Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Emerson College Edit-a-thon

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Emerson College Edit-a-Thon

As part of Emerson's 3rd Annual Teach-in on Race, the Iwasaki Library will host a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon focusing on screenwriters of color. Special guest, Professor Rae Shaw will speak at 2:30PM about her work in this area.

When


 * October 12, 2018 at 1PM-4PM, Special Guest Speaker Rae Shaw at 2:30PM

Where


 * Emerson College, Iwasaki Library
 * 120 Boylston Street, Room 322, Boston, MA 02116

Your Hosts
 * Cate Schneiderman, Library Outreach Coordinator

Dashboard
 * Please sign in to the event dashboard so we can track how many edits we make today!

Register

 * 1) Let us know you're coming by filling out this form.
 * 2) If you don't have a Wikipedia account yet, please create one here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CreateAccount
 * 3) Come to the Iwasaki Library (Walker 3rd floor) on October 12th between 1-4pm

Schedule
1:00-1:15 -- check in and welcome 1:15-1:25 -- Wikipedia basics 1:25-2:30 -- article editing 2:30-3:00 -- Professor Rae Shaw will speak about her project on African American Screen writers -- Refreshments 3:00-4:00 -- article editing

FAQ
I've never edited Wikipedia before, can I still participate? --Yes! We will help you with basic editing skills or you can check out these online tutorials.

I can only come for part of the event, is that OK? --Yes! We're happy to have you for whatever part of the day you can join us.

Do I need to bring a laptop or other device? --No, but you can if you want to. The event is being held in the library classroom (W322) so we can host up to 21 editors at once.

Wiki Editing Resources

 * FAQ/Editing
 * Help:Editing (Longer article on how to edit a page)
 * Help:Cheatsheet

Articles to work on
Please note, this is not intended to be an exhaustive list!

Articles That Need Links Checked:

 * Candace Allen
 * Madeline Anderson
 * Gregg Araki
 * Margaret Betts
 * Janicza Bravo
 * Nick Cannon
 * Patricia Cardoso
 * Joe Robert Cole
 * Kathleen Collins
 * Ryan Coogler
 * Destin Daniel Cretton
 * Julie Dash
 * Guillermo del Toro
 * Ava DuVernay
 * Pierre Edwards
 * Rob Edwards
 * Rick Famuyiwa
 * Sydney Freeland
 * William Greaves
 * Aurora Guerrero
 * Daheli Hall
 * Sterlin Harjo
 * Leslie Harris
 * Alejandro González Iñárritu
 * Barry Jenkins
 * So Yong Kim
 * Karyn Kusama
 * Pablo Larraín
 * Ang Lee
 * Malcolm D. Lee
 * Adam Bhala Lough
 * Tina Mabry
 * Tahmineh Milani
 * Eric Monte
 * Andrew Muschietti
 * Mira Nair
 * Shelley Niro
 * Jordan Peele
 * Jennifer Phang
 * Gina Prince-Bythewood
 * Angela Robinson
 * Dee Rees
 * Jorge Sanjinés
 * Damián Szifron
 * Luis Valdez
 * Lena Waithe
 * Patrick Wang
 * Alice Wu

Articles That Need Citations:
Check out how to add citations to Wikipedia.
 * Mara Brock Akil
 * Alejandro Amenábar
 * Guillermo Arriaga
 * Miguel Arteta
 * Amma Asante
 * Troy Beyer
 * Reggie Rock Bythewood
 * Shirley Cheechoo
 * Max Cole
 * Alfonso Cuarón
 * Carlos Cuarón
 * Eugenio Derbez
 * Leila Djansi
 * Negin Farsad
 * Antwone Fisher
 * Cary Fukunaga
 * Gregory Allen Howard
 * Joseph Khan
 * Michael Kang
 * Gloria Calderon Kellett
 * Kasi Lemmons
 * Justin Lin
 * Claudia Llosa
 * Josefina López
 * Luis Mandoki
 * Lucrecia Martel
 * H.P. Mendoza
 * Euzhan Palcy
 * Tanya Saracho
 * Robert Townsend
 * Jessica Yu

Articles That Are Stubs:
Learn more about stubs and how to fix them.
 * Lisandro Alonso
 * Fede Alvarez
 * Cheo Hodari Coker
 * William Forest Crouch
 * Bentley Kyle Evans
 * John Evans
 * Michael Genet
 * Winifred Hervey
 * Rhoda Jordan
 * Dan Kwan
 * Cinqué Lee
 * Joie Lee
 * Diego Lerman
 * Jenny Lumet
 * Tracy Oliver
 * Marialy Rivas
 * Yen Tan

Screenwriters Without Wiki Pages:
Learn more about how to create new Wikipedia articles.
 * Magdalena Albizu
 * Paz Fábrega
 * Reinaldo Marcus Green
 * Hesham Issawi
 * Jose Nestor Marquez
 * Carmen Marron
 * Nijla Mu’min
 * Gerardo Naranjo
 * Yanillys Perez
 * Rodrick Pocowatchit
 * Rodrigo Reyes
 * Stefani Robinson
 * Alvaro Rodriguez
 * Tarek Tohme
 * Jimmy Tsai

Research resources
The Iwasaki Library has many resources that will be useful for editing articles. We will have some print resources available in the classroom for you to consult. Also, you may find the following databases helpful:
 * Biography Resource Center (All biography, all the time)
 * Credo Reference (General reference database with over 3 million entries from 300+ reference books in a variety of subjects.)
 * Ethnic NewsWatch (Full-text articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press)
 * Film and Television Literature Index with Full Text (Our top film research database)
 * Internet Movie Database (IMDB) (A good place to start for basic information and for adding screenwriting credits to wiki pages)
 * The New York Times (Full-text from the first issue in 1851 through today)
 * Variety Insight (Similar to IMDB Pro)