Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Black Stories at UVa



We will get together to improved content about the history of people of color at the University of Virginia. Beginners are welcome! Wikipedia editing training will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!

Organized by The Common Good and sponsored by UVa Libraries with help from Wikimedia DC

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 * When
 * Wednesday, November 4, 2015
 * 9am – 4 pm EDT


 * Where
 * Harrison Small Auditorium on the lower level of the Harrison Institute / Small Building. The Harrison/Small Building is inside the Special Collections Library which is behind Newcomb Hall and next to Alderman Library. Parking is available at the bookstore garage called Central Grounds Parking at 400 Emmet Street between McCormick Road and University Avenue for $2/hour.


 * What to bring
 * A laptop
 * Any resources you would like to refer to (and UVa has archives of its own to review )
 * You're welcome to bring your camera and take pictures
 * Preferably, a registered Wikipedia user account (but we can also create one on the spot)

Come in the morning, afternoon, or both!
 * Schedule (completely tentative)
 * 9AM - Breakfast, overview of Edit-a-Thon goals, Wikipedia "How Tos"
 * 10AM onward - editing workshops and direct editing pages of interest
 * Noon - Lunch, repeat overview of Edit-a-Thon goals, Wikipedia "How Tos"
 * 1-4PM - editing workshops and direct editing pages of interest

Sign up!
This event is open to people of all experience levels. Sign up below by editing the page and adding your username or by signing up on the Facebook event.

Or  REGISTER HERE   for breakfast, lunch or a time to edit.

I'll be there in person!

 * econterms (talk) 00:32, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  14:59, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * --Ftripodi (talk) 14:29, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Mn3fa (talk) 11:14, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
 * --Matthewvest (talk) 15:18, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
 * --Ramon maspons i mas (talk) 15:19, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
 * --Barhawk (talk) 15:21, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
 * --Cimagato (talk) 17:01, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * --Djembayz (talk) 15:50, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 00:13, 4 November 2015 (UTC) &mdash; likely arriving mid-day
 * --Adhonus
 * --Margo&Gladys

Userboxes
If you are committed to improving African American content or Virginia content on Wikipedia in the long run, add some of the following Wikitext to your user page. You can also sign up at WikiProject African Diaspora.

To-do list

 * Please add suggestions below by editing the page! This list includes categories and lists to correct and build from.

Or fill out this  Online Form   and we will add your topic to the page.

Articles to expand

 * Alice Jackson Stuart
 * Julian Bond
 * National Pan-Hellenic Council (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * University of Virginia with attention to the construction of the University.
 * Articles about African-American history of Virginia

Articles to create

 * Note: These articles will need a secondary source to appear on Wikipedia.
 * If no secondary source(s) is/are available, consider creating your article on cvillpedia instead.


 * Anatomical Lewis (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Black Alumni Weekend (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Black Students at UVa, 1955-1970s (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Black Students for Freedom (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Black Voices Gospel Choir (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Canada/Venable Lane (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Carter G. Woodson Institute (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Confederate presence on Grounds
 * Construction of U.Va. (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Commodore, Lewis (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Early student and Jefferson mentalities (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Farmington incident (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Foster, Catherine (Kitty)
 * Gibbons, Isabella and William
 * Hern, Thrimston (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Howard, Linda (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Lovelace, Daisy (Lundy) (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Luther Porter Jackson Center (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Martin, Henry
 * Office of African American Affairs (OAAA) (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * OAAA Peer Advisor Program (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Ridley, Walter
 * Roebuck, James (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Swanson, Gregory
 * Temple, David (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Trice, James (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * U.Va. Employees (historic)
 * U.Va. Hospital and slaves
 * U.Va. resistance to integration (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * University of Virginia African American Cemetery (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Vinegar Hill neighborhoods (razing)
 * Visit of Martin Luther King, Jr. (see presentation from the University Guide Service)
 * Willis, Leroy (see presentation from the University Guide Service)


 * Stub class African diaspora articles

Articles to maintain

 * WikiProject African diaspora articles, sort by importance, quality, or score
 * Cleanup listing for WikiProject African diaspora
 * Unassessed African diaspora articles
 * Orphaned Articles by WikiProject
 * Suggestions for how to de-orphan

Add wikilinks

 * Aaron Hilton Site
 * Barbara Rose Johns
 * Dover Slave Quarter Complex
 * Eckington School (Culpeper, Virginia)
 * Ethel Furman
 * James "Gentleman Jim" Robinson
 * Madden's Tavern
 * Patrick Robert Sydnor Log Cabin
 * Phoenix Bank of Nansemond
 * Pompey Callaway House
 * Virginia Civil Rights Memorial

Primary sources for cvillpedia local wiki

 * cvillpedia - The Charlottesville-Albemarle collaborative encyclopedia, local wiki, currently 3,515 articles


 * Presentation from the University Guide Service

Free databases with secondary sources

 * Black Leadership Project Interviews
 * Civil Rights Digital Library
 * Chronicling America
 * Congress.gov
 * Documenting the American South
 * Encyclopedia Virginia
 * Virginia Chronicle

Paid databases with secondary sources
The following University of Virginia databases will be available to those onsite or who have E-Services credentials.
 * Academic Search Complete
 * African-American Newspapers 1827-1860
 * American History & Life
 * American Periodical Series
 * Historical Abstracts
 * Historical Statistics of the United States
 * JSTOR Journal Backfiles
 * ProQuest Historical Databases
 * Papers of the NAACP
 * ProQuest Congressional
 * ProQuest Historical Newspapers
 * U.S. History in Context

Books online
All print and online books are available through the UVa Library catalog, Virgo

Below are a selection of searches from Virgo:
 * African American College Students -- Virginia -- Charlottesville
 * Charlottesville (Va.) -- Race relations
 * University of Virginia -- Students

Archival and manuscript collections
Available through the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
 * Holsinger Studio Collection
 * Oral Histories in UVA Special Collections
 * Jackson Davis Collection of African American Educational Photographs
 * VCU Voices of Freedom
 * Virginia African American Newspapers in Microfilm at UVA Library
 * Virginia Resources in Microform at UVA Library (In Alderman Library)
 * WSLS-TV Roanoke, Va., News Film Collection, 1951-1971
 * Making History: Transcribe at Virginia Memory/Library of Virginia

Other

 * Document Bank of Virginia at Library of Virginia

Basics on editing Wikipedia

 * Recent presentation slides about Wikipedia
 * Cheatsheet
 * Policies and guidelines
 * Help:Getting started
 * Your first article

Steering Committee
The following people at UVa are super excited about this event and have volunteered their time to make it happen.
 * Maggie Nunley
 * Matthew Vest
 * Ruth Dillon
 * Purdom Lindblad
 * Jeremy Boggs
 * Winston Barham
 * Paula Roy
 * Francesca Tripodi

We are also thankful for the support of Peter Meyer from WikiDC who is helping us get this event on the ground!

Outcomes

 * improve content about the history of people of color at UVA.

Articles created

 * Bloody Monday (Danville)
 * Sally Hemings (in Spanish)
 * Sally Hemings (in Catalan)
 * Gregory Swanson
 * The Colored American (Washington, D.C.) -- 19th century African-American newspaper
 * Edward Elder Cooper -- publisher of The Colored American

Articles improved

 * Julian Bond
 * Atlah Worldwide Church -- Cleanup for WikiProject_African_diaspora
 * Clarence Benjamin Jones -- Cleanup for WikiProject_African_diaspora
 * The Colored American (New York City) -- a different 19th century African-American newspaper
 * Template:African American press
 * Defense Acquisition University