User:Jpecore/editathon

I'm organizing an [ http://geniimagazine.com/magicpedia/MagicPedia:Edit-a-thon_2013 All Things Magic Edit-a-thon 2013] to be held on Saturday, September 14th.This Wiki-kadabra event will promote bringing together magicians and magic enthusiasts from around the world to help update Wikipedia and MagicPedia articles concentrating on a range of topics around magic history. Sponsored by Genii Magazine, MagicPedia (the wiki for magicians by magicians), the Conjuring Arts Research Center and Grand Illusions magic store, it will be  held virtually around the world, with the goal to help assimilate MagicPedia's content into Wikipedia (and vice versa).

Suggested tasks

 * Flesh out Category:Magic_%28illusion%29_stubs
 * See if all the Genii covers on MagicPedia can be used on Wikipedia. It has lots of images of magicians we can use.
 * Synchronize all the current Wikipedia articles being used in MagicPedia and vice versaSearch wikipedia for magicpedia
 * Check for other topics requested on WikiProject_Magic
 * Improve and help organize the magic related categories Category:Magic_%28illusion%29
 * Review the current Category:WikiProject_Magic_articles
 * Review current article by quality Category:Magic_articles_by_quality
 * Add Nationality to all MagicPedia biographies.
 * Add Category "Professional Magicians" to all full time performing MagicPedia biograhpies.


 * Move articles about notable magicians on MagicPedia to Wikipedia. Notable magicians missing from Wikipedia:


 * Stewart James
 * Ross Bertram
 * Sid Lorraine
 * John Booth (magician)
 * Faucett Ross
 * Eddie Fields (magician)
 * Professor Hoffmann
 * Al Mann
 * Bill Amac
 * Carl Hermann (magician)
 * Harold Rice
 * Jimmy Grippo
 * Issac Fawkes
 * Lafayette (magician)
 * U.F. Grant
 * C. Lang Neil
 * Tenkai (magician)
 * Dr. Jacob Daily
 * Percy Abbott (magician)
 * Samuel Hooker
 * Eddy Taytelbaum