Wikipedia:Meetup/Cyprus Wikithon

European University Cyprus has agreed to host a wikithon to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Cypriot culture, history and society. Delegates will be trained in the basics of wiki-editing, invited to create their own article or improve existing ones, and given a presentation on using Wiki-editing tasks as a way to engage students in the classroom.
What: Wikithon, Cyprus When: Thursday, May 12, 2016, time tba. Where: European University Cyprus What to bring: We will supply everything. Focus: Improving and significantly expanding Wikipedia's coverage of Cyprus. The event's focus will be on the English-language Wikipedia, but we could also look to work on Greek and Turkish language wikis as well. Refreshments will be provided!

List of participating Wikipedians

If you plan on attending, please see above and also add yourself to this list.

• Vizjim (talk · contribs)

If you cannot attend this time, but would be interested in future editing events, please add your user name below.

• GGT (talk · contribs)
• --Tco03displays (talk) 13:26, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Aims

Our primary aim at this meeting is to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Cyprus. Historians, economists, professors of music and literature and other specialists will be present, and we will have full access to the EUC electronic databases [1]. Wikipedians will be asked to work with these experts to create new articles and improve existing ones.

Our secondary aim is to encourage these educators to use Wikipedia editing as a tool in education, getting students to participate in knowledge production and increase the visibility of Cypriot topics.

Many articles in this area have come under attack in the past due in particular to Wikipedia's notability guidelines, so we would ask that new editors apply the following criteria:

1) You should cite more than one example of the topic being discussed in an independent, reliable source (academic journal, monograph, newspaper article, etc)

2) You need to demonstrate in your article the clear reasons why the topic merits coverage in an encyclopedia (e.g. awards, influence on other writers, media coverage, academic discussion).

Most importantly, this project will be best helped by editors who maintain a neutral, dispassionate tone and point of view in their writing (see WP:NPOV).

Tutorials on Wikipedia editing

• Wiki Markup Quick Reference, PDF version of printed handout
• How to edit a page
• Your First Article (using the Article Wizard, if you wish)
• Wikipedia Cheat Sheet (Bookshelf), another markup cheatsheet
• Training for Students, a tutorial for beginners
• Beginners' Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
• Five Pillars of Wikipedia, philosophical guidelines and best practices for editing
• Tutorial
• Article development
• Manual of Style
• Citation templates
• Infobox templates
• Bookshelf, additional "getting started" resources

Conflict of Interest Editing

• FAQ on Conflict of Interest Editing
• FAQ on paid contributions without disclosure

Examples

Best practice

One of the best biographical articles on a Cypriot topic can be found at Knights Templar. This was selected as a "featured article", meaning that Wikipedia editors considered it gold standard. In a short session like today's this would be an impossible standard to reach, but it exemplifies what we're aiming for. This is currently the only Cypriot article to have been featured.

Cypriot articles that have been rated "Good" include Commandaria and Nea Salamis Famagusta FC. Again, this is an aspiration. Full list [2].

Examples for this session

It would be good to aim at producing a decent-quality "Start-Class" article. This means an article that is short, but meets the requirement of cited sources that demonstrate the article's notability and verify that the topic exists and is discussed in other published works. Start-class articles include 1222 Cyprus earthquake, Cypriot Turkish, Henry I of Cyprus, List of newspapers in Northern Cyprus, Nektaria Panagi, Niki Marangou. [[3]]'s the full list.