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216:: Suggested books and papers will be available at the event. If you like, bring an academic paper or other reliable source of information to cite, to support your addition to Knowledge (XXG). You will use Knowledge (XXG) to distribute information from this source. Try to bring the highest quality most reputable source you can find for the information.
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for more information.) A couple million people have written bits of it, but most of
Knowledge (XXG) is written by tens of thousands of volunteers around the world. We start with a few edits, make mistakes, learn, and build up from there. You, can, too!
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Educators at Fordham in partnership with Digital Humanities NYC and Wikimedia NYC will be hosting a Knowledge (XXG) Edit-a-thon focused on information and democracy on Friday, February 8, 2019 at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus.
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4:00-7:30 PM - Editing time! Participants will have the
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Knowledge (XXG) is the fifth most visited website on earth (World
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1:30-2:00 PM - Sign in and registration to dashboard and accounts
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Citing Records in the National Archives of the United States
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