Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 2020: Resources

From BuzzFeed

Report from Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia University

Stanford University study on high school and college students (lack of) news literacy

From Globe&Mail

From LA Times

Read and download our Quick Guide for Editing on Wikipedia, where you'll learn the basics for making your first successful contributions. Basic guides and links on all aspects of editing.

Basic intro to the parts of the visual editor and how to get started.

How to open an account, create a user page, make a sandbox, and start editing!

Issues to be aware of, typical problems, writing in a gender neutral manner.

Wikipedia's guide to creating a new article.

This toolkit from UBC Public Humanities discusses topics such as: Wikipedia as Advocacy, Wikipedia as Pedagogy, and Wikipedia as Public Scholarship. As well as resources in using Wikipedia.

Training modules with quizzes on the basics of editing, special topics, refreshers, exercises and in-class discussion topics.