Wikipedia:GLAM/The Tate Gallery/Events and Workshops/Tate Britain, Queer British Art Editathon

About the event
This event will cover teaching people how to edit Wikipedia, and focus on creating and expanding articles on queer British artists, from Duncan Grant to Dora Carrington.

Wikipedia is usually the first point of call for basic information about anything, and there is a dearth of articles about art on Wikipedia, with queer art in particular needing expansion. Less well-known artists or artworks can be made more discoverable by virtue of their links to other artists or places, so with the enthusiasm and knowledge of Tate staff and visitors, we can increase opportunities for people to discover artists they never knew about and help them access good quality information on those artists.




 * How do I prepare?
 * Create a Wikipedia account
 * Bring a laptop (wi-fi will be provided)
 * Think about what you would like to edit about - you can even prepare some materials to bring with you on the day
 * Learn more about editing using the Visual Editor, or in general.
 * Learn about good sources for articles.

Programme
10:00am - 4:00pm with a break for lunch.

Trainer
Stuart Prior is a project coordinator for the charity Wikimedia UK, that supports Wikimedia and Wikipedia projects in the UK.

Article hit list
We're targeting the below articles for improvement or creation - please feel free to research in advance! This list will be updated - please check back

Articles for creation

 * John Cole (painter)
 * Marc Camille Chaimowicz
 * Sunil Gupta
 * Enrico David
 * Henrik Olesen
 * Arthur Lemon
 * Edward Wolfe
 * David Robilliard
 * Pepe Espaliú
 * Nicola Tyson
 * Clare Atwood
 * Konstantin Somov
 * Vivian Forbes
 * Stephen Tomlin
 * Mario Dubsky
 * Add names here..

Articles for improvement

 * Maxwell Armfield
 * Keith Vaughan
 * Akram Zaatari
 * Howard Hodgkin
 * Prunella Clough
 * Simeon Solomon
 * Keith Vaughan
 * Patrick Procktor
 * Jacques-Emile Blanche
 * John Banting
 * Glyn Warren Philpot
 * Leslie Hurry
 * Anya Gallaccio
 * Alvaro Guevara
 * Lubaina Himid
 * Henry Bishop
 * Add articles here...

Resources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:LGBT_artists

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Biography/By_profession#Artists

Participants

 * User:battleofalma
 * User:Lidewji
 * User:Booksandquills
 * User:Clarestarling
 * User:Carmineclaire
 * User:Juanawi
 * User:Tpowell91
 * User:Holly Callaghan
 * User:KBlackford
 * User:Alexandra Ines
 * User:Cjpgriffin
 * User:Cabcoop
 * User:katlou_1984
 * User:Zigzig20s

Participants - Sign Up Here!
Prior to the event:
 * 1) Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
 * No? Create a Wikipedia account
 * Yes? Go to Step #2
 * 1) Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page


 * Stuart Prior (WMUK) (talk) 13:30, 10 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Tpowell91 (talk) 21:56, 23 May 2016 (UTC)