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Revision as of 18:42, 18 November 2025
FAOTSA 2025 — Wikipedia sprint session
This page is intended for coordinating the FAOTSA 2025 workshop “Wikipedia sprint session”
Preparation before FAOTSA 2025
- (optional) create a Wikipedia account
- (optional) Identify pages that require polish.
- (optional) Identify pages that need to be created.
Participation in the Wikipedia sprint
To be able to participate, attendees of FAOTSA2025 will need the following:
- The willingness to learn.
- The willingness to have fun.
- Access to a small team with a wifi capable laptop that can run a modern browser. Collaboration in small teams of two to four people is very strongly encouraged. Not everyone needs to be in the drivers’ seat. (See Pair programming, Team programming)
- Rabbitholing is strongly encouraged.
- Keep a log of what you are doing/learning/planning during the sprint.
- Do not try to finish a page during the sprint. Make a plan. Make a draft. Get to know the topic. Delegate small tasks. Gain momentum. You can always finish later.
- It is important to practice. See your work on wikipedia as writing practice. Writing well is a transferrable skill.
Starting out editing Wikipedia
- Do not be afraid to make mistakes.
- Do not be afraid to correct mistakes.
- Find pages that you are interested in and add them to your watchlist.
- Read the “Talk page” of the pages that you are interested in.
- Make suggestions on the “Talk page” of the pages that you are interested in.
- Read the Five pillars of Wikipedia.
- Read the Getting Started Guide.
Suggestions for your first small contributions
- Link two related pages. Add links to the “See also” section.
- Add a citation to journal article to a mathematics page.
- Add a “citation needed” to a mathematics page.
- Take and add a relevant photo to page.
- Create a red link.
Larger contributions
- Creating a new page: Start small. You do not need to create the whole page all at once.
- Draft the page in a userspace draft
- One or two useful paragraphs often suffices as a starting point.
- Add useful references to other pages.
- Add useful citations.
- New pages are reviewed by experinced Wikipedians.
- Follow the advice of experienced Wikipedians. They are there to help.
- Don’t feel bad if your page is tagged for “speedy deletion“
Useful tips
- Use browser that has a builtin AI copilot (Microsoft Edge).
- Ask the AI: “How do I do XYZ on Wikipedia”
