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[[File:We Can Edit.jpg|400px|thumbnail|right|alt=drawing of a Rosie the Riveter showing her flexed bare arm with the text above stating "We can Edit"|Edit-a-thon poster]]An '''edit-a-thon''' is an effort to improve a certain part of the wiki over a specific, often short, period of time.  They typically focus on a specific topic, such as expanding or updating on articles (such as All Saints Day or [[Accessibility]]).  Edit-a-thons improve the wiki and can be a great way to help new Saintapedians learn to edit. 

== Options ==

=== Content categorization ===
Throughout most of the day, there will be a live stream of an editor participating in the Edit-a-thon. You are welcome to join whenever your schedule permits to learn how to participate or get live editing support.  

In an effort to better organize the content on Saintapedia, this edit-a-thon will focus on:

* Adding [[Saintapedia:Official categories|Official categories]] to pages without categories, especially reviewing
** On [[Portal:Category wikiproject]]
*** Wikipedia stubs needing cleanup
*** Stubs article
**[[Portal:Archive/WikiProject#Batches]]
* Updating/expanding on that list of categories
* Reviewing and merging [[Help:Merging#Articles%20needing%20merging|articles needing merging]]
* As needed
** Suggesting pages be [[Portal:Archive|archived]]
** Creating pages

=== Random page challenge ===
To participate:
* Go to a [[random page]]
* See if you can make one change to improve it
* If so, add it to your list
* Go to another random page and repeat the process

=== Categories and Accessibility ===
The Edit-a-thon focused on:
* connecting content and improving search [[Edit-a-thon#Adding categories|adding categories]]
* improving [[Edit-a-thon#Accessibility|Accessibility]] ([[Edit-a-thon#Alt text|Alt text]], [[Edit-a-thon#Section headings|Section headings]], and [[Edit-a-thon#Color contrast|Color contrast]]) in honor of {{W|article=Global Accessibility Awareness Day}}

==== Categorizes ====
[[Category]] tags help keep related content together.  Adding these tags makes links at the bottom of the article which take you to the list of all pages in that category. They are now even more important since Saintapedia's [[Help:Search|new search]] will now allow you to use categories as a basis of a search or refine your search results using categories.

The Edit-a-thon will focus on: 
* [[#Adding categories|Adding categories]]
* Updating [[Saintapedia:Official categories|Official categories]], as needed

====== Adding categories ======
''<small>Edit at [[Help:Category#Adding categories|Adding categories]]</small>''

You can add categories with both editors ([[Edit-a-thon#Using Visual Editor|Visual Editor]] or [[Edit-a-thon#Using Enhanced editor|Enhanced editor]]). Using Visual Editor 
{{#lsth:Help:Category|Adding categories using Visual Editor}}
======Using Enhanced editor ======
{{#lsth:Help:Category|Adding an article to a category using Enhanced editor}}

==== Accessibility ====
In support of [[Global Accessibility Awareness Day]], we will also work to add:
*[[#Alt text|Alt text]]
*[[#Section headings|Section headings]]
*[[#Color contrast|Color contrast]]
Please see [[Saintapedia:Accessibility]] for more ways you can make Saintapedia accessible to everyone.
======Alt text======
''<small>Edit at [[Saintapedia:Accessibility#Images]]</small>''
{{#lsth:Saintapedia:Accessibility|Images}}
======Section headings======
''<small>Edit at [[Saintapedia:Accessibility#Section headings]]</small>''
{{#lsth:Saintapedia:Accessibility|Section headings}}
======Color contrast======
''<small>Edit at [[Saintapedia:Accessibility#Color recommendations]]</small>''
{{#lsth:Saintapedia:Accessibility|Color recommendations}}

==== Visual Editor ====
This edit-a-thon will focus on:  
# using [[Help:Visual Editor|Visual Editor]] to make changes to the wiki  
# connecting articles ([[Wikifying]], Related link circles, [[Navboxes]], etc.)  
# refreshing the list of pages we want the 2018/2019 class of [[Saintapedia:Intern program|Saintapedia Interns]] to create/improve  

Editors are encouraged to:
* Spend five (5) minutes testing out the new editor (see [[Help:Visual editor]] for more details)
* Consider [[Five Minute Pledge]] - Can you spare 5 minutes, 0.2% of your work week, to make a few edits to Saintapedia?
* Do one of the quick [[Saintapedia:Gardening|Gardening tasks]]
* Complete a task from [[Gardener's Dashboard]]

==== Acronyms ====
'''[[Acronyms|{{color|#1b9e77|All}}]] — [[Acronym A|{{color|#7570b3|A}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym B|{{color|#1b9e77|B}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym C|{{color|#d95f02|C}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym D|{{color|#7570b3|D}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym E|{{color|#1b9e77|E}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym F|{{color|#d95f02|F}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym G|{{color|#7570b3|G}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym H|{{color|#1b9e77|H}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym I|{{color|#d95f02|I}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym J|{{color|#7570b3|J}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym K|{{color|#1b9e77|K}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym L|{{color|#d95f02|L}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym M|{{color|#7570b3|M}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym N|{{color|#1b9e77|N}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym O|{{color|#d95f02|O}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym P|{{color|#7570b3|P}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym Q|{{color|#1b9e77|Q}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym R|{{color|#d95f02|R}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym S|{{color|#7570b3|S}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym T|{{color|#1b9e77|T}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym U|{{color|#d95f02|U}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym V|{{color|#7570b3|V}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym W|{{color|#1b9e77|W}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym X|{{color|#d95f02|X}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym Y|{{color|#7570b3|Y}}]]{{·}} [[Acronym Z|{{color|#1b9e77|Z}}]]'''

==== Women's History Month ====
Every Women's History Month March highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society, as the focus for this month's edit-a-thon.  It will 

* Add [[biographies]] of woman saints 
* Adding [[categories]] to articles about saints women to keep them together

==== Creating biography articles ====
Select "Biography" template from the [[Boilerplate template]].  See the page creation options below.
{{#lsth:Frequently Asked Questions about Saintapedia|How do I create a new page on Saintapedia?}}
==== Biography categories ====
{{#ev:youtube|BSy-VSGwzyw|400|right|Adding categories to a wiki page}}
The categories that will be used are: 

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{{#lsth:Help:Category|Adding an article to a category}}

==== Stub creation ====
The December 2015 ran from December 28th through December 31st, 2015.  It focused on creating starter pages called [[stubs]].  A stub is an article that is too short to provide comprehensive coverage of the subject, but long enough to provide some useful information. 

===== How do I create a new page on Saintapedia? =====
{{Main|Help:Creating a page}}
Creating a new page is very easy.  
{{#lsth:Help:Creating a page|Article Creation Methods}}

== Adding YouTube videos ==
'''What''' - [[Adding YouTube video|Adding YouTube videos]] to Saintapedia articles

'''Why''' - Adding YouTube videos is a quick way to add value to an article

==== Steps ====
# Pick an article and do a video search with the title
# Look for a video from a good sources
# See [[#Adding the video|Adding the video]] below
# Add [[:Category:Pages with YouTube videos]] at the bottom of the article
# Save the page with an [[Edit summary]]

=== Adding the video ===
{{Main|Help:Video}}
{{#lsth:Help:Video|Adding a video}}
*

== Best practices ==
* Open discussion forum to help editors with conference line
* Option for chat
* Could also do after hours
* Promote through internal social media 

== Ideas ==
Ideas can now be found at [[Saintapedia:Edit-a-thons WikiProject]]

== Related ==
* [[Saintapedia:Ambassadors]]
* [[Saintapedia:Edit-a-thons WikiProject]]
* {{Tlx|Editing theme}}

== External links ==
* {{W|Edit-a-thon}}
* {{W|Wikipedia:How to run an edit-a-thon}}
* Training - [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/training/editathons Running Editathons and other Editing Events]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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