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Experienced Wikipedia editors, novices and cultural/museum professionals are welcome.
 
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Free registration is required to participate
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Tentative schedule (subject to change)
 
Tentative schedule (subject to change)

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The Wiki Culture Crawl is a pre-conference event dedicated to GLAM-Wikipedia activities at Balboa Park, a central of San Diego with more than 15 museums and cultural institutions. The day-long event will challenge Wikipedia editors to improve articles identified by the organizations while also educating them about aspects of the Wikimedia community. Registered participants will be provided free admission to all the museums with special "Backstage Passes" – special tours and talks with experts at Balboa Park institutions and their unique collections.

Date: Friday, October 7, 2016

Experienced Wikipedia editors, novices and cultural/museum professionals are welcome.

Free registration is required to participate

Tentative schedule (subject to change)

Culture Crawl Edit-a-thon Wiki Training Clinics Backstage Pass
Improving pre-selected articles from cultural institutions. Three determined by each organization and worked on by Wikipedia editors and Balboa Park staff. Drop-in clinics for staff, docents and cultural professionals throughout the day. Pre-arranged tours of special collections in Balboa Park institutions for Wikipedia editors.
9 am Registration opens, continues throughout the day

930 am Introduction to Wikipedia edit-a-thons for participants and BP staff

10 am Assessment and research of articles. Individuals visit museums and institutions throughout the day and continuously improve articles

1 pm Check-in on progress

4 pm Evaluation of results

430 pm Awards and accolades

10 am Introduction to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement

12 noon Experiences from Wikipedians in Residence at heritage institutions; Brown bag lunch

2 pm Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata - Alex Stinson, others

4 pm New developments and the future of Wikipedia; how to keep working with the Wikipedia/Wikimedia community

11 am Citizen Scientists and Rare Book Library, Margaret Dykens,

Registrar and Director of the Research Library, San Diego Natural History Museum

San Diego Natural History Museum

1 pm Cannibals, Museum of Man (proposed)

3 pm TBD

5 pm TBD