Erbstuecke/Participating communities/Brussels

On 22 September 2018, the Goethe Institut in Brussels and Wikimedia Belgium organised a Wikipedia writing session (edit-a-thon) in Brussels. The edit-a-thon includes an introduction (in English) in how to edit and is open to anyone who is willing to learn and edit Wikipedia. Also experienced contributors are welcome. The writing session is part of the Erbstuecke project and organised in multiple countries in Europe. (website)

“Erbstuecke” is a digital project designed by the Goethe-Institut and organised and realised in cooperation with Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. and in consultation with the German Cultural Heritage Committee (Deutsches Nationalkomitee für Denkmalschutz, DNK) in different European cities and towns. The DNK itself is responsible for all activities of the European Year of Cultural Heritage within Germany.

The aim of “Erbstuecke” is to tell the story of our common roots, of how much of Europe can be found in the cultural heritage of Estonia, Portugal and Serbia for instance. We want to encourage to participate as many people and as many European countries as possible with a variety of their “heirlooms”. Cultural cooperations and influences have constituted the European cultural agenda long before the European Union was founded. Our common European heritage keeps on influencing our lives. “Sharing heritage: where the past meets the future” is this year’s slogan.

Details

Location of the edit-a-thon

Entrance of office

Location: Avenue des Arts 58 | Kunstlaan 58 in Brussels
Date: 22 September 2018
Time: 10:00-14:00

Handy links

Erbstuecke/List of Erbstuecke
Tutorial: Dutch / English / German
Cheatsheet with basic wikisyntax: Dutch / English / French / German
Sandbox - generic page where you can test and try Dutch / English / French / German
Your personal sandbox (only when you are logged in): Dutch / English / French / German
Editing Wikipedia brochure English

Guidelines

The (simplified) guidelines on Wikipedia, resting on the five pillars, include:

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, the content that you add must fit in an encyclopedia.
Write in a neutral point of view.
All content added must be free content that anyone can use, edit, and distribute. (copyrights)

Further:

Use references to source facts in your article.
Sign your messages in talk pages with ~~~~. The software of Wikipedia automatically converts this in your linked user name and date and time, so other users know who wrote what when.

New on Wikipedia?

First: welcome to Wikipedia!

Before you start writing, please keep the following thoughts in mind:

add to Wikipedia only knowledge that is suitable for an encyclopedia
add only material that is available under a free license or describe knowledge in your own words
describe the knowledge from a neutral point of view
add references and sources where the information can be found
do not write about your own organisation nor about yourself, a family member or your boss
do not describe new theories, new insights that have not been published widely
look at comparable subjects as examples of how it is done
use headers to structure an article
use internal links (links to other articles on Wikipedia in that language)
do not use external links inline in the text, but only as reference or at the bottom of a page
avoid qualifications like "the best", "the most", "great" and write time specific (not: "last year", "coming month", etc., but: "on 10 April 2016")

Please start writing in your sandbox. The link to your personal sandbox you can find on top of every page (if you are logged in).

Photos of the event

Photo category: Category:Erbstuecke edit-a-thon in Brussels, 22 September 2018

Articles

List here the newly written or expanded articles in Wikipedia.

nl: Christian Petzold (new)
fr: Mundaneum (expanded)
nl: Monument (erfgoed) (expanded)