Events/Civic Tech Editathon

Civic Tech Edit-a-thon

Civic Tech Edit-a-thon - In a nutshell Where?: Newspeak House 133 Bethnal Green Road London, England, E2 7DG When?: 4th November, 6pm - 9pm Point of contact: Aisha Brady - aisha@nwspk.com Twitter: @aishabrady Hashtag: #?? Cost: Free How do I sign up?: email aisha@nwspk.com or sign up below What to bring: Laptop

Purpose

This event will focus on improving content on Wikipedia relating to all aspects of technology in civil society, in political media and in government. Civic technology is technology (mainly information technology) that enables engagement or participation of the public for good development, enhancing citizen communications, improving government infrastructure, or generally making national and local governments more effective. It encompasses civic applications, platforms supporting government bodies and institutions and other software enabling those goals.

Participants

• Aisha Brady
• User:EdSaperia
• Josh Russell
• Scott Craig
• Mevan Babakar

Suggested articles

• w:Civic_technology
• w:Data_journalism
• w:John_S._and_James_L._Knight_Foundation
• w:MySociety
• w:Civil_society
• ...

How Do I Prepare?

If you want to learn more about wiki-editing, please try these introductions:

• Beginners' Guide to Wikipedia
• Five Pillars of Wikipedia, philosophical guidelines
• Tutorial
• How to edit a page
• Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
• Article development
• Your First Article (using the Article Wizard, if you wish)
• Manual of Style
• Citation templates
• Infobox templates
• Bookshelf, additional "getting started" resources