Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Public Domain Day 2019

Schedule

 * 3:00p - get settled, sign up for accounts
 * 3:15p - welcome to the MIT Libraries and public domain day, about the MIT public domain books
 * 3:30p - split into editing groups and training
 * 4:00p-5:00p - editing!
 * 5:00p+ - Happy birthday Wikipedia! Keep editing, cake

To work on
100 public domain books digitized in the Internet Archive
 * Group: Work on images and add them to Commons
 * How to directions
 * extract images from books, upload them to commons
 * add covers to category pages
 * add metadata and categories
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! Books with Images !! Signup !! Category See for example 1920 category - Category:The outline of history - being a plain history of life and mankind (1920) Also see Category:Images from Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes
 * The Encyclopedia of Food || ChiaLynn (talk) 20:42, 15 January 2019 (UTC) || Category:The Encyclopedia of Food
 * Glass, Paints, Varnishes and Brushes: Their History, Manufacturer and Use || || Category:Glass, Paints, Varnishes and Brushes (book)
 * Military Science and Tactics || ||Category:Military Science and Tactics (book)
 * Wonders of the Past: The Romance of Antiquity and its Splendours ||KitsuneNovo (Fox Baudelaire) (talk) 21:09, 15 January 2019 (UTC) || Category:Wonders of the Past
 * Woman's World County Hand Book on National Distribution  || || Category:Woman's world county hand book on national distribution
 * Report of the Joint New England Railroad Committee… || || Category:Report of the Joint New England Railroad Committee 1923
 * Thumb Tack Club, Third Annual Architectural Exhibition || || Category:Detroit Institute of Art third annual architectural exhibition
 * The Tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen || kbz ||Category:The tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen
 * Manual of Physical Training, Games, and Mass Competitions || ||Category:Manual of physical training, games, and mass competitions
 * The Outline of History; Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind || kbz  || Category:The outline of history - being a plain history of life and mankind (1923).
 * Report of the Joint New England Railroad Committee… || || Category:Report of the Joint New England Railroad Committee 1923
 * Thumb Tack Club, Third Annual Architectural Exhibition || || Category:Detroit Institute of Art third annual architectural exhibition
 * The Tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen || kbz ||Category:The tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen
 * Manual of Physical Training, Games, and Mass Competitions || ||Category:Manual of physical training, games, and mass competitions
 * The Outline of History; Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind || kbz  || Category:The outline of history - being a plain history of life and mankind (1923).
 * The Tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen || kbz ||Category:The tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen
 * Manual of Physical Training, Games, and Mass Competitions || ||Category:Manual of physical training, games, and mass competitions
 * The Outline of History; Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind || kbz  || Category:The outline of history - being a plain history of life and mankind (1923).
 * The Outline of History; Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind || kbz  || Category:The outline of history - being a plain history of life and mankind (1923).
 * The Outline of History; Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind || kbz  || Category:The outline of history - being a plain history of life and mankind (1923).
 * A Journey to India, 1921-1922 || || Category:A journey to India, 1921-1922
 * King's Book of Hawaiian Melodies || tokamoto || Category:King's book of Hawaiian melodies
 * Edinburgh ||hkbf || Category:Edinburgh (book)
 * King's Book of Hawaiian Melodies || tokamoto || Category:King's book of Hawaiian melodies
 * Edinburgh ||hkbf || Category:Edinburgh (book)
 * Edinburgh ||hkbf || Category:Edinburgh (book)
 * The Atom and the Bohr Theory of its Structure: An Elementary Presentation || Lxz1331 || Category:The atom and the Bohr theory of its structure
 * The Barometer as the Foot Rule of the Air || Pacew (talk) 22:54, 15 January 2019 (UTC) (added one image, but not working on it now) || Category:The barometer as the foot rule of the air
 * Geological Research in Kentucky. || || Category:Geological research in Kentucky (1923)
 * Practical Electro-Plating ||EllenLibrarian (talk) 01:45, 27 January 2019 (UTC) || Category:Practical electro-plating (book)
 * Modern Radio Practice || ␄ –Nucleosynth (t c) 21:51, 15 January 2020 (UTC) ||Category:Modern radio practice (book)
 * Report of the Bronx Parkway Commission ||EllenLibrarian (talk) 20:41, 15 January 2019 (UTC)|| Category:Report of the Bronx Parkway Commission
 * Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Book. Class of '98, MIT || || Category:Twenty-fifth anniversary book. Class of '98, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 * The Welding Encyclopedia || Siarus1074 (talk) 20:49, 15 January 2019 (UTC) || Category:The welding encyclopedia
 * The Color of a Great City || || Category:The color of a great city
 * Hartness Flat Turret Lathe Manual || MarkNahabedian || Category:Hartness flat turret lathe manual : a hand book for operators, 1923
 * The Italian Lakes ||Blackoxide (talk) 20:44, 15 January 2019 (UTC) need to work on rotating images||Category:The Italian lakes: Maggiore, Como, Orta, Varese, Lugano, Iseo, Garda (book)
 * Manual de Química Experimental || ||Category:Manual de qum̕ica experimental
 * School Hygiene ||Ctanguay (talk) 20:51, 15 January 2019 (UTC) ||Category:School hygiene (1923)
 * MIT, Cambridge, Mass.: Plans of Court and Future Development || || Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology: plans of court and future development
 * Motion Picture and Stereopticon Projection with Mazda Lamps ||Xplorecre84give (talk) 20:44, 15 January 2019 (UTC)|| Category:Motion picture and stereopticon projection with Mazda lamps
 * Industrial Alcohol ||Gkuriger (talk) 20:41, 15 January 2019 (UTC)||Category:Industrial alcohol (book)
 * The Rochester City Plan || || Category:The Rochester city plan, a report of the organization and operation of the City Planning Bureau of Rochester, N.Y. for 1918-1922
 * }
 * Group: Work on Wikipedia articles
 * be inspired by topics of books: work on airplane engine, catsup, Music of Hawaii, engineering education
 * using the book as a source:
 * Pittsburgh Plate Glass
 * Edinburgh:_Picturesque_Notes - add information from 1923 edition
 * Edit the Kenneth L. Hale article with biographical materials from the MIT Institute Archives and add a resource under Further Reading: Kenneth L. Hale Papers, MC 523. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Archives and Special Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
 * expand Erwin Schell
 * create article for Standard Homes Company – publisher of the 101 Modern Homes book
 * You can also work on topics from past editathons, for instance: women in computing, Art+Feminism, women in architecture, writing Black history at MIT
 * MIT, Cambridge, Mass.: Plans of Court and Future Development || || Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology: plans of court and future development
 * Motion Picture and Stereopticon Projection with Mazda Lamps ||Xplorecre84give (talk) 20:44, 15 January 2019 (UTC)|| Category:Motion picture and stereopticon projection with Mazda lamps
 * Industrial Alcohol ||Gkuriger (talk) 20:41, 15 January 2019 (UTC)||Category:Industrial alcohol (book)
 * The Rochester City Plan || || Category:The Rochester city plan, a report of the organization and operation of the City Planning Bureau of Rochester, N.Y. for 1918-1922
 * }
 * Group: Work on Wikipedia articles
 * be inspired by topics of books: work on airplane engine, catsup, Music of Hawaii, engineering education
 * using the book as a source:
 * Pittsburgh Plate Glass
 * Edinburgh:_Picturesque_Notes - add information from 1923 edition
 * Edit the Kenneth L. Hale article with biographical materials from the MIT Institute Archives and add a resource under Further Reading: Kenneth L. Hale Papers, MC 523. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Archives and Special Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
 * expand Erwin Schell
 * create article for Standard Homes Company – publisher of the 101 Modern Homes book
 * You can also work on topics from past editathons, for instance: women in computing, Art+Feminism, women in architecture, writing Black history at MIT
 * expand Erwin Schell
 * create article for Standard Homes Company – publisher of the 101 Modern Homes book
 * You can also work on topics from past editathons, for instance: women in computing, Art+Feminism, women in architecture, writing Black history at MIT


 * Group: Go through public domain books and figure out what Wikipedia articles they could relate to
 * list ideas here!


 *  Group: Wikidata editing - make items for each book

What we did
and why we did it

I made my first logged-in Wikipedia edits, grammar updates to Matheus & Kauan in order to improve readability.

Added a more concise introduction to OSS Deer Team.

Updated Paul English to cover events since 2016, including his new startup.

Also made first logged-in edits, grammar corrections and context clarifications to Pune Junction railway station

Draco309 made minor changes to the page for Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes.

Participant List
Register for event at MIT Libraries


 * ChiaLynn (talk) 19:57, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Darouet (talk) 15:10, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Pharos (talk) 20:28, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Gkuriger (talk) 15:13, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Ctanguay (talk) 20:20, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
 * – SJ + 06:10, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Fox Baudelaire (@foxbaudelaire) 07:28, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Xplorecre84give (talk) 13:46, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Rtbhive (talk) 16:00, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * EllenLibrarian (talk) 16:03, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Siarus1074 (talk) 20:48, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Draco309 (talk) 21:28, 15 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Kofiacquah (talk) 22:14, 15 January 2019 (UTC) I made my first edit to the article Ghana


 * Feitui (talk) 22:28, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Bruce38 (talk) 22:30, 15 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Anotherdrew (talk) 03:53, 16 January 2019 (UTC)