Wikipedia:Contribution Month in Canada 2017

Contribution Month in Canada

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Meet local Wikipedians!

During the month of October 2017, Wikimedia Canada will host its second National Contribution Month where contribution events are organised in different locations across Canada. The goal is to initiate visitors in contributing to Wikipedia or other Wikimedia projects and bring existing editors together.

Contribution days are activities where Wikimedia's contributors, students, or anybody interested in contributing to Wikimedia projects meet up to collectively improve a predetermined theme. These meetings generally take place in a library where references are easy to access, but can be organised in any public community space. We hope you will join us in bringing the Canadian Wikimedia community together!

Dates & locations

If your city isn't in the list, please join us on the talk page to see if anybody else is already discussing organizing one in your region, or volunteer to organize your own event (experienced Wikipedians can help you with that).

Province	City	Location	Date	Thematic	Contact	Link to the event page
Prince Edward Island	Charlottetown	University of Prince Edward Island	October 24, 13:00–15:00	PEI composers and musicians (part of the Music in Canada@150 project)	User:Smallison	Meetup/Canadian Music
Manitoba	Winnipeg	University of Manitoba	October 19, 13:00–15:00	Manitoba composers and musicians (part of the Music in Canada@150 project)	User:Smallison	Meetup/Canadian Music
Alberta	Edmonton	MacEwan University	October 27, 11:00–15:00	Edmonton composers and musicians (part of the Music in Canada@150 project)	User:Seanluyk	Meetup/Canadian Music
Newfoundland and Labrador	St. John's	Memorial University	October 19, afternoon (times TBC)	Newfoundland musicians (part of the Music in Canada@150 project)	User:Smallison	Meetup/Canadian Music
Ontario	Hamilton	Hamilton Public Library	October 19, 11am–6pm	Hamilton music history and culture (part of the Music in Canada@150 project)	User:Allanaaaaaaa	Wikipedia:Meetup/Hamilton
Ontario	Kingston	Queen's University Kingston, W.D. Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections	October 18, 11am–2pm	This event is an edit-a-thon to create, revise and add to entries on Wikipedia relating to Canadian history.	User:KBrbsc	Wikipedia:Meetup/Canada Wide History
British Columbia	Vancouver	University of British Columbia, Leon & Thea Koerner University Centre	October 23, 12pm–2pm	This event is an in-class activity to create a page on Wikipedia relating to John Swales's CARS model.	User:dkpubc	Draft:The_CARS_model
British Columbia	Victoria	University of Victoria, Mearns Centre for Learning, UVic Libraries & The French Department	October 30, 1pm–2:30pm	This event is an in-class activity to add/edit French and English sources for "Participative Culture/Culture participative"	User:Jmhuculak	Sign Up on Eventbrite
Ontario	Ottawa	Ottawa Public Library, Main branch	October 21, 10am–1pm	Free thematic for experienced editors and intro workshop for new editors	User:Loopy30	Wikipedia:Meetup/Ottawa/OPL Editathon Oct 2017
Ontario	Toronto	York University, Scott Library	October 24, afternoon/evening (times TBC)	Toronto traditional and Indigenous musicians (part of the Music in Canada@150 project)	User:Smallison	Project page [[1]]
Ontario	Toronto	University of Toronto, Music Library	October 24, afternoon (times TBC)	Toronto composers and musicians (part of the Music in Canada@150 project)	User:Careful73	Meetup/Canadian Music
Ontario	London	Western University, Weldon Library	October 19, afternoon (times TBC)	London musicians (part of the Music in Canada@150 project)	User:Monfaz	Meetup/Canadian Music, Sign up
Ontario	Sault Ste. Marie	Algoma University, Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre	October 18 1:00 - 4:00 pm	Canadian History (part of the Canada Wide Edit-a-thon)	User:Archkris	Wikipedia:Meetup/Canada Wide History
Ontario	Sudbury	Laurentian University, J.N. Desmarais Library & Archives	October 27, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm	Northern Lights Festival Boréal performers (part of the Music in Canada@150 project)	User:Dan scott	Music in Canada @ 150 - Sudbury, Sign-up
Québec	Gatineau	Université du Québec en Outaouais (Café-bar Le Tonik)	October 28, 10:00 am	Free thematic	User:R89Rovira	fr:Wikipédia:Mois de la contribution au Canada 2017/Gatineau
Québec	Manawan	Otapi kiskinohamatokamok (École Otapi)	October 4 or 18(?), 7:00 pm	Free thematic	User:Bilbo40	Wikipetcia Atikamekw
Québec	Montréal	Grande Bibliothèque	October 3, 6:30 pm	Free thematic	User:Benoit Rochon	Wikipedia:BAnQ/Wiki Tuesday
Québec	Montréal	Cinémathèque québécoise	October 18, 6:00 pm	Animation cinema	fr:User:Krina	fr:Wikipédia:Cinémathèque québécoise
Québec	Montréal	Université du Québec à Montréal	October 25, 12:30	Formation Contribuer à Wikipédia	fr:Utilisateur:Benjamenta	Project page
Québec	Montréal	Bibliothèque à livres ouverts du fr:Centre communautaire LGBTQ+ de Montréal	October 25, 18:30	Wikipédia + LGBTQ = soirée contributive	fr:Utilisateur:BiblioQC	fr:Wikipédia:Café des savoirs libres/CSL LGBTQ
Québec	Québec	fr:Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy (salle Gérard-Martin)	October 22, 1:00 pm	Quebec City	fr:User:Nist12	fr:Wikipédia:Mois de la contribution au Canada 2017/Québec

FAQ

Contribution Day at Université Laval.

Why is my city not in the list? For a city to be in the list, there must first be a person who shows interest to organize an event in his or her hometown. It's very simple! Simply find a room for people to meet. A library, a community hall, meeting room, etc. How do I start an event in my city? Start a discussion on the talk page in English and / or French, there you can find help and potential participants. Find a room with free Wi-Fi. Libraries are good choices because they are freely available to people for working purposes, and are places where Wi-Fi and documentation is accessible. Find a topic or theme that participants can choose articles to create or improve. See an example. Add your event to the list of locations above. From the end of September, the organizers will launch a national advertising campaign that will invite contributors to join one of the events (or start a new one). How do I find people in my area to participate? First, add your date and place in the table above. There is a good chance that people join in. You must take the first step and declare the location where you are, otherwise it is unlikely that you will find people! The organizers will start a communication campaign in early September: social networks, network education and libraries, banners (CentralNotice) on the pages of Wikipedia and sister projects, etc. Another effective way is to communicate with an organization related to your theme. For example, you live in Caraquet your theme is Acadia, contact The Acadian Museum of Caraquet or francophone association, etc. These organizations have many contacts and will be delighted to support your Contribution day. Does the event space have to be a library? No, an event can be organized anywhere, it is at the discretion of the organizer. We suggest that the event take place in a library because references and documentation are easily accessible and free Wi-Fi is typically available. In addition, the library can make available to its members small workplaces for free. However, an event can be organized anywhere, in any space large enough to accommodate a group, such as in a university, a community hall, cafe, etc. The important thing is that the room is suitable for group work and has Wi-Fi. Should we meet on the spot to participate? It is not mandatory. Although one of the objectives is to physically meet other local Wikipedians, a contributor may participate to an event remotely, either because they live too far or they are otherwise unable to attend. In this case, if the planned topic is of interest, the participant can join a virtual event remotely via the Wikimedia Canada chat room. Can I organize a private event? Yes. You are a group of friends, if you want to gather in a café or at home, no problem. But please still add your event to the table and write "private" in the column Location. This will allow people to know about your topic / date and possibly help online. This will also enable national organizers be aware of your work group and evaluate the number of participants across the country. I'm not a Wikipedia editor, can I join an event? Yes. There will be on-site experienced Wikipedians who can guide you through your first steps. One of the objectives of contributory days is to introduce new contributors to the edition of the encyclopedia. Can I choose an article myself? Yes. To avoid edit conflicts, it is recommended that participants do not all work on the same article, although it is possible to work on different sections. This is why the event organizers chose a theme containing several possible articles. But a participant may choose to work an article of their choice out of the main theme if they prefer. Are image contributions accepted? Yes. During your research, you may find an image (acceptable on Commons) that relates directly or indirectly to your theme, do not hesitate to scan and upload it. Most libraries and universities have scanners that you can use. There are also numerous online resources such as the National Archives website, directories of images such as Flickr, Picasa, etc.. Make sure, however, that these images are freely licensed. Can I contribute to a sister project of Wikipedia? Yes. Wikipedia is best known, but if the theme of your group is related to a sister project, you can also help with images on Commons, write a news article on Wikinews, Wikisource transcribing manuscripts, etc.

See also

• Create a WikiClub in your region