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== What's a Write-a-Thon? ==
== What's a Write-a-Thon? ==
It's a bunch of people getting together on a wiki at a particular time to do a bunch of writing.  It's like an online party!  Heck no, it ''is'' an online party!  It's also an excuse for infrequent wikiers to show up and <s>actually pitch in</S> party hardy.
It's a bunch of people getting together on a wiki at a particular time to do a bunch of writing.  It's like an online party!  Heck no, it ''is'' an online party!  It's also an excuse for infrequent wikiers to show up and <s>actually pitch in</S> party hardy.
But hey, why not show up in between the write-ins, too!


== When? ==
== When? ==
Our first Write-a-Thon is taking place '''Wednesday, August 1.'''  Any new article you create, and any edit to a new article that you make, when it's August 1 in your part of the world, will count.
Write-a-Thons happen the first Wednesday of every month.  The next Write-a-Thon is '''Wednesday, September 5.'''  September 5 starts on September 4, 1200 UTC, in New Zealand, and ends on September 6, 1000 UTC, in Hawaii.  Save The Date!  Put it on your calendar!  Set yourself a reminder!


August 1 starts on July 31, 1200 UTC, in New Zealand, and ends on August 2, 1000 UTC, in Hawaii.
Any new article you create, and any edit to a new article that you make, when it's that day in your part of the world, will count.
 
Our first Write-a-Thon took place Wednesday, August the 1st, and was considered a roaring good time--we had about 30 partiers creating something like 50 articles, and editing lots.


== What are the rules? ==
== What are the rules? ==
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* If our first one goes all right, we'll have a Write-a-Thon the first Wednesday of every month.
* If our first one goes all right, we'll have a Write-a-Thon the first Wednesday of every month.
* To participate, you only have to do two things: (1) start a ''new'' article (even just a stub will qualify, if not ''too'' short), and (2) make a substantive edit (not just a copyedit) to somebody else's new article.  Then you can list your name here as a partier.
* To participate, you only have to do two things: (1) start a ''new'' article (even just a stub will qualify, if not ''too'' short), and (2) make a substantive edit (not just a copyedit) to somebody else's new article.  Then you can list your name here as a partier.
== Previous shindigs ==
* [[/August 1, 2007|August 1, 2007]]
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== The Partiers ==
== The Partiers ==
* [[user:Aleta_Curry|Aleta "any excuse for a party" Curry]].  Edited [[ABBA]], started [[Grevillea]].  Yeah, baby!  Created [[A Christmas Carol]] and [[reading (performance)|reading]]
* [[User:Supten Sarbadhikari|Supten]] created [[Hemispheric lateralization]], edited [[Reading_%28performance%29|Reading]]
* [[User:Ion Alexandru Morega|Ion Morega]] created [[Debian]] and [[HTTP]]; edited [[Python programming language]] and squeezed a few minor changes in [[Virtualization]] just before the party ended :)
* [[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] created [[musical instrument]] and [[fiddle]], and edited [[ABBA]], [[A Christmas Carol]], [[Reading (performance)]], and [[Household]], and needs help with [[Musical instrument/Related]]
* [[User:Todd Coles|Todd Coles]] - created [[Joe Louis]], edited [[Treaty of Union (1707)]], [[ABBA]], [[Richard I]]
* [[User:Roger Lohmann|Roger Lohmann]] created [[Household]], [[Rural poverty]], edited [[Civil Society]] entry big-time and added some subpages
*[[User:David Hoffman|David Hoffman]] created the [[Hebrew Bible]], a perfect site for collaboration during a [[write-a-thon]], since there's so much to fill in and everyone's an expert ;)      Be kind to yours truly, [[User:David Hoffman|David Hoffman]] 09:23, 1 August 2007 (CDT) I didn't read an article on [[Editing]], but I did edit one on  [[reading]], another great topic for expansion! [[User:David Hoffman|David Hoffman]] 10:18, 1 August 2007 (CDT) Scratch that, so to speak. Created [[editing]] -- authors of the world unite!
** Hail D*v*d, creator of the Hebrew Bible!
*[[User:Denis Cavanagh|Denis Cavanagh]] created [[Richard I]], [[John I]] and [[Henry III]]. They're all pretty bad, but its a start!
* [[User:Paul Derry|Paul Derry]] - Rewrite of [[Adder (electronics)]], Good Morning Sunshines! I just added the [[Amateur radio]] article :)
* [[User:Ian Johnson|Ian Johnson]] - created [[ABBA]], edited [[Grevillea]] and created [[Gay bar]], to re-establish a [[gay]] reputation after the initial macho foray with [[ABBA]] earlier today, and also created [[Beer]] ([[User:Anton Sweeney|Anton Sweeney]] seemed to be looking for [[beer]])--which is often a popular beverage at many parties. And on porches. And at [[Gay bar]]s.
*[[User:Andrew Staroscik]]: created [[Microbial ecology]], made minor edits on the [[microbiology]] main page.
* [[User:James F. Perry|James F. Perry]]: Created [[Treaty of Union (1707)]], edited [[Musical instrument]]
* [[User:Greg Woodhouse|Greg Woodhouse]]: created [[Scheme (language)]], edited [[HTTP]]
* [[User:Martin Baldwin-Edwards|Martin Baldwin-Edwards]]: restarted [[Race]]
* [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] created [[William Haggard]] and edited [[Fiddle]]
* [[User:Anton Sweeney|Anton Sweeney]] created [[World of Warcraft Trading Card Game]], because what's a party without games.  Or [[beer]].  Why do we have no [[beer]]?  (That's a hint).  After finding some beer, he may try and edit something else.  (Later: I did - I edited [[Beer]]!  Thanks Ian!)
** That's one huge article for a card game, Anton. ;-) Don't let it be said that CZ lacks articles about pop culture!  (Which are good to have of course!) --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 08:53, 1 August 2007 (CDT)
:::Wait till I get started on [[Poker]] and [[Texas Hold 'Em]] :P (Though that won't be today!) [[User:Anton Sweeney|Anton Sweeney]] 09:01, 1 August 2007 (CDT)
* [[User:David E. Volk]] created [[Hayes Carll]] and [[Texas Hold 'Em]], and edited [[Musical instrument]].
* [[User:Aleksander Stos|Aleksander Stos]] was [[IDLE (Python programming language)|IDLE]] for a while, but came here after having a little of [[beer|pilsner]].
* [[User:Michael Underwood|Michael Underwood]] created a [[free particle]] and proved [[Euclid's lemma]].
* [[User:Eric M Gearhart|Eric M Gearhart]] created [[Virtualization]] and added the reason why there's a Deb in [[Debian]] (and why there's a sid too...)
* [[User:Joe Quick|Joe Quick]] dug into [[Milpa agriculture]] and then sat back to survey his work with a little [[beer]].
* [[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] created [[Homeostasis (Biology)]] &mdash; a beginning to a long article &mdash; and edited Gareth Leng's new article, [[Adipocyte]]
* [[User:Andrew Chong|Andrew Chong]] created [[boxing]], [[mixed martial arts]] and [[Brazilian jiu-jitsu]], and edited [[video games]] and [[sexual dimorphism]].
* [[User:Carl Jantzen|Carl Jantzen]] created [[International Space Station]] and edited [[NASA]].


== Porch sitters--article creators who didn't edit a new article ==
== Porch sitters--article creators who didn't edit a new article ==
* [[User:Nereo Preto|Nereo Preto]] created [[Rock (geology)]] and then edited it. Well, I suppose this doesn't work, isn't it? :)
*[[User:Kris Roose|Kris Roose]] 15:30, 1 August 2007 (CEST) created an article on [[Integration]], supposed to be a high order intellectual and communication process
*--[[User:Charles Sandberg|Charles Sandberg]] 20:38, 1 August 2007 (CDT) created an article on [[Cyrus the Great]], founder of the Persian Empire. I'll do more work next time we have a party.


== Party crashers--contributors who didn't create a new article ==
== Party crashers--contributors who didn't create a new article ==
* [[User:Morten Juhl Johansen|Morten Juhl Johansen]] edited [[Open source software]], added a bit to [[Python programming language|Python]] and started nagging about the structure of the [[Linux_(disambiguation)|Linux]] articles. Also, finally put something into a stub made a long time ago about [[Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov]]. Please comment on that text, by the way.
* [[User:JeromeDelacroix|JeromeDelacroix]] edited [[Wiki]]. Hey, does editing [[Monthly Write-a-Thon]] count as my second edit ;) ?
* [[User:Stephen Ewen|Stephen Ewen]] was at first a party poop, busy all by his lonesome writing a how-to document just for new constables.  He has now crashed the party and added material to [[Beer]] about its ancient history.


== The total party poops ==
== The total party poops ==
:''Go ahead, admit it!''
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*[[User:John_Stephenson|John Stephenson]] would've created 200 articles if he hadn't been getting to grips with [[User:John_Stephenson#Constabulary|becoming a constable]]. And there's a typhoon here in Japan, which prevented him from editing, honest.

Revision as of 03:37, 2 August 2007

What's a Write-a-Thon?

It's a bunch of people getting together on a wiki at a particular time to do a bunch of writing. It's like an online party! Heck no, it is an online party! It's also an excuse for infrequent wikiers to show up and actually pitch in party hardy.

But hey, why not show up in between the write-ins, too!

When?

Write-a-Thons happen the first Wednesday of every month. The next Write-a-Thon is Wednesday, September 5. September 5 starts on September 4, 1200 UTC, in New Zealand, and ends on September 6, 1000 UTC, in Hawaii. Save The Date! Put it on your calendar! Set yourself a reminder!

Any new article you create, and any edit to a new article that you make, when it's that day in your part of the world, will count.

Our first Write-a-Thon took place Wednesday, August the 1st, and was considered a roaring good time--we had about 30 partiers creating something like 50 articles, and editing lots.

What are the rules?

Rules? This is a party! There are no rules!

Well, OK, maybe there are a couple rules:

  • If our first one goes all right, we'll have a Write-a-Thon the first Wednesday of every month.
  • To participate, you only have to do two things: (1) start a new article (even just a stub will qualify, if not too short), and (2) make a substantive edit (not just a copyedit) to somebody else's new article. Then you can list your name here as a partier.

Previous shindigs


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