Expanding History of Holocaust Survivors & WWII

The Social Science Department of AB-Tech and the North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians are excited to offer an “edit-a-thon” to provide hands-on training for using Wikipedia for research and editing articles to meet Higher Education standards. Kasey Baker, an AB-Tech’s instructor of Political Science and former Regional Ambassador for the Wikimedia Foundation, will teach participants how to critically analyze Wikipedia articles and contribute to Wikipedia pages.

The specific focus of this event will be to expand Jewish history of survivors of the Holocaust and the history of World War II. Featured guest and Holocaust survivor, Dr. Walter Ziffer, will join us as a fallow up to his lecture the evening before (at 6-8pm in Ferguson Auditorium on November the 8th).

This event is open to the public, students, faculty and staff and will be offered as professional development. Please RSVP as the event will be catered and a formal head count is preferred. Although computers are provided, we encourage participants to bring their own laptops.

WHEN: Friday, November 9th from 10 AM until noon

WHERE: Haynes HCTC 214 and HCTC 217 on the AB-Tech campus at 340 Victoria Rd, Asheville, NC 28801

WHO: Anyone & Everyone!

• Experienced or new Wikipedians (We will provide assistance with Wikipedia formatting and syntax)
• Amateur historians or research pros
• AB-Tech faculty, staff, and students

WHAT TO BRING: A laptop. We'll help you access the school wireless network.

WILL THERE BE FOOD? Yes! We'll food and drinks for participants.

Please visit the program page for this event and login with your Wikipedia account. This will help us track the work that is completed during this event and report on the outcomes from this edit-a-thon.

We'll be updating the topic list in real time, with editors signing next to articles they're working on, so anyone with a Wikipedia account can log on and do the same. We welcome remote participants, and hope these options will allow you to participate!

• GLAM Beginners Guide
• Wikipedia Tutorial
• Citation guide
• Formatting Shortcuts -

• Text Formatting
• Section Headers, Indents, and Lists
• Links

You are all invited to join the Triangle Wikipedians user group. Simply add your name to the participants and supporters section on that page to be notified about upcoming events.

Please add your name below if you are planning to attend.