Wikipedia:100 Days 100 Edits/Join the campaign

Are you a climate change professional or researcher? Join the campaign!

How does it work?

You only need to make one edit on one day to participate! And you can chose to edit Wikipedia yourself or hsve someone make the edits on your behalf.

1. You'll pick a date on which to make your edit and notify User:TatjanaClimate of your chosen date.

2. Then, either:

a) Find a climate change edit to make on Wikipedia and

make the edit to Wikipedia OR
if you're new to Wikipedia and don't have time to sign up and learn how to edit, notify User:TatjanaClimate of your proposed edit, and they will make it on your behalf.

OR

b) If you don't know what to edit, you can make a climate change edit suggested to you.

3. Pass the baton to the next editor by sending them an email with the template text that will be provided to you.

For our purposes, a climate change edit is any edit made to Wikipedia's climate change content. This would include:

edits to articles that are explicitly about climate change (e.g.: Climate change adaptation) as well as
adding relevant missing information about climate change to articles that are not explicitly about climate change (e.g.: adding information about choosing a carbon-friendly diet to the aricle Diet (nutrition).

We want to make meaningful edits, so correcting a spelling mistake won't cut it! At the same time, you don't need to spend hours writing paragraphs.

A meaningful edit could be:

Examples:

Correcting misinformation stating that corals are not effected by climate change to the article Coral reef.
Adding information about the environental impacts of flying first class to the article First class (aviation).

Don't forget to include reputable sources in your edits! See also: How to edit.

I've never edited Wikipedia before, can I still participate?

You can be totally new to Wikipedia or a veteran editor, or anything inbetween to participate! There will be opportunities for you to learn how to edit Wikipedia. Details to follow.

Can I edit anonymously?

Yes. We'd prefer to have your name so that we can aknowledge you, but yes, you can edit anonymously.

How many edits do I have to make?

Just one! You only need to make one edit on one day to participate in the campaign. But you are welcome to sign up on another day to make another edit.

I'm not a researcher or climate change professional. Can I still participate?

Unfortunately this particular campaign is focused on leveraging the expertise of researchers and climate change professionals. If you don't fall into these categories you can assist the campaign by letting User:TatjanaClimate know about any needed edits to climate change -related Wikipedia articles!

Help, I have another question!

Campaign timeline: 2nd August - 10th November 2024 (COP29 begins on 11th November).

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