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'''Help us create the first Hydrogeology of Africa pages in Wikipedia!!'''
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===Africa Groundwater Atlas Wikipedia edit-a-thon===
===Africa Groundwater Atlas Wikipedia edit-a-thon===

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Help us create the first Hydrogeology of Africa pages in Wikipedia!!

Africa Groundwater Atlas Wikipedia edit-a-thon

At the 2019 IAH Congress we will be running a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to transfer content from the Africa Groundwater Atlas into Wikipedia, making hydrogeology information for Africa more visible and accessible to a wider audience.

What is an edit-a-thon?

A Wikipedia edit-a-thon is an event where people get together to edit Wikipedia - often focused on a specific topic. It is an opportunity for people with similar interests to get together to improve the content of Wikipedia, while learning how to edit the online encyclopedia and often eating snacks and drinking beer (although this is optional).

There are currently no Wikipedia pages related to the hydrogeology of Africa. This edit-a-thon aims to change that by creating "Hydrogeology of ..." pages for every country in Africa. These will be based on the existing country pages in the Africa Groundwater Atlas, which are already written in the wiki software, providing a great starting point! During the edit-a-thon the content of the existing country pages will be summarised and edited to create content that is more suitable for a general Wikipedia audience.

The aim of these new Wikipedia pages is to make African groundwater more visible to a wider audience - we hope you can join us to support this effort!

Where is it happening?

The edit-a-thon is taking place at the 46th IAH Congress in Malaga, Spain. The Congress runs from the 22nd to 27th September at the Trade Fairs and Congress Centre of Malaga.

The Africa Groundwater Atlas Wikipedia edit-a-thon will take place on Monday 22nd September from 4 - 7pm.

Get involved!

Are you attending the 46th IAH Congress? Do you have an interest in African groundwater (no experience necessary!)?

If the answer is yes to these questions, we would love to see you at the edit-a-thon. The idea is that each participant will be assigned a country to work on and together, in a room with beer and snacks, we will create new pages in Wikipedia based on the existing content in the Africa Groundwater Atlas. All you need to bring is a laptop - everything else will be provided.

To plan and manage numbers, we are asking people to register an interest (not necessarily a commitment) before the event by dropping an email to AfricaGWAtlas@bgs.ac.uk with the following information:

  • Name
  • Institution
  • African country or countries of interest (remember no experience necessary!)

If you'd like any further information about the edit-a-thon, please also feel free to email AfricaGWAtlas@bgs.ac.uk

Not attending the IAH Congress but still interested in getting involved? Drop us an email at AfricaGWAtlas@bgs.ac.uk with the info above and we can tell you more about helping remotely!

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