Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon TSU USF 2024



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

When
 * February 15, 2024

Registration
 * Private

Event Dashboard
 * Dashboard

Safe Space Policy

 * Safe Space Policy

Create Wikipedia username, log-in and check in for the event
Step 1:
 * Create a Wikipedia username if you don't already have one (top right)
 * Already have an account? Simply log-in (top right)
 * Usernames are public. You do not have to use your real name.

Step 2:
 * Check-in for this event using the blue button below. This helps us to track editing progress during the edit-a-thon.
 * 1) Select 'Check in'
 * 2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes'. DO NOT ADD TEXT TO THE FIELD.


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



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 existing 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
 * Fire Station No. 23 (Seattle) -
 * Draft:God's Little Acre Cemetery -
 * Draft:Mount Zion Baptist Church (Athens, Ohio) -
 * Draft: Palmer Pharmacy -
 * Isham F. Norris - Expand

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Attendees

 * Blankh (talk) 16:17, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Tumanurung (talk) 16:18, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * James E. Scholz (talk) 16:18, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Dcheyla (talk) 16:19, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * TariqTazi (talk) 16:44, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Sterresinjorgo (talk) 16:55, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Temc1211 (talk) 17:02, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 17:03, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Nad1ja444 (talk) 17:04, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Justne levy (talk) 17:11, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Amani Johnson
 * 173.233.240.5 (talk) 17:37, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Arieeeeee (talk) 18:36, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Dsmall7 (talk) 18:49, 15 February 2024 (UTC)