WikiConference North America 2021 takes place over three days, October 8 - 10.
We have several concurrent tracks:
- Tracks Red and Blue are filled with presentations.
- Track Green is primarily workshops and discussions.
- The edit-a-thons track holds edit-a-thons and other collaborative sessions.
- The Unconference is where anyone can propose or spontaneously organize a mini-presentation, discussion, or workshop on a wiki-related topic. Please add sessions to our unconference page.
There are 5 unscheduled minutes between most sessions to allow for session wrap-ups, switching rooms, and taking quick breaks.
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Translation
We're pleased to provide translations between English and Spanish for our Blue and Red tracks!
When watching a presentation in either of those tracks, you will see an option on the right-hand column to change your language and receive an audio feed from a live interpreter. Attendees may also change Hopin's interface language by clicking their avatar at the top-right and selecting "Languages" in the dropdown.
Friday, October 8
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(US Eastern Time)
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Track Red (Stage)
 
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Track Blue (Stage)
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Track Green (Breakout Room)
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Edit-a-thons
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Unconference
(add your own!)
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12:00 - 12:25
25 minutes
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Welcome to WikiConference North America 2021!
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12:30 - 13:10
40 minutes
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 Global templates, and their special challenges for English, French, and Spanish languages
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Glassbox: betting for proactive transparency against misinformation
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 Expert fact-checkers rely on Wikipedia. You and your students should too!
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13:15 - 13:40
25 minutes
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OpenHistoricalMap: Historical Geography Wiki style
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How the Smithsonian and Wiki Education are adding biographies of American women
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13:40 - 13:50
10 minutes
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Break
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13:50 - 14:20
30 minutes
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Plenary: Breaking the gender gap on Wikipedia / Rompiendo la brecha de género en Wikipedia (Carmen Alcázar)
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14:25 - 14:50
25 minutes
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News On Wiki, Phase 2 complete; Future steps with ASU journalism school
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2Rāth: To Digitally Preserve Arab Literary Heritage
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From sign shop to desktop
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14:55 - 15:20
25 minutes
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Introduction to Enterprise MediaWiki
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How to tie together Commons, Wikidata, and possibly Wikipedia by using SuggestedTags
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Emerging technologies edit-a-thon: nano and AI, oh my!
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15:25 - 15:50
25 minutes
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WikiProject Clinical Trials, Wikipedia for Research
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Programs & Events Dashboard - Tips & Tricks for Event Organizers
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Clarifying property application for effective SPARQL queries
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15:55 - 16:20
25 minutes
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Survey Says: What Wiki Education's program participants say about joining the Wikipedia and Wikidata communities
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WikiLetters Systematic Review
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16:25 - 16:50
25 minutes
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Links, Wikipedia, and Knowledge Gaps
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Current developments in Wikipedia-integrated academic journals
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| 16:55 - 17:20
25 minutes
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 State of Education Panel
(Information Has Value: Engaging Students as Wikipedia Editors, Wikipedia as Information Literacy Vector: Authority and Undergraduate Students)
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Lightning talks
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| 17:30 - 18:30
60 minutes
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| 18:30 - 19:30
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Break!
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| 19:30+
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Lounge / Happy Hour
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| 20:00 - 21:00
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LIVE: Wikipedia Weekly video podcast – The Depths of Wikipedia
An evening of quirky fun and trivia with Annie Rauwerda, creator of the highly popular Instagram and Tiktok feeds @depthsofwikipedia.
Join users Fuzheado, Pharos, Rosiestep, and Annie Rauwerda in a competitive round of Wikipedia trivia. Find out how Annie got more than 350,000 followers on Instagram and more than 4 million likes on Tiktok.
Watch this space for the link to the Youtube Live stream
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Saturday, October 9
Sunday, October 10
Presentation 
Discussion 
Panel 
Workshop