Wikipedia:AfroCROWD/HipHop50SUNYAlbany

'''AfroCROWD Hip Hop 50 Wikipedia Editathon with SUNY at Albany

'''All are welcome. Come as you are.'''

'''Don't forget to bring your laptop. Bring a friend. All languages and levels of Wikipedia exposure welcome.'''

We also invite guests to write on any subject of interest.

Get a head start, register for your own Wikipedia account by clicking "create account" at the top of this page or by clicking here.

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Ideas to whet your editing appetite
Please feel free to add to the list

✅ Please check with a WikiCoach before starting new pages – recommend beginners start editing existing pages vs. starting new pages Clean up existing citations, add a new citation, add a selected works and publications section for published authors
 * Task list
 * add linkages to an article!
 * Improve an existing stub article!
 * Activist stubs
 * Political people stubs


 * Add citations to articles that have none!
 * Biographies of Living People (BLP) without sources – January 2017

Obituaries are a useful starting point, have tons of biographical info!
 * Other easy ideas
 * Chicago Tribune obituaries
 * Los Angeles Times obituaries
 * The Guardian obituaries
 * The New York Times obituaries
 * The Washington Post obituaries

''Are you into more tech-based data? Are you a librarian? Add Authority Control info to Wikidata!''
 * Update Wikidata using Virtual International Authority File (VIAF.org)


 * 1) Go to VIAF.org
 * 2) Search for person (last name, first name)
 * 3) At bottom of page, where it says History of VIAF, expand section. See Werner Herzog example
 * 4) Add each listed Authority to Wikidata if its info is not already populated in Wikidata
 * 5) Add  after External links section above Categories
 * 6) Refresh Wikipedia page

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 * 2=Quick + easy! Infoboxes, stubs, obits with tons of biographical info, Wikidata, etc.