usually the beginning of "magic week")

After deciding, post on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup

Proposed places

  • We will all also be hosting virtually via google hangouts and/or skype
  • Steve Johnson has also offered to host at the Grand Illusions magic shop in Carmichael, California. They have a large library of Magic, Genii, Linking Ring and Mum magazines, some dating into the 30s, available.
  • Others are welcomed to sponsor at their place. Add yourself here:

Suggested event names

Would be nice to come up with a catchy name. As examples, other Wikipedia editathons have been named "Wikipedia Loves xxxxx", "Wikipedia goes to the [Movies|Theaters]", "All Things xxxxx"[1][2] Suggest a name and/or vote for the ones you like:

  • The MagicPedia/Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
  • Wikis Love Magic
  • Wikis Love the Conjuring Arts
  • Wikipedia goes to a Magic Show
  • All Things Magic edit-a-thon
  • Preserving the Conjuring Arts edit-a-thon
  • Teach Wikis about Magicians

Logo/poster?

Wikipedia expert

Most editathons suggest including an expert Wikipedia editor to help volunteers navigate the ins and outs of Wikipedia guidelines.

Promoting

Once we have a date, we should start promoting, then start the heavy promotion one month before.

Places to promote the edit-a-thon to magicians and magic history buffs:

Wikipedia resources for edit-a-thon participants

Add your name if you would like to help participate or organize


Notes

  • Bill Kalush of CARC has offered access to Ask Alexander to users that participate.
  • GLAM provided some tips on helping to prepare and advertise.


More information and examples

References

  1. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_run_an_edit-a-thon#List_of_edit-a-thons
  2. ↑ http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries
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