To kick off the research project with University of Queensland and the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC), we are going to celebrate the Wheelchair Rugby Tri-Nation competition being held in central Sydney (in St Mary's Cathedral Square) on Wed 18 - Fri 20 September by following it up with an edit-a-thon at the State Library of New South Wales on Saturday 21 September. For the full details see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/State_Library_of_New_South_Wale s/Paralympics_Workshop Tony Naar of APC has generously offered *free* tickets to the wheelchair rugby games to edit-a-thon participants. Yippee, we love *free* stuff! Both daytime and evening matches are available to fit around your other commitments. See here for the dates/times: http://www.paralympic.org.au/games-amp-events/be-influence-wheelchair-rugby- tri-nations Tony is hoping that attending these fast-paced action-packed competitions between the world's top national teams (Australia, USA, and Canada) will inspire you to write about Wheelchair Rugby (aka *Murderball!*) at the edit-a-thon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelchair_rugby but, of course, contributions on any aspect of disability sport or related themes are welcome at the edit-a-thon. Hawkeye7 will be leading the WMAU side of the edit-a-thon; many of you will be aware of his strong track record in this area. And we hope that we will get a good turnout from our Sydneysiders and their relatives/friends/etc. Remember non-editors can still help with research and normal writing (mark-up can be added by others) so they are most welcome. And you can also participate electronically too! So, what to do now: 1. Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/State_Library_of_New_South_Wale s/Paralympics_Workshop and sign up for the edit-a-thon (physically or electronically) 2. Check the competition dates/times http://www.paralympic.org.au/games-amp-events/be-influence-wheelchair-rugby- tri-nations 3. email Tony Naar (cc-ed) tony.n...@paralympic.org.au with your ticket requests 4. practice screaming yourself hoarse to cheer on the teams (we'd rather you didn't scream at your fellow edit-a-thon-ers!) Any questions? Ask me. I might not know the answer but I probably know who to ask! Kerry
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