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Activities have been ranked by:Level 1: No Wikipedia editing
Level 2: Light Wikipedia editing
Level 3: Medium Wikipedia editing
Level 4: Involves research
Level 5: Heavy Wikipedia editing
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Honouring Indigenous Writers on Wikipedia seeks to improve the coverage of Indigenous writers on Wikipedia and to encourage diverse community editors to actively work to dissuade assumptions about Indigenous literature by raising their profile in this increasingly influential information source.
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The weekly Wikipedia-related activity bank was designed to be flexible and easily accessible for individuals and courses to use. The bank is designed with challenges every week, ranging in difficulty and amount of Wikipedia editing experience required.
Browse each week’s activities below or come back to complete ones you’ve missed. They can be completed at any time.
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Attend an HIW Author Reading
December 14, 2020
Attend a HIW author reading with an Indigenous writer.
Level 1

Category Tags
December 16, 2020
Emphasize an author’s Indigeneity by placing it in one of Wikipedia’s Indigenous Writer categories.
Level 3

Duplicate Information
December 16, 2020
Remove or synthesize duplicate information in an article.
Level 3

Invite a Friend
December 16, 2020
Invite a friend to participate in Honouring Indigenous Writers.
Level 1

Join Indigenous Wikiproject Community
January 7, 2021
Join the Indigenous Peoples of North America Wikiproject.
Level 2

“Needs Citation” Tags
December 17, 2020
Fix an article that has been flagged with a “Needs Citation” tag.
Level 3

New Articles
December 17, 2020
Create a new article for an Indigenous author who isn’t on Wikipedia yet.
Level 5

Read about Indigenous Writers
December 16, 2020
Find and read an existing Wikipedia article about an Indigenous writer.
Level 1

Read Books
January 4, 2021
Read a book (or watch a movie) written by an Indigenous writer.
Level 1

Post to Social Media
December 16, 2020
Tag #HonouringIndigenousWriters on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or TikTok
Level 1

Stub Articles
December 16, 2020
Contribute to an article that is currently too short.
Level 5

Update Language
December 16, 2020
Correct out of date or offensive language found in an Indigenous Author article.
Level 2

Update Sources
December 16, 2020
Update an article with a source published this year.
Level 4

Wikipedia Training
December 16, 2020
Join us for an introduction to Wikipedia and learn how to start editing.
Level 1

Wikipedia User Pages
December 16, 2020
Get started with Wikipedia by creating an account and setting up your user page profile.
Level 2