Hi all, this event is tomorrow! I put together a meetup page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/SBL
so if you're interested in the topic & would like to add articles to work on, or participate remotely, please feel free. If you're free & would like to help out on site that's great too - just let me Helen and/or me know. best, Phoebe On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 12:08 PM, phoebe ayers <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > > I'm posting the below on behalf of Dr. Helen Dixon, cc'd, who is > organizing an edit-a-thon at her organization's (Society for Biblical > Literature) annual conference in Boston on Sunday Nov. 19th. They're > looking for people to help out. If you're interested, please get in touch > with her directly! > > > best, > > Phoebe > > --- > > > I’m seeking some trainers to assist at a Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon we’re > organizing at the upcoming (in mid-November) Society for Biblical > Literature Annual Meeting in Boston. The idea is to host about 100 people, > and train them in editing Wikipedia pages, through a workshop focusing on > increasing the representation of female biblical scholars on Wikipedia (and > within a ‘happy hour’ setting!). > > > > Some of us have hosted events like this before, and have done some > editing, but we’re all pretty basic users, and would love to have some more > expert editors either leading the training or just available as roaming > helpers. We understand that your expertise deserves compensation—please > talk with us about this if you are interested! > > > > The information is as follows: > > Wiki, Women, and Bible Workshop and Happy Hour at SBL > <https://www.facebook.com/events/214853279000146/?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A%5b%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22reminders%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%5b%5d%22%7D%2C%7B%22surface%22%3A%22dashboard%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22calendar_tab_event%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%5b%5d%22%7D%5d%2C%22ref%22%3A25%2C%22source%22%3A2%7D> > * > > Sunday, November 19 5:30pm – 7:30pm > > John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center, Room 200 (Second Level) > > *Society for Biblical Literature 2017 Annual Meeting > <https://www.sbl-site.org/meetings/AnnualMeeting.aspx> > > > > Contact: Helen Dixon, Assistant Professor of Religion at Wofford College, > South Carolina ([email protected]) >
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