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WikiConference North America is all about celebrating the success of different projects and missions within North America. We invite everyone participating in WikiConference North America (whether in-person or as virtual attendee) to the WikiConference North America Editing Challenge!

During WikiConference North America 2024 (3-6 October 2024), we invite you to fill different editing challenges. And everyone who fills 7 out of 12 tasks will receive a special and unique Wikimania barnstar. You don't have to be registered to WikiConference North America to participate.

The tasks invite you to explore different (maybe sometimes new to you?) ways to contribute to Wikimedia projects. And they are related to 2024 Wikimania theme: Crossroads. Some of them aim to focus on improving contents in Indiana and support diversity, others – invite you to collaborate with others, and some - to support our future readers.

Rules

• The challenge takes place 0:00 AM 3 October UTC until 1:00 PM 6 October UTC
• The challenge is open to every editor, not only to WikiConference North America participants
• During that time participants can work on the tasks from the list below; you can do the tasks in any language version of the respective Wikimedia projects
• To participate you need to sign up in the results table and report your edits there
• Each participant is responsible for tracking and updating their own progress
• At the end of the challenge period, we will check your results and award you with a nice and shiny digital barnstar! Top in-person contributors may receive physical prizes (pending budget).
  • Tie-breakers for physical prizes will be determined by (in descending order): total number of tasks performed, volume of contribution (measured in bytes)

Tasks

1	Sign your name up for the Editing Challenge	The most important thing is to show up! Sign your name in the results table, so that we know you are with us!
2	From Toronto to Indianapolis with love	Toronto was the host for last year's conference. Did you take some photos of Toronto or about the conference but never uploaded? Wanted to edit something about Toronto but never found the time to do it? Time to dig up that photo or go down the memory lane! Make 1 edit in any Wikimedia projects about Toronto.
3	Improve Indiana content on 2 Wikipedia pages	Add something meaningful related to Indiana on Wikipedia by creating or expanding 2 pages. This includes people, places, customs within Indiana. Removing inaccurate content also counts, but reverting vandalism or making typo corrections do not count.
4	Transcribe 1 page about Indiana on Wikisource	Wikisource is an online digital library of free-content textual sources. To transcribe a page, look for pages on the index page that are marked in red link (not proofread) in the A standard history of Lake County, Indiana, and the Calumet region book.
5	Proofread 2 pages about Indiana on Wikisource	To proofread a page (marked in yellow on the index page of the Early Indianapolis book), you can follow these basic guidelines: Make the page match the original source document. Look for spelling, punctuation, and formatting errors. If you come across a scanned document, verify that the scan of the original document is clear and legible. Verify that the text is in the public domain or has been released under a Creative Commons license that allows commercial use. If it is a copyrighted text, report them to the Wikisource community.
6	Add at least 2 new properties on a Wikidata item related to Indiana	Go to Wikidata, find an item related to Indiana and add 2 properties of your choice to the item
7	Update 1 Wikivoyage page about Indiana	Contribute something meaningful related to Indiana on Wikivoyage by making at least 1 edit. This includes adding, verifying or updating content about transportation to get in, navigating within the city, attractions and restaurants in any towns, cities or regions in Indiana.
8	Upload a picture of a local sight (such as a monument, park or school) to Commons	A fairly simple way to contribute to Commons is to upload a photo of a monument in your city or region, to do so follow these steps: Find out if your country has restrictions on photographing built monuments, you can take a look at this list on Commons. Go to the Upload Wizard on Wikimedia Commons and select the file(s) you want to upload Provide information about the image, including its source, date, and description If the image is not your authorship, check that it has been released under a Creative Commons compatible license or under public domain.
9	Use WikiShootMe! to identify and take pictures for Wikidata items	Use WikiShootMe! to find Wikidata items in your city or region that need pictures. Take a picture of that object and upload directly using WikiShootMe! interface. It will automatically upload the item to Wikimedia Commons and add the image as a property on Wikidata.
10	Make at least 1 edit each day of WikiConference North America	Whether it is a minor spelling correction, a big article work, a picture upload, or a Wikidata edit, or any other edit, try to make at least one contribution to a Wikimedia project each day of WikiConference North America (3-6 October).
11	Thank someone	Whether it's a barnstar or a message of thanks, leave a message on their talk page to show appreciation to a contributor that you value!
12	Edit 1 page on Wikispecies	Wikispecies is an online directory of species to catalogue all species on Earth. Make a meaningful edit in Wikispecies.

Results

In order for us to track your results:

• Add your Wikimedia username and a link to your account in a new row in the table
• Each column marks a specific task (T1 = Task 1, T2 = Task 2 etc.)
  • In that column add a link to an edit (or edits) that fill the task
• Last column ("Checked") will be filled by event organizers

User	Tasks												Checked
	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	T7	T8	T9	T10	T11	T12
Example: [[User:username|Username]]	[link to edit]	[link to edit]	[link to edit]	[link to edit]	[link to edit]	[link to edit]	[link to edit]	[link to edit]	[link to edit]	[link to edit]	[link to edit]	[link to edit]