Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Edit-a-thon presented by National Trust for Historic Preservation



African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Edit-a-thon

Description
 * Wikipedia is an openly editable resource, meaning that you can improve the quality and accuracy of Wikipedia entries. As one of the web’s most visited reference sites, Wikipedia serves as a starting point for visitors who want to learn more about a variety of topics.


 * Join the National Trust for Historic Preservation online for a virtual Edit-a-thon focused on organizations and communities who have received grants from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund. Learn to edit Wikipedia and use a variety of resources from the National Trust and beyond to help improve the quality of articles related to Action Fund awardees and their connection to Black history.


 * This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

When
 * March 31, 2022
 * 1pm-4pm

Registration
 * Eventbrite '

Event Dashboard
 * Event Dashboard

Google Sheet
 * Google sheet for reserving articles

Safe Space Policy

 * Safe Space Policy

Sign in: Outreach Dashboard
Step 1:
 * Go to the event dashboard page

Step 2:
 * Have a Wikipedia username? Select 'Log-in with Wikipedia'.
 * Don't have a username? Select 'Sign-up with Wikipedia'

Article Work List
Numbers = Potential secondary sources

Article for creation (red)


 * Experienced editors: Select a red link to start an article.
 * New editors: Go to your sandbox (top right). Start the article there and save (publish) as you go. When it's ready for main space Wikipedia, 1) select and copy the text while in editing mode, 2) return here, 3) select the red link for your article, 4) paste the sandbox content and hit publish.


 * Please use this Google sheet to reserve the article you plan to edit. Remove your name when you are done.


 * 4theVille -
 * African American Heritage Trail of Martha's Vineyard -
 * Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium -
 * Bay Area Community Land Trust -
 * Black American West Museum and Heritage Center -
 * Freedom House Museum -
 * God's Little Acre Cemetery -
 * Historic Athens -
 * Hayti Heritage Center -
 * Hotel Metropolitan (Kentucky) -
 * Houston Freedmen's Town Conservancy -
 * Mount Zion Baptist Church (Athens, Ohio) -
 * Mountain View Officers Club -
 * Nevada Preservation Foundation -
 * Palmer Pharmacy -
 * Roxbury Cultural District -
 * Save Harlem Now! -
 * Texas Freedom Colonies Project -
 * The League of Women for Community Service -
 * The Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School -
 * University of Nebraska Center for Great Plains Studies
 * WeGOJA Foundation -
 * Prince Hall Masonic Temple (Atlanta, Georgia) -

Stub (short) articles
 * To do: Expand using sources provided and other available verifiable sources. Add that the sites/organizations have received funding through the African American Cultural Heritage Fund when a supporting secondary source is available. Most sources provided below can be used for this purpose.


 * August Wilson House -
 * Fire Station No. 23 (Seattle) -
 * Hampton University Museum -
 * Museum of African American History (Boston, Massachusetts) -
 * People's African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church -
 * Threatt Filling Station -
 * Walnut Cove Colored School -

Start articles
 * To do: Expand using sources provided and other available verifiable sources. Add that the sites/organizations have received funding through the African American Cultural Heritage Fund when a supporting secondary source is available. Most sources provided below can be used for this purpose.


 * Walnut Cove Colored School -
 * African American Museum and Library at Oakland -
 * Alabama Historical Commission
 * Asbury United Methodist Church (Washington, D.C.) -
 * Cherokee State Park (Kentucky) -
 * Clinton African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
 * National Negro Opera Company -
 * New Granada Theater -
 * Olivewood Cemetery -
 * Oregon Black Pioneers -
 * Paul Robeson House -
 * The Forum (Chicago) -
 * Wilfandel Club -
 * John Coltrane Home -

C class articles
 * To do: Expand using sources provided and other available verifiable sources. Add that the sites/organizations have received funding through the African American Cultural Heritage Fund when a supporting secondary source is available. Most sources provided below can be used for this purpose.


 * Alice Coltrane
 * Fountain Hall -
 * Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
 * History Colorado -
 * Indiana Landmarks -
 * Karamu House -
 * Montpelier (Orange, Virginia) -
 * National Association of Colored Women's Clubs -
 * Pauli Murray Family Home -
 * Preservation Resource Center -
 * Sapelo Island -
 * Tuskegee University -
 * Weeksville Heritage Center -
 * Huston–Tillotson University -
 * Marian Anderson House -
 * Hutchinson House (Edisto Island, South Carolina) -

B class articles
 * To do: Expand using sources provided and other available verifiable sources. Add that the sites/organizations have received funding through the African American Cultural Heritage Fund when a supporting secondary source is available. Most sources provided below can be used for this purpose.


 * Emmett Till -
 * Fort Monroe -
 * Sacramento, California
 * Satchel Paige -
 * St. Simons, Georgia
 * Yosemite National Park

GA class articles
 * To do: Expand using sources provided and other available verifiable sources. Add that the sites/organizations have received funding through the African American Cultural Heritage Fund when a supporting secondary source is available. Most sources provided below can be used for this purpose.


 * Clayborn Temple -
 * Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church -
 * Mary and Eliza Freeman Houses -
 * Sarah Rector -
 * Shockoe Bottom -
 * South Side Community Art Center -
 * John Coltrane

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