Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

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Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon



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.

Learn how to become a Wikipedia editor and spend time contributing to articles on African American history and Baltimore industry with guidance from experts. No experience necessary.

Laptops are required. Please bring your own. Wikimedia has two laptops to loan. Reserve one by emailing info@wikimediadc.org.

Lunch will be provided.

When


 * Sunday, February 10, 2019 12:30PM-3PM

Where


 * Baltimore Museum of Industry
 * 1415 Key Highway
 * Baltimore, MD 21230

Register
 * Register here with'' Eventbrite '

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 * 1) Select 'Sign in'
 * 2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Save changes'.


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



Coordination
'''Please use Etherpad to let others know what you are currently editing. Please remember to type 'Done' or 'Finished' when you are through making changes. REMEMBER TO PUBLISH (SAVE) OFTEN.'''
 * Etherpad for this event

Wikimedia Projects
• Wikimedia movement

• Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia

• Wikimedia Commons, a data repository of media (images, videos and sounds). (See * Wikiproject Wikimedia Commons:GLAM Wikiproject)

• Wikidata, a common source of data, also accessible by the other projects

• Wiktionary, a dictionary

• Wikibooks, educational textbooks

• Wikinews, news articles

• Wikiquote, a collection of quotations

• Wikisource, a library of source texts and documents

• Wikiversity, educational material

• Wikivoyage, a travel guide

• Wikispecies, a taxonomic catalogue of species

Wikipedia Policies
• Five pillars

• Core content policies

• General notability guideline

• Verifiability

• Conflict of interest

• Identifying reliable sources

• No original research (Examples of Original Research)

• Citing sources

• Identifying and using primary sources

Quick Editing Tips
• Help:Getting started

• Your first article

• Help:Referencing for beginners

• Creating Redirects with Visual Editor

• Creating Redirector with Source Editor

• Using categories

• Cheatsheet for Wiki markup

Tools and Other Resources
• Track Wikipedia Page Views

• Wikimedia Statistics

• Wiki Education Foundation

• Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules

• Internet Archive Wayback Machine

• Last year's editing event at the Sumner school

Suggested Worklist
About the Article Assessment Quality Scale

For Creation
 * John E.T. Camper
 * Chesapeake Marine Railway and Dry Dock Company
 * Clarence L. Elder
 * Alexander Hemsley
 * Maurice "Peanut" King
 * Lexington Savings Bank
 * John W. Locks
 * Miss Tony
 * Daphne Muse
 * Thomas R. Smith (Politician)
 * Isaac Lobe Straus
 * Harry O'Neill Wilson Sr.

Stub
 * Isaiah Dixon
 * Adah Jenkins

Start
 * William L. Adams (businessman)
 * Victorine Q. Adams
 * Baltimore Afro-American
 * Brotherhood of Liberty
 * Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard
 * William Cabell Bruce
 * Marse Callaway
 * Harry S. Cummings
 * Ida Cummings
 * Lucille Gorham
 * Paul Henderson (photojournalist)
 * Isaac Myers
 * Philip Perlman
 * John P. Poe Sr.
 * Betty Robinson
 * Beryl Williams
 * N. Louise Young

C
 * Maryland Public Service Commission
 * Richard T. Ely
 * Jean Fugett
 * William Ashbie Hawkins
 * Raymond V. Haysbert
 * Charles Hamilton Houston
 * Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson
 * Reginald Lewis
 * Clarence Mitchell Jr.
 * Parren Mitchell
 * Carl J. Murphy
 * John H. Murphy Sr.

B
 * Jim Crow laws

GA
 * Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway
 * Leon Day

FA
 * Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Resources/Potential Secondary Sources

 * BMI online database
 * Digital Maryland
 * University of Maryland, Baltimore County special collections
 * University of Baltimore archives
 * Maryland State Archives
 * Baltimore City Archives
 * Reginald F. Lewis Museum online database
 * Archives of the Afro American
 * Library of Congress
 * National Archives
 * Google Scholar
 * World Cat

Attendees

 * ERSHIPP (talk) 17:39, 10 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 18:10, 10 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Tridgeman (talk) 18:10, 10 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Carol7288 (talk) 18:10, 10 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Davidarmenti (talk) 18:10, 10 February 2019 (UTC)


 * ERSHIPP (talk) 18:11, 10 February 2019 (UTC)


 * JWILL961 (talk) 18:11, 10 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 18:11, 10 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Brock-brac (talk) 18:11, 10 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Herstory215 (talk) 18:12, 10 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Agelles (talk) 18:12, 10 February 2019 (UTC)