Digital Humanities Week:

Information and Democracy



Edit-a-thon: Information and Democracy, 2/8/19 from 2pm to 8pm, Lincoln Center (rooms to be confirmed)

Wikipedia for Educators at Fordham in partnership with Wikimedia NYC will host this Edit-a-thon at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center Campus.

The edit-a-thon will include tutorials for the beginner Wikipedian, editing support, reference materials, and refreshments. This event is free and open to the public. People of all gender identities and expressions are invited to participate.

  • Event page this page has additional information and details about the event
  • Event dashboard sign into this dashboard during the event so that we can track all of the edits made

Wikipedia for Educators at Fordham supports and promotes the use of Wikipedia in the classroom, organizes edit-a-thons on campus and promotes Wikipedia events in the community. This is an open group made of faculty, staff, and students. Founded in 1841, Fordham University, the Jesuit University of New York, is committed to the discovery of Wisdom and the transmission of Learning, through research and through undergraduate, graduate and professional education of the highest quality.

NYCDH New York City Digital Humanities brings together DHers across the wider NYC region. NYCDH organizes an annual DH week of networking sessions, a DH community meeting, open workshops offered across the city, and social events.

Wikimedia NYC is the regional Wikimedia chapter serving the New York metropolitan area. They help promote free access to the world’s knowledge in support of Wikipedia and the other projects of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikimedia NYC is a separate organization from the Wikimedia Foundation and has no editorial control over Wikipedia or any other project hosted by the Foundation.




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