Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/African Americans in STEM

=African Americans in STEM fields Editathon for Black History Month=

In celebration of Black History Month 2015, we will collaborate to update and improve Wikipedia articles about African Americans in technical fields. (STEM = science, technology, engineering and mathematics.) You can participate from a browser, anywhere. Most people are participating online. See twitter hashtag #BHMEditathon. Some participants are gathering in Washington, DC.

When: Tuesday, Feb 24, editing from 5-7pm EST

Coordinating virtually: During the event, participants, please identify the topics you are working on on this hackpad page. We will coordinate there. To link to your Wikipedia user page, add your username in the list below.

Your Wikipedia Account: If you don't have a Wikipedia user account, please try to create one in advance. You'll need to pick a username -- that's the hardest part!

FAQ
What should I have?
 * * A computer on the Web
 * * An interest in black history, science, technology, and/or editing Wikipedia!

''' I have a question! '''
 * Feel free to ask on this project's talk page, and we'll put an answer here.

Possible topics for editing

 * List of African-American inventors and scientists
 * Category:African-American scientists
 * Category:African-American inventors
 * List of African-American mathematicians
 * List of black astronauts
 * List of African American women in STEM fields
 * List of African American men in STEM fields
 * Please add February 2015 World Champion Sugar Ray Leonard creates newly "Admiral Hyman Rickover" inspired STEM/STEAM Cybersecurity innovation technology workforce initiative in Southeast Washington,  D.C. Ward 8 jointly with Frank W Ballou High School and Non-profit Living Classrooms Foundation.
 * A user suggested these new-article topics or articles to expand
 * Another user suggested creating or expanding these
 * Myra Adele Logan (1908–1977), physician at Harlem Hospital
 * Dr. Lasalle D. Leffall, Jr. - Prominent surgeon and oncologist (article to created)
 * David Williston -- the first professionally trained African American landscape architect in the United States -- source info here
 * Please add Paul Williams, the first African American Fellow of the American Institute for Architects in the United States.ROC
 * Please add E.E. Just, biologist (celebrated on a U.S. stamp) - Just's primary legacy is his recognition of the fundamental role of the cell surface in the  development of organisms
 * Please add Myeashea Alexander, esteemed young anthropologist with an outstanding mentoring background through the William J. Clinton Foundation (Clinton Global Initiative University) and revered social media scientific maven bringing the social back into science. Her lively tales of society's evolution, intersectionality, and technology bring countless young aspiring anthropologists in contact with a currently underrated field of study. Find the Bill Nye-lauded social scientist at Rockstar Anthropologist.
 * Collection of African American chemists from the American Chemical Society.
 * More topics are in to-edit lists from other Black History Month editathons

Participant list
Participate virtually, from anywhere.


 * 1) econterms (talk)
 * 2) Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs)
 * 3) Sydney Poore/FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829;&#9829;
 * 4) Sarasays (talk) 18:07, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) Uncommon fritillary (talk) 19:46, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) Ama.horowitz
 * 7) groupuscule (talk)
 * 8) Jenksae (talk) 19:46, 24 February 2015 (UTC) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jenksae
 * 9) KLindblom (talk) 22:35, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * 10) MKillgore
 * 11) Jessica Tapp
 * 12)  Landis
 * 13) Penny Richards (talk) 23:42, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * 14) Girona7 (talk) 00:21, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * 15) michaelacaulfield (talk)
 * 16) Djembayz
 * 17) Njarid
 * 18) Ama.horowitz
 * 19) User:Azmetra
 * 20) User:Quincykbrown
 * 21) User:Svedwards
 * 22) User:margotleeshetterly
 * 23) User:Design2015
 * 24) User:Tyronemitchell
 * 25) User:Mcallister mj2
 * 26) User:Zannahr
 * 27) User:DrPamMcCauley
 * 28) User:Tguebrex
 * 29) User:Mrbrandonandrews
 * 30) User:Jaarr1

Training to Edit Wikipedia

 * Intro to Wikipedia slides from today
 * Intro to Wikipedia Slides for GLAM context
 * More: Cheatsheet, Featured Articles, Policies and guidelines, Help:Getting started, Starting an article
 * More to come ; during demo, Peter to edit Charles L. Reason article

Resources we can draw from

 * The HistoryMakers’ ScienceMakers Collection – 200+ person video archive oral histories of African Americans in STEM fields
 * National Academy of Engineering biographies
 * ASBMB’s History of Black Scientists
 * National Archives photos and primary documents, below
 * http://catalog.archives.gov/id/194557
 * African American Seabees: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/535776
 * First African American nurse: http://research.archives.gov/description/535942
 * http://catalog.archives.gov/id/535836
 * http://catalog.archives.gov/id/535842
 * http://catalog.archives.gov/id/522880
 * http://catalog.archives.gov/id/535800
 * http://catalog.archives.gov/id/535806
 * http://catalog.archives.gov/id/535802
 * http://catalog.archives.gov/id/531495
 * African American inventors: http://blogs.archives.gov/blackhistoryblog/2013/11/05/wanted-colored-inventors/
 * Sarah E. Goode Patent: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7560384
 * Michael Jackson’s Patent: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5742939


 * Dr. Charles Richard Drew: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/535693, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/304958 (letter to Red Cross on blood collecting), https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2826628
 * Matthew Henson: http://catalog.archives.gov/id/542472, http://research.archives.gov/description/2744254, http://blogs.archives.gov/blackhistoryblog/2014/01/28/the-pole-at-last/
 * George Washington Carver: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/535694?q=George%20Washington%20Carver
 * Guion Bluford: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6425734, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6377049, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6375814, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6366418
 * Lt. Curbeam: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6490628
 * Benjamin Banneker: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/535626
 * Archie Alexander: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/535621
 * Smoke Jumpers: http://blogs.archives.gov/blackhistoryblog/2015/02/10/the-555th-smoke-jumpers/
 * Percy Julian: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/forgotten-genius.html
 * James West:http://www.uspto.gov/kids/West.html
 * Elijah McCoy: http://www.uspto.gov/kids/McCoy.html
 * George Washington Carver: http://www.uspto.gov/kids/Carver.html

New articles

 * Leonard C. Bailey
 * Kimberly Bryant (technologist)
 * Margaret S. Collins
 * Angella D. Ferguson
 * Njema Frazier
 * A. Oveta Fuller
 * Gary Lynn Harris
 * Warren Elliot Henry
 * Henry Aaron Hill
 * Sinah Estelle Kelley
 * LaSalle D. Leffall Jr.
 * List of African American women with Doctorates in computer science
 * List of sickle-cell disease researchers
 * Shirley M. Malcom
 * Joan Murrell Owens
 * Thomas W. Talley
 * Doris L. Wethers
 * David Williston (landscape architect)
 * Geraldine Pittman Woods

Expanded or improved

 * Christine Darden new image
 * Improvements at St. Elmo Brady
 * List of African-American mathematicians
 * Mary Eliza Mahoney significant cleanup/reorganization
 * Ben Montgomery expanded
 * Charles L. Reason article format cleaned up
 * Louis Wade Sullivan expanded

One Washington DC location
This site can't take more attendees. Where: Near Farragut West Metrorail station Dress: Business or business casual; not jeans, if possible.

We'll have a presentation on Wikipedia and will have lots of time for Wikimedians and subject matter experts to edit alone or together.