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Welcome
This project tracks ongoing Wikipedia-related work by Toronto Public Library — as well as any volunteers who'd like to participate!

Our goal is to surface histories of Toronto and Canada, especially related to historically marginalized communities and demographics.

Here are two ways Toronto Public Library offers unique value for a project like this:


 * 1) Our librarians can leverage the vast collections they work with every day to create and update Wikipedia articles. Collections include books, ebooks, article databases, special collections (plus Digital Archive) and local history resources.
 * 2) Our librarians can assess gaps in the historical record (and perhaps the library's historical collections) to ensure certain histories are not overlooked on Wikipedia

Can I participate?
Yes! Anyone is welcome to start creating pages in the "To-do" list below.

To-do
Elder Washington Christian (reverend and formerly enslaved person who founded the First Baptist Church in Toronto and others across Canada)

[more coming soon!]

Created
Erin Combs (one of the first women photojournalist hired by national newspaper in Canada)

First Baptist Church (oldest black institution in Toronto, founded by fugitive enslaved persons)

William Pope (early Ontario wildlife painter, dubbed "Canada's Audubon")

Existing articles with images we've added from our collections
Articles listed here did not previously have an image, lacked a good quality image or relevant image. (Some of the images we've uploaded have since been used in other articles, but this list only mentions articles specifically edited by as part of this project.)

Joseph Bloor; Quetton St. George; George Locke; William Thomas (architect); François-Christophe de Lévy; Michel Bégon de la Picardière; Alexander Davison; George Okill Stuart; Robert-Shore-Milnes Bouchette; George Kingsmill; Thomas Simpson (explorer); James Hervey Price; William Warren Baldwin; Jesse Ketchum; Sameul Zimmerman; James Beaty Sr.; Isaac Buchanan; Frederick Chase Capreol; George Kingston (meteorologist); John Henry Dunn; John Beikie; James A. Macdonald; Thomas Clark Street; Edward William Thomson; Herbert Austin Fricker

Existing articles with links we've added to relevant Toronto Public Library collections
These articles were edited to include useful and relevant links, often in the External Links section of a page. Such links go to collection pages or — most often — custom search results showing fully digitized items related to the the article. (Links are only added if they are deemed to be in the best interest of the Wikipedia, not the library.)

Science Fiction; The Birds of America; Arthur Conan Doyle; Chinese Canadians; Sherlock Holmes l; History of Canada; Children's literature; Puppetry; Owen Staples; John James Audubon; Boris Spremo; Toronto Star; Frank Lennon; Valentine and Sons; Religious Tract Society; Edmund Evans; Walter Crane; Dean & Son; Joseph Martin Kronheim; John Harris; Mary Martha Sherwood; Charles Perrault; Joseph Cundall; Madame d'Aulnoy; Harrison Weir; William Darton; George Routledge; George G. Harrap and Co.; John Hassall; Charles Robinson; Henry Justice Ford; E. P. Dutton; Helen Stratton; Florence Kate Upton; Olaf Stapledon; Charles Howard Hinton; J. D. Beresford; Stephen Leacock; Alan Sillivan; Arthur Stringer (writer); Katharine Burdekin; Robert W. Service; J. B. S. Haldane; A. Merrit; Arpad Ferenczy; James Barnes (author); Hannah More; Grant Allen

Outcomes
Last updated: February 29, 2020

New articles
Created: 3

Featured on Wikipedia homepage's "Did you know" section : 2

Page views: 4,898

Existing articles
Added images to: 25

Page views of those articles with added images (since date of image being added): ?

Added links to: 48

Contact
Get in touch! Email David (he/him): dsprague@tpl.ca