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Campaign for library engagement with Wikipedia #1Lib1Ref hash #1Lib1Ref 2016 01 15 y – 2016 01 23 y Online Active Annual 2025 01 15 y – 2025 02 05 y Wikipedia:GLAM 1lib1ref.org thumb|A Be like Bill meme relating to the campaign #1Lib1Ref (known in some Romance languages as #1Bib1Ref) is a Wikipedia campaign inviting librarians to participate in the online encyclopedia project, specifically improving articles by adding citations. The first #1Lib1Ref campaign coincided with the 15th anniversary of the founding of Wikipedia in January 2016.http://dsg.neu.edu/1lib1ref-imagine-a-world-where-every-librarian-added-one-more-reference-to-wikipedia/ #1Lib1Ref: Imagine a World Where Every Librarian Added One More Reference to Wikipedia Rust Amanda 14 January 2016 15 January 2016http://acrl.ala.org/techconnect/post/1lib1ref #1Lib1Ref ACRL TechConnect Blog 15 January 2016 ACRL 15 January 2016 27 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160127093824/http://acrl.ala.org/techconnect/post/1lib1ref deadhttp://www.ifla.org/node/10118 Wikipedia birthday greetings Scheeder Donna 15 January 2016 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions 15 January 2016 Based on the premise of One Librarian, One Reference, organizers estimated that if each librarian on the planet spent 15 minutes adding a citation, the combined effort would eliminate English Wikipedia's backlog of 350,000 "[June 2026]" notices.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref The Wikipedia Library/1Lib1Ref Wikimedia Foundation 15 January 2016 The inaugural, weeklong event ran from 15–23 January 2016, and employed the hashtag #1lib1ref on various social media platforms.Stinson Alex 15 January 2016 #1Lib1Ref: Help Celebrate Wikipedia's Birthday during 15–23 January by Adding a Reference https://www.diglib.org/1lib1ref-help-celebrate-wikipedias-birthday-during-15-23-january-by-adding-a-reference-2/ 15 January 2016 Results of the first campaign The inaugural campaign ended with 1,232 revisions on 879 pages, by 327 users in 9 languages, using the hashtag #1lib1ref in the edit summary; these numbers likely underestimate the overall impact, since many participants were observed omitting the hashtag from edit summaries. On Twitter the #1lib1ref hashtag was used in over 1,100 posts by over 630 users.1Lib1Ref Lessons - 2016 Outcomes by the numbers https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons/2016#Outcomes_by_the_numbers 2 January 2019 Recurring event The campaign has been revived as an annual celebration of Wikipedia's birthday,https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2018/02/25/springfield-greene-county-librarians-add-wikipedia-1-lib-1-ref-campaign-you-can-too/356456002/ Springfield, Greene County librarians add to Wikipedia #1Lib1Ref campaign. You can, too. Springfield News-Leader 2018-05-13 en expanding into a three-week event in subsequent years.1Lib1Ref https://folgerpedia.folger.edu/1Lib1Ref Folgerpedia Folger Shakespeare Library 23 January 2018 The 1Lib1Ref campaign is part of the Wikimedia Foundation's GLAM outreach strategy to involve librarians in the improvement of Wikipedia,https://libraries.idaho.gov/wikipedias-2018-1lib1ref-campaign/ Wikipedia's 2018 #1lib1ref Campaign Idaho Commission for Libraries 20 December 2017 en 2019-01-02 4 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210304192230/https://libraries.idaho.gov/wikipedias-2018-1lib1ref-campaign/ dead and other Wikimedia projects (as of 2022 plans).Gill Satdeep Nartey Felix 2021-12-16 1Lib1Ref is back in 2022 with more languages and advanced tasks https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/12/16/1lib1ref-is-back-in-2022-with-more-languages-and-advanced-tasks/ 2021-12-31 Diff en-US References External links https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref (on Meta Wiki) Wikimedia edit summary hashtag search: 1lib1ref August 2016 Category:History of Wikipedia Category:Hashtags Category:Library science Category:January Category:2016 establishments