Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/AMS edit-a-thon



American Meteorological Society Conference Wikipedia a Edit-a-thon presented with support from Wikimedia DC

When
 * January 28, 2024

Registration
 * Private event

Google sheet
 * Use the Google sheet ro reserve articles before editing

Outcomes
 * View event dashbaord

Safe Space Policy

 * Safe Space Policy

Create Wikipedia username, log-in and check in for the event
Step 1:
 * Create a Wikipedia username if you don't already have one (top right)
 * Already have an account? Simply log-in (top right)
 * Usernames are public. You do not have to use your real name.

Step 2:
 * Check-in for this event using the blue button below. This helps us to track editing progress during the edit-a-thon.
 * 1) Select 'Check in'
 * 2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes'. DO NOT ADD TEXT TO THE FIELD.


 * Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees.



Articles to create or edit
Instructions
 * 1) Open this Google sheet
 * 2) Add your username next to the article you'd like to edit or create. Articles must be reserved. Two or more people CANNOT work on the same article at once.
 * 3) Return here to the event page and select your article's red or blue link.


 * NOTE: Red links open blank pages to start article drafts (select 'Create to begin'). Blue links open existing mainspace articles and existing drafts (select 'Edit' to begin).


 * TIP: For new articles, start by adding a 'References' header at the bottom. Return to the top and start writing.


 * Use the sources provided on the event page (numbers next to each name) or other reliable secondary materials to find the information needed to build your article

Articles
 * Baltimore - - - To do: Add more about the heat island effect in climate section. There's one sentence, but it could be expanded. Maybe add section on air quality. Source:, Possibily add content about urban agriculture. Sources:
 * Jones Falls - 	 - To do: Add news of vinegar pollution and lawsuit against vinegar plant
 * Curtis Bay - 	 - To do: Add news of explosion, environmental activism in the community and related
 * Draft Chesapeake Marine Railway and Dry Dock Company - 	https://www.baltimoresun.com/1999/02/08/a-19th-century-business-pioneer-recalling-black-history/] - Create. Once ready (today or at a later time), move draft to Wikipedia mainspace
 * Canton, Baltimore - - To do: Add info about heat index
 * American Meteorological Society - DO NOT EDIT THIS ARTICLE IF YOU ARE EMPLOYED BY AMS. To do: Remove promotional language. Fix structural issues. Check to see if primary sources are used and replace with others. Add conteent about Green Meetings Initiaitve. Note: The source/s for this needs to be secondary (i.e. news, etc.) and cannot be the AMS website or other AMS materials.
 * Chesapeake Climate Action Network - To do: Find better sources about the organization. Sources must be secondary. Add external links section below 'references' and add the organization's website. https://chesapeakeclimate.org/
 * Climate change in Maryland - - Note: 2021 experience over 50 days with temps over 90 degrees.
 * Mr. Trash Wheel
 * Draft:Blue Water Baltimore - - To do: Create
 * Urban heat island - 	 - Edit examples. Add Maryland/Baltimore
 * Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States - To do: Update Maryland section if needed
 * Waste management - To do: Add section for Maryland if needed
 * Baltimore/Washington International Airport - To do: Add Environment section
 * Community resilience - To do: Add section of examples
 * Rain garden - To do: Add Baltimore or Maryland section unider United States
 * September 2023 northeastern U.S. floods - To do: Expand Maryland section if needed
 * Maryland Department of the Environment - To do: Add information about vinegar case if appropriate

No specific action items
 * Air quality law
 * Greenhouse gas emissions
 * Air pollution in the United States - Recommended only for experiences editors
 * Climate change in the United States - Recommended only for experiences editors
 * Presidential Climate Action Plan
 * Climate movement
 * Rail transport
 * Baltimore County, Maryland
 * Baltimore Sustainability
 * Sustainable community
 * Chesapeake Bay
 * Patuxent River
 * Potomac River
 * Pepco
 * Wheelabrator Incinerator
 * Port of Baltimore
 * Energy policy of the United States - Recommended only for experiences editors
 * BP P.L.C. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
 * The Climate Mobilization
 * Environmentalism

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Attendees

 * Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 17:19, 28 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Abanks7710 (talk) 17:52, 28 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Efaber22 (talk) 17:55, 28 January 2024 (UTC)


 * CTRHODES (talk) 17:55, 28 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Ajcolgat (talk) 17:55, 28 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Prof David M Schultz (talk) 17:55, 28 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Dirac (talk) 18:33, 28 January 2024 (UTC)