Weekly Activities

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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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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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Level 4Week 3

Adding Images

December 17, 2020

Find and add an image to an article.
Level 4

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Level 1Week 1

Attend an HIW Author Reading

December 14, 2020

Attend a HIW author reading with an Indigenous writer.
Level 1

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Level 3Week 1

Category Tags

December 16, 2020

Emphasize an author’s Indigeneity by placing it in one of Wikipedia’s Indigenous Writer categories.
Level 3

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Level 4Week 1

Citations

December 16, 2020

Find and add a citation to an existing author page.
Level 4

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Level 3Week 2

Duplicate Information

December 16, 2020

Remove or synthesize duplicate information in an article.
Level 3

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Level 1Week 4

Follow Authors

January 4, 2021

Find and follow an Indigenous writer on social media.
Level 1

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Level 5Week 4

Infoboxes

January 4, 2021

Add an infobox to an author’s article.
Level 5

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Level 2Week 4

Internal Links

January 4, 2021

Add an internal link to another Wikipedia article.
Level 2

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Level 1Week 3

Invite a Friend

December 16, 2020

Invite a friend to participate in Honouring Indigenous Writers.
Level 1

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Bonus! Week 5Level 2

Join Indigenous Wikiproject Community

January 7, 2021

Join the Indigenous Peoples of North America Wikiproject.
Level 2

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Level 2Week 2

Minor Edits

December 16, 2020

Correct a spelling or grammar mistake on Wikipedia.
Level 2

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Level 1Week 3

Native Land

December 16, 2020

Look up your location on Native Land.
Level 1

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Level 3Week 3

“Needs Citation” Tags

December 17, 2020

Fix an article that has been flagged with a “Needs Citation” tag.
Level 3

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Level 5Week 3

New Articles

December 17, 2020

Create a new article for an Indigenous author who isn’t on Wikipedia yet.
Level 5

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Level 4Week 4

New Authors

January 4, 2021

Find and add an author to next year’s HIW Author list.
Level 4

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Level 1Week 2

Read about Indigenous Writers

December 16, 2020

Find and read an existing Wikipedia article about an Indigenous writer.
Level 1

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Level 1Week 4

Read Books

January 4, 2021

Read a book (or watch a movie) written by an Indigenous writer.
Level 1

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Level 3Week 4

Reformat

January 14, 2021

Fix formatting or structural issues within an article.
Level 3

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Level 1Week 2

Post to Social Media

December 16, 2020

Tag #HonouringIndigenousWriters on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or TikTok
Level 1

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Level 5Week 1

Stub Articles

December 16, 2020

Contribute to an article that is currently too short.
Level 5

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Level 3Week 2

Talk Pages

January 7, 2021

Contribute to an article’s talk page.
Level 3

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Level 2Week 3

Update Language

December 16, 2020

Correct out of date or offensive language found in an Indigenous Author article.
Level 2

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Level 4Week 2

Update Sources

December 16, 2020

Update an article with a source published this year.
Level 4

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Level 1Week 1

Wikipedia Training

December 16, 2020

Join us for an introduction to Wikipedia and learn how to start editing.
Level 1

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Level 2Week 1

Wikipedia User Pages

December 16, 2020

Get started with Wikipedia by creating an account and setting up your user page profile.
Level 2

Launch