Edit-a-thon Vorst December 2017

In December 2017 an edit-a-thon was organised in the library BLI:B in Vorst/Forest.

Purpose

The goal of the edit-a-thon is to write articles about Vorst/Forest and/or dance in Wikipedia, and to increase the number of articles about these subjects and closer the Belgiumgap. Also taking photos and uploading them is welcome.

History and background

In 2017 multiple edit-a-thons have been organised in Brussels around dance and/or Brussels. During the Brussels writing weeks 2017 in April two sessions were organised around dance. With the Wikify het Theaterfestival! edit-a-thons in August-September 10 writing sessions were organised around dance. The focus for dance is because Brussels is considered to be a capital of dance in the world and the limited presence of this topic on Wikipedia.

Contacts

Romaine - introduction
Beireke1

Partners

PACKED vzw
Flemish Community Commission (VGC)
BLI:B - public library Vorst/Forest

Budget

Generic 2017 budget

Timeline

6 December 2017 - Sending out reminder to come to edit-a-thon
9 December 2017 - Edit-a-thon in BLI:B, Vorst/Forest (activity page on Wikipedia | photos)

Statistics

The metrics and statistics of this project are:

Number of people present with an activity: 10 users
Number of newly registered users: 4 users
Number of content pages created/improved: ~10 articles + 18 photos