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



Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon presented with support from Wikimedia DC

When
 * February 10, 2023

Registration
 * Private

Event Dashboard
 * Dashboard

Safe Space Policy

 * Safe Space Policy

Create Wikipedia username and login to the Outreach Dashboard
Step 1: Go to the Dashboard

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

Usernames are public. You do not have to use your real name or expose any personal details.

Note: This will allow you to create a username and sign up to participate in the this event in one simple step. You can also create a username at the top right of this event page or from any Wikipedia page.

Articles to create or edit

 * Red drafts = New drafts articles that can be created
 * Blue = Existing articles
 * Blue drafts = Draft articles that have been created, but need more content before moving to Wikipedia 'mainspace'.

Instructions


 * 1) Use this Google sheet to reserve the article you plan to edit or create
 * 2) In the sheet, reserve the article you'd like to work on by adding your name or username next to the article
 * 3) Return here to the event page and select your article's red or blue link. Red links will open blank pages.
 * 4) Select 'Create' (for new articles), and 'Edit' for exisiting articles
 * 5) For new articles, start by adding a 'References' header at the bottom. Return to the top and start writing.


 * Draft:David Stephens (sculptor)
 * Draft:Rex Goreleigh - Artist
 * Jumbo's
 * Draft:Alphoso Sumner - Teacher
 * Draft:Black Bob Renfro			 - Business owner
 * Draft:Jack Macon	 - Doctor
 * Draft:Dry Tortugas National Park		 - To do: Add history of slave labor in the section about the fort within the park. This information already exists in the Fort's own alone
 * Dry Tortugas National Park		 - Add history of slave labor in the section about the fort within the park. This information already exists in the Fort's own along
 * Abraham Lincoln Lewis	 - Add section about museum named in his honor
 * Draft:Adebunmi Gbadebo


 * Draft:Sia Baker-Barnes
 * Draft:Doris Ison
 * Draft:Sherman Line Rosenwald School
 * Draft:Pasquo School
 * Draft:Annie E. Colbert Rosenwald School
 * Draft:Sweet Home Vocational and Agricultural High School


 * Draft:Sparrow's Beach - See Carr's Beach for a good guide.
 * Draft:Charles Bibbs
 * Draft:David W. M. Cassidy
 * Draft:Akea Brionne
 * Draft:David Stephens (sculptor)
 * Draft:Jamea Richmond-Edwards
 * Draft:Rex Goreleigh
 * Rufus B. Atwood
 * Ernest Boger
 * William Lee Brent
 * Thomas F. Cassels
 * Sampson W. Keeble
 * Nashville Christian Institute
 * Negro World (Knoxville)
 * Isham F. Norris
 * Franklin and Armfield Office - To do: Add a section and content about the museum.
 * Thomas A. Sykes
 * J. Finley Wilson
 * Draft:Thelma Gibson
 * Draft:Georgette’s Tea Room
 * Draft:Jumbo’s Shrimp
 * Draft:Hampton House Motel
 * List of Rosenwald schools - This includes about fifty schools. Some have articles and others do not. Consider creating and improving these articles. Learn more about Rosenwald Schools
 * 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 -
 * Draft:Jill Hurst-Wahl (librarian)

These historic sites were recently funded through the National Trust for Historic Preservation's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund
 * Black American West Museum and Heritage Center -
 * Franklin and Armfield Office -
 * Draft:God's Little Acre Cemetery -
 * Hotel Metropolitan (Kentucky) -
 * Draft:Mount Zion Baptist Church (Athens, Ohio) -
 * Mountain View Officers Club -
 * Draft: Palmer Pharmacy -
 * League of Women for Community Service -
 * Draft:The Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School - - Learn more about Rosenwald Schools
 * Draft:Prince Hall Masonic Temple (Atlanta, Georgia) -

A number of additional articles are available via work lists from past events.


 * Article work list from the National Museum of African American History and Culture's STEM edit-a-thon
 * Recognizing Black Suffragists: A Wikipedia Editing Workshop hosted by the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument

Article ratings
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