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North Carolina Wikipedians

The North Carolina Wikipedians are a Wikimedia user group representing Wikimedians in North Carolina, recognized in May of 2015.


This user group provides outreach and assistance to individuals and groups in the state of North Carolina who are interested in hosting Wikimedia-related events such as group discussions and edit-a-thons. The group originally began as the North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians, representing the Research Triangle area of North Carolina, comprising Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh as well as the surrounding areas. In 2019, the group changed its name to the North Carolina Wikipedians, and expanded its region to include the entire state of North Carolina.

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2015Edit

May 2015- April 2016Edit

UNC-CH Wilson Library

North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians is a Wikimedia user group, approved by the Affiliations Committee in May 2015. We have already hosted several edit-a-thons in North Carolina and we have plans for future events. The primary objective for this group is to coordinate the efforts of current edit-a-thons in our region and foster the expansion of these events. Our secondary objective was simply to connect with the wider Wikipedia community to help this group grow.

This report covers events from May 2015- April 2016

EventsEdit

We have fostered relationships with universities and organizations throughout the Research Triangle. This includes Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and the surrounding towns. In 2015, this effort resulted in 8 events:

  1. Art + Feminism Durham Edit-a-thon - 7 March 2015
  2. Women at Duke Edit-a-thon - 25 March 2015
  3. American Indians in North Carolina Edit-a-thon - 1 April 2015
  4. Art + Feminism UNC Edit-a-thon - 7 April 2015
  5. African American Soldiers in US Wars Edit-a-thon - 8 April 2015
  6. Women in Science Edit-a-thon - 16 April 2015
  7. Assessment in Psychology - 22 September 2015
  8. Assessment in Psychology - 27 October 2015

Conference AttendanceEdit

In October 2015, Kasey Baker and Frank Jones led a hands-on workshop about Disputed Notability at WikiConference USA.

In October 2015, Emily Jack and four other librarians from UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University gave a presentation entitled "Making History Matter: Wikipedia edit-a-thons at UNC and Duke" at the North Carolina Library Association's annual conference.

In April 2016, Frank Jones will be representing the North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians at the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin.

Coordinating Participants & SupportersEdit

This group was started with 3 Wikipedians (Sodapopinski7, Frankcjones, and Kayz911) that regularly contributed to edit-a-thons and the use of Wikipedia in the classroom. As of today, we have the support of 14 participants for this user group.

  1. Frankcjones (talk)
  2. Sodapopinski7 (talk)
  3. Kayz911 (talk)
  4. Djembayz, your WikiDC visitor, says Congrats, Triangles, that was a really fun event you put on!
  5. Ongmianli, clinical psychology doctoral candidate
  6. Rkang101, undergraduate psychology major
  7. Kennyle78, undergraduate psychology major
  8. Heathart, visual artist
  9. Cortnie330 (talk)
  10. kgreeves, computational chemistry graduate student
  11. SSetti, materials science graduate student
  12. Egoldman3, clinical psychology
  13. melodykramer, WMF staff member, lives in Carrboro

2016Edit

May 2016 to April 2017Edit

Students editing Wikipedia at the Women in Science edit-a-thon in the Kenan Science Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 12 April 2017.

This report covers events from 1 May 2016 to 30 April 2017.

ActivitiesEdit

Since 2012, we have fostered relationships with universities and organizations throughout the Research Triangle. Over that time, user group members have worked to build the capacity of local librarians and faculty members, especially at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), to organize and host edit-a-thons. In 2016, UNC librarians and faculty members hosted five events:

Sodapopinski7 promoted all events via social media and photographed the Women in Science edit-a-thon. Frank Jones attended and provided support at the Black Lunch Table edit-a-thon.

In October 2016, a staff member at The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design in Asheville, North Carolina contacted us to request planning advice and support for a Women in Craft edit-a-thon they were planning in March 2017. Sodapopinski7 provided planning support and Frank Jones attended and provided in-person Wikipedia support.

In January and February 2017, Sodapopinski7 led the University of North Carolina (UNC) Library staff in a #1lib1ref project. The UNC Library competed with the Duke University Library to see which library could contribute the highest number of Wikipedia edits during the project, which lasted from January 18 to February 3. During #1lib1ref, Sodapopinski7 led three workshops for UNC library staff, most of them first-time editors, to learn how to add citations to Wikipedia. About 30 staff members attended these drop-in sessions, and Sodapopinski7 provided one-on-one editing instruction to several other library staff members. At the end of the project, the UNC Library's citation total was 204. Duke Library's citation total was 29.

ConferencesEdit

Sodapopinski7 presenting at Wikimedia Conference 2017 by René Zieger – 524

In April 2017, Sodapopinski7 represented the North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians at the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin. She presented a lightning talk, "Running a Successful #1lib1ref Project, and Putting the 'Science' in Library Science" at the conference.

Coordinating Participants & SupportersEdit

Our user group is relatively new, having been founded in May 2015, and is still growing. Founding members (Sodapopinski7, Frankcjones, and Kayz911) remain active participants, and we have the support of 17 participants:

  1. Frankcjones (talk)
  2. Sodapopinski7 (talk)
  3. Kayz911 (talk)
  4. Djembayz, your WikiDC visitor, says Congrats, Triangles, that was a really fun event you put on!
  5. Ongmianli, clinical psychology doctoral candidate
  6. Rkang101, undergraduate psychology major
  7. Kennyle78, undergraduate psychology major
  8. Heathart, visual artist
  9. Cortnie330 (talk)
  10. kgreeves, computational chemistry graduate student
  11. SSetti, materials science graduate student
  12. Egoldman3, clinical psychology
  13. melodykramer, WMF staff member, lives in Carrboro
  14. malinachavez, artist, educator
  15. awhiteside, art librarian
  16. Indy beetle
  17. Jayron32, high school science teacher, lives in Raleigh.

2017Edit

May 2017 to April 2018Edit

In 2018, Sodapopinski7 presented in a WebJunction webinar for librarians about the 2017 #1lib1ref project. In January and February 2018, Sodapopinski7 again coordinated a citation competition among universities in the North Carolina Research Triangle, and led an introductory editing session for librarians at North Carolina Central University. Library staff at Duke University, North Carolina Central University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill contributed 365 citations to Wikipedia.

On March 22, 2018, No misunderstanding and librarians from North Carolina Central University hosted a history Wikipedia edit-a-thon at the James E. Shepard Memorial Library -- the first edit-a-thon at NC Central.

Other edit-a-thons, at UNC-Chapel Hill, are listed below.

Edit-a-thonsEdit

ConferencesEdit

In April 2018, No misunderstanding and Sodapopinski7 represented the North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians at the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin.

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2018Edit

May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019Edit

ActivitiesEdit

Coordinating Participants & SupportersEdit

NC Wikipedians Leadership Team (selected March 25, 2019)

  • We selected people for the following roles:
  • Chair: Sodapopinski7;
  • Co Chair / Secretary: Tomianiker;
  • Co Chair / Treasurer for Triangle Area, NC (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill): No Misunderstanding;
  • Liaison / Treasurer for Western NC: Kayz911
  • Overall Support: Frank Jones
  • All members are in charge of communication & promotion of WMF's mission to help everyone share in the sum of all knowledge.
  • Current goal: Increase active membership to achieve many hands, light work, and, moreover, diversify perspectives.

Name ChangeEdit

We changed from North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians to NORTH CAROLINA WIKIPEDIANS (at April 15, 2019 meeting).

2019Edit

May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020Edit

Highlights from the year include members attending WikiConference North America, an in-person Wikipedia birthday party that attracted new participants who had not previously attended a meeting, and several edit-a-thons. Sodapopinski7 also led a #1lib1ref effort for local librarians.

ActivitiesEdit

Coordinating Participants & SupportersEdit

NC Wikipedians Leadership Team (selected March 25, 2019)

  • We selected people for the following roles:
  • Chair: No Misunderstanding;
  • Co Chair / Secretary: Sodapopinski7;
  • Co Chair / Treasurer for Triangle Area, NC (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill): No Misunderstanding;
  • Liaison / Treasurer for Western NC: Kayz911
  • Overall Support: Frank Jones
  • All members are in charge of communication & promotion of WMF's mission to help everyone share in the sum of all knowledge.
  • Current goal: Increase active membership to achieve many hands, light work, and, moreover, diversify perspectives.

Name ChangeEdit

We changed from North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians to NORTH CAROLINA WIKIPEDIANS (at April 15, 2019 meeting).

2020Edit

May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021Edit

The ongoing global pandemic prevented us from holding our usual in-person events throughout the year. Local enthusiasm was low for virtual events. Highlights included a virtual Latinx Heritage Month Wikipedia edit-a-thon at the University of North Carolina in October 2020, and participation in #1lib1ref.

ActivitiesEdit

Coordinating Participants & SupportersEdit

NC Wikipedians Leadership Team

  • Chair: No Misunderstanding
  • Co Chair / Secretary: Sodapopinski7
  • Co Chair / Treasurer for Triangle Area, NC (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill): No Misunderstanding
  • Liaison / Treasurer for Western NC: Kayz911
  • Overall Support: Frank Jones
  • All members are in charge of communication & promotion of WMF's mission to help everyone share in the sum of all knowledge.
  • Current goal: Increase active membership to spread effort across our membership and diversify perspectives.

2021Edit

May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2022Edit

Highlights of the year included recruiting a few new members, participation in #1lib1ref, and planning for a spring photo project to be executed in May 2022.

ActivitiesEdit

  • In October 2021, User Group members attended the virtual 2021 WikiConference North America Oct. 8-10. At the October User Group meeting, members also reviewed and discussed the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) process and the current state of the CoC draft.
  • October meeting 2021 - October 7, 2021
  • December meeting 2021 - December 2, 2021
  • January meeting 2022 - January 6, 2022
  • January 2022: User group members affiliated with the University Libraries at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill led the Library's staff in adding citations to Wikipedia for the January 2022 #1lib1ref campaign.
    • NC Wikipedians User Group members provided an online training session with instruction in selecting sources and adding citations, and guidance in creating a new account and getting started with editing in Visual Editor, to encourage participation from new editors.
    • 16 people participated from the UNC-CH University Libraries. They contributed 71 citations, and edited 47 articles. The Libraries ranked #10 overall on the global dashboard for citations added. January 2022 Programs
  • February 2022
    • the User Group began planning for a statewide, asynchronous event during the spring or summer of 2022. We determined the goal for our event would be to encourage people across North Carolina to take photos, particularly encouraging submissions of state parks, historic sites (especially those that haven't been well-documented), and other natural resources and upload them to the Wikimedia Commons.
    • The group also discussed contributor proposals in the Community Wishlist Survey 2022 for Wikimedia projects to prepare group members for voting on proposals.
  • February meeting 2022 - February 3, 2022
  • March 2022: The User Group reviewed progress
  • March meeting 2022 - March 3, 2022

Coordinating Participants & SupportersEdit

NC Wikipedians Leadership Team

  • Chair: Sodapopinski7
  • Co Chair / Secretary: No Misunderstanding
  • Liaison / Treasurer for Western NC: Kayz911
  • Overall Support: Frank Jones
  • All members are in charge of communication & promotion of WMF's mission to help everyone share in the sum of all knowledge.
  • Current goal: Increase active membership to spread effort across our membership and diversify perspectives.
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