Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Anacostia Museum Edit-a-Thon

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Anacostia Community Museum Edit-a-thon

'''#ACMWiki - a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to improve and create Wikipedia articles about Anacostia and other neighborhoods south of the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C.

Organizers: Jennifer Morris, Archivist, Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Baasil Wilder, Librarian, Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum Library, Diane Shaw, Smithsonian Libraries Cataloger, and Wikimedia DC.

All are welcome, lunch and coffee provided.'''


 * Check out the to-do list of article suggestions, handpicked by Smithsonian staff.
 * Resources from the Anacostia Community Museum Archives and the Smithsonian Libraries will be utilized, offline and online.
 * Contribute to existing articles or write new articles in whatever language.
 * Help your fellow contributors out - lend a hand when needed and help out new editors!
 * Even if you don't feel like writing about something on our to-do list, we welcome you to come.
 * Participants must be in good standing in the Wikimedia community.
 * Check out our  Etherpad 

When


 * Saturday, August 13, 2016, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Where

Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place SE, Washington, DC 20020

A map and directions for driving, Metrorail and bus are available on the museum's website

There is also a free weekend shuttle from the National Mall (with stops at the Ripley Center, the Air and Space Museum, the Anacostia Metro Station, the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, and the Anacostia Arts Center); for route information and departure times see the schedule here

I'll be there in person!
20 person limit. Please note your skill level at Wikipedia editing.
 * 1) Km31284: Enthusiastic beginner editor! MLIS candidate with bibliographic research skills
 * 2) Jssm77: Beginner editor.  Looking forward to learning from experienced Wikipedians!
 * 3) econterms (talk) : almost for sure
 * 4) Uncommon fritillary (talk) 14:22, 8 August 2016 (UTC) (co-organizer of the event)
 * 5) --S1m5t22 (talk) 17:37, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 6) --Baasilt (talk) 17:41, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

I'll be there online and in spirit!
Please sign up here if you will join us remotely.
 * 1) [sign up here]

Schedule

 * 10:00 am-10:30 am: Coffee and introductions
 * 10:30 am-11:30 am: Docent-led tour of the exhibition Twelve Years that Shook and Shaped Washington: 1963-1975
 * 11:30 am-12:15 pm: Wikipedia introduction + training
 * 12:15 pm-1:00 pm: Lunch break
 * 1:00 pm-3:00 pm: Write/edit Wikipedia articles

What to bring

 * A laptop
 * A government issued ID
 * You're welcome to bring your camera and take pictures
 * A Wikipedia user name and password for the login (if possible, sign up for your Wikipedia account before the event, but if you want help, we'll show you how to create an account once you get to the Museum)

Existing articles to improve:
Neighborhoods:
 * Anacostia Historic District
 * Barry Farm
 * Bellevue (Washington, D.C.)
 * Buena Vista (Washington, D.C.)
 * Congress Heights
 * Douglass (Washington, D.C.)
 * Fairlawn (Washington, D.C.)
 * Fort Dupont
 * Garfield Heights (Washington, D.C.)
 * Good Hope (Washington, D.C.)
 * Hillcrest, Washington, D.C.
 * Kenilworth, Washington, D.C.
 * Knox Hill
 * Naylor Gardens
 * Randle Highlands
 * River Terrace
 * Shipley Terrace
 * Skyland, Washington, D.C.
 * Southeast, Washington, D.C.
 * Washington Highlands, Washington, D.C.
 * Woodland, Washington, D.C.

Points of interest:
 * 11th Street Bridges
 * Anacostia Community Museum
 * Anacostia Station
 * Anacostia River
 * Anacostia High School
 * Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad
 * Anacostia Line
 * Anacostia Trails Heritage Area
 * District of Columbia Route 295 (Anacostia Freeway)
 * Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
 * Fort Stanton (Washington, D.C.)
 * Honfleur Gallery
 * Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling
 * Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue
 * Suitland Parkway
 * St. Elizabeths Hospital

People:
 * Anna J. Cooper
 * John Kinard
 * Portia James

Articles to create:

 * Anacostia Playhouse see http://www.anacostiaplayhouse.com/
 * Anacostia Arts Center see http://anacostiaartscenter.com/
 * ARCH Development Corporation see http://www.archdevelopment.org/

See also the list of potential articles and reference resources from the event page of a recent Howard University Meetup: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Howard_2016#Articles_to_work_on

Smithsonian websites, library catalogs, & databases

 * African American Collections of the Smithsonian
 * Flickr Commons, Smithsonian Institution - http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/
 * National Archives Rediscovering Black History Project
 * Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Museum
 * Anacostia Community Museum Library
 * Smithsonian Institution Archives Website - http://siarchives.si.edu/collections
 * Smithsonian Libraries catalog portal Tools for the Researcher
 * Smithsonian Libraries free databases and collections
 * Smithsonian Libraries article indexes and databases (some accessible only from terminals located in the library)
 * Smithsonian Collections Search Center
 * Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives
 * Anacostia Museum images on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Anacostia_Museum
 * Williams, Brett. A river runs through us, in American anthropologist, v. 103, no. 2 (June 2001), pages 409-431; available via JSTOR from the ANAC Library http://www.jstor.org/stable/683474?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Books available from the Anacostia Museum Library

 * George Washington University. Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Old Anacostia: a planning study (1973) NA108 .W3G349 1973 ANAC
 * Washington, D.C. Office of Planning. The Anacostia waterfront: imagine, act, transform, Washington, D.C. (2003) HT177.W3A53 2003 ANAC
 * Rice, William Stantley. Community control of schools: a change strategy for altering the lifestyle and improving educational opportunities for inner city residents of Anacostia, a Washington, D.C. community (dissertation; 1980). LC221.3 .W3R497 1980 ANAC
 * Muller, John. Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.: the lion of Anacostia (2012) E449 .D75M85 2012 ANAC
 * Beauchamp, Tanya Edwards. Anacostia historic district, Washington,D.C. (2006) F202 .A5B43 2006 ANAC
 * Lowe, Gail S. (editor). East of the river: continuity and change (2010) F202 .A5E27 2010 ANAC Urban Waterways Shelf
 * Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. The evolution of a community. (1972?) F202 .A5A53 ANAC / ANAC REF
 * United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works). Anacostia River and tributaries (1996) QH76.5 .W18U55 1996 ANAC Urban Waterways Shelf
 * African American desk reference: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the New York Public Library (1999) E185 .A37 19999 ANAC REF
 * Savage, Beth L. (editor). African American historic places (1994) E185 .A2534 1994X ANAC REF
 * Lapp, Joe. Kenilworth: a DC neighborhood by the Anacostia River (2006) F202 .K46L37 2006 ANAC REF
 * Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. The Frederick Douglass years: a cultural history exhibition (1970) E185.53 .W3A53 ANAC
 * The Barnett-Aden collection (exhibition catalog from the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, 1974) N6538 .N5B37X ANAC REF
 * The black Washingtonians: the Anacostia Museum illustrated chronology (2005) F205 .N4B55 2005 ANAC REF

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Citation tools

 * Wikipedia citation tool for Google Books
 * DOI Wikipedia reference generator
 * New York Times Wikipedia reference generator

Sample wording for adding information about ACM archival finding aids to relevant articles, for example in "Further reading" or "External links":

Anacostia story: 1680-1930 exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution. Collection ID: ACMA.M03-039.

Archival material related to Ellis Haizlip is housed at the Anacostia Community Museum Archives, ACMA.M06.005. The Ellis B. Haizlip Papers

Wikipedia Resources

 * Wikimedia Commons category: Anacostia
 * Wikimedia Commons category: Anacostia River
 * Wikipedia Portal: Washington, D.C.
 * WikiProject District of Columbia
 * Wikidata page for Anacostia
 * The River Terrace, Washington, D.C. and Dupont Circle articles are good models for articles about Washington DC neighborhoods
 * Wikipedia editing basics video tutorials- This is mainly for after you leave as there will be plenty of people around you to help out!
 * Excellent ideas for getting started with editing Wikipedia articles about women, by history professor, Michelle Moravec.
 * Training slides: [[Media:Intro_to_Wikipedia_-_American_Art.pdf]],

Some Relevant Categories
[Category:African-American history of Washington, D.C.] [Category:Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.]

Outcomes

 * 1) Expanded article on Kenilworth, Washington, D.C. Uncommon fritillary (talk) 18:03, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) New article and category for Community museums -- econterms (talk)
 * 3) Expanded article on Anacostia Community Museum--Baasilt (talk) 18:23, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Resources for after the event

 * Teahouse, a friendly place to help new editors get started
 * Wikipedia editing basics video tutorials- This is mainly for after you leave as there will be plenty of people around you to help out!
 * Excellent ideas for getting started with editing Wikipedia articles about women, by history professor, Michelle Moravec.
 * Training slides: [[Media:Intro_to_Wikipedia_-_American_Art.pdf]],