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The M3P Foundation held its first edit-a-thon on Saturday 14 September 2013 at the National Archives of Malta in Rabat.

Join us for the 1st M3P edit-a-thon!

The event started at 1:30pm and ended at 6:00pm with refreshments.

What is an editathon?

The word "editathon" or "edit-a-thon" is a portmanteau of the words "edit" and "marathon".

In this case, "edit" is used in the sense of contributing edits to the M3P wiki.

Attendees

The event is free and open to all but registration before Wednesday 11 September 2013 is required. To register, please enter your name below or contact Toni Sant.

Noel D'Anastas
Michael Bugeja
Steve Borg
Alex Grech
Mario Axiaq
Reuben Pace
Clare Ghigo
Robert Micallef
Martin Debattista
Sempliċiment tat-Triq
Edwin Balzan
Hannah Jones
Toni Sant

You will need to bring your own laptop to participate fully in this editathon. Wifi is available at the venue.

Outline of activities at this event

Toni Sant provided an overview of where the M3P wiki stands after three years since the official launch. This introduction was followed by a hands-on Q&A session leading to one-to-one editing assistance on pages and entries of specific interest to each attendee.

Please feel free to add ideas/requests here...

Page names

How do you decide what to call a page?
What is page disambiguation? examples: Joe Grech - Kantilena - Stephen Borg
How does DEFAULTSORT work? See: Help on sort order + Category:A-Z of the Malta Music Scene

Page tags

What is a stub? See Help:Stub
What does a page clean-up involve? See Help:Contents#Cleanup
Why are category tags important?
Which categories do we use? And how?
Why use the edit summary field?

File uploads

How do you upload images to display on the M3P wiki?
How do you display images as a gallery on the M3P wiki? exampes: Malta Song Festival (D'Anastas_2013) + Xtreme Metal Assault
How do you embed audio files on specific pages? examples: Bletchley Park + Is-Siegħa tal-Kittieba + ROCKNA Live & Unplugged

Help

I'd like to help...what can I do?
Asking for help

* Expanding the help section

M3P editorial policies

Funding

This event received funding from the SIS, under the VO Fund.

Next M3P Edit-a-thon

The next M3P edit-a-thon is being planned for October 2013.

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-'''The M3P Foundation is holding its first annual edit-a-thon on Saturday 14 September 2013 at the National Archives of Malta in Rabat.'''
+'''The M3P Foundation held its first edit-a-thon on Saturday 14 September 2013 at the National Archives of Malta in Rabat.'''
 [[File:M3P Editathon2013.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Join us for the 1st M3P edit-a-thon!]]
-The event starts at 1:30pm and you are free to join for as long as you like. The editathon ends at 7:00pm when refreshments will be served to all attendees.
+The event started at 1:30pm and ended at 6:00pm with refreshments.
 === What is an editathon? ===
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 * Michael Bugeja
 * Steve Borg
-* Winston De Giorgio
 * Alex Grech
 * Mario Axiaq
 * Reuben Pace
+* Clare Ghigo
 * Robert Micallef
 * Martin Debattista
-*
+* Sempliċiment tat-Triq
+* Edwin Balzan
+* Hannah Jones
+* Toni Sant
 You will need to bring your own laptop to participate fully in this editathon.  Wifi is available at the venue.
 == Outline of activities at this event ==
-''An detailed outline of activities planned at this event will appear here ahead of the event.''
-* Toni Sant will provide an overview of where the M3P wiki stands after three years since the official launch. This introduction will be followed by a hands-on Q&A session leading to one-to-one editing assistance on pages and entries of specific interest to each attendee.
+* Toni Sant provided an overview of where the M3P wiki stands after three years since the official launch. This introduction was followed by a hands-on Q&A session leading to one-to-one editing assistance on pages and entries of specific interest to each attendee.
 ''Please feel free to add ideas/requests here...''
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 * [http://www.facebook.com/events/482712365151358/482712751817986 Event listing on Facebook]
 * [http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130912/technology/Wikis-slow-to-emerge-in-Malta.485874 Martin Debattista's Times of Malta feature about the edit-a-thon]
+== Funding ==
+This event received funding from the SIS, under the VO Fund.
+== Next M3P Edit-a-thon ==
+The next M3P edit-a-thon is being planned for October 2013.
 [[Category:M3P_activities]]