Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/DC Beer Week Edit-a-thon

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DC Beer Week Edit-a-thon with Heurich House Museum


 * 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 many individuals looking to learn about the history of beer in the United States.


 * During this training, attendees will learn the basics of how to edit Wikipedia by updating articles related to the history of Beer in Washington, DC.

When


 * August 22, 2017 12PM-2PM

Where


 *  Heurich House Museum
 * 1307 New Hampshire Avenue NW
 * Washington, DC 20036

Worklists
See sections 'References' and 'Other potential references/helpful links' below for useful information.

Special Requests
• Abner-Drury Brewery

• Bridwell’s (Bottling and Saloon)

• Christian Heurich Brewing Company

• Christian Heurich

• George Juenemann

•  Heurich House Museum

•  List of breweries in Washington, D.C.

• Metropolitan Lager Bier Brewery

• National Capital Brewing Company

• Prohibition in DC

• Robert Portner

• Schnell Brewery

• Shoomaker's Saloon

• Wales Brewery

• Washington Brewery

Online Sources (More detail and print sources are listed in 'References)'
 * | Washington Post: Lifestyle D.C. starts rolling out the barrels again
 * | Immigration Entrepreneurship
 * | Washington History:The Rise of Christian Heurich and His Mansion
 * | Washington Post: Last Call for The District's Hometown Beer
 * |Robert Portner and hIs Brewery
 * | Shoomaker's as described in Elbert Hubbard's, The Philistine, A Periodical of Protest (1909)
 * | Washington Brewery at Navy Yard by Garrett Peck
 * The last call : preserving Washington’s lost historic breweries - Tana, Daniel R.
 * Capital Beer: A Heady History of Brewing in Washington, D.C. - U.S. National Archives video - June 3, 2015
 * People
 * Theresa McCulla - Smithsonian historian to oversee its American Brewing History Initiative
 * Garrett Peck - beer historian, author

Brewers
• Christian Heurich

• Christian Heurich, Jr.

• Paul Ritter (Brewer)

• Andrew Wales

• Cornelius Coningham

• George Juenemann

• Albert Carry

DC-area Bars and Breweries (Past)
More businesses and breweries appear in Boyd's Directory Boyd's Directory 1860-1909

• Abner-Drury Brewery

• Arlington Brewery

• Brickskeller

• Christian Heurich Brewing Company

• Consumers Brewing Company

• Schnell Brewery

• Shoomaker's Saloon

• Wales Brewery

DC-area Bars and Breweries (Present)
• List of breweries in Washington, D.C. area-Includes Maryland and Virginia

• 3 Stars Brewing Company

• Atlas Brew Works

• Bluejacket Brewery

• Capitol City Brewing Company

• DC Brau Brewing

• Gordon Biersch

• Hellbender Brewing Company

• The Public Option

• Right Proper Brewing Company

• Adroit Theory Brewing Company

• Beltway Brewing Company

• Corcoran Brewing Company

• Denizens Brewing Company

• Fair Winds

• Flying Dog Brewery

• Forge Brew Works

• Heritage Brewing Company

• Lost Rhino Brewing Company

• Mad Fox Brewing Company

• Port City Brewing Company

• Bier Baron

Prohibition and Temperance
• Anti-Saloon League

• Cullen-Harrison bill

• Sheppard Bone-Dry Act

• Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

• Women's Christian Temperance Union

• Volstead Act

Professional Associations
• United States Brewers' Association (Trade organization that existed from 1862 to 1986)

• Brewers Association (American professional brewing organization)

• Women in brewing

Laws and Regulations
• List of alcohol laws of the United States

• Blue laws

• H.R. 1337 (Law legalizing homebrew) Reference: Congress.gov

Categories to Edit
• Category:Beer brewing companies based in Washington, D.C.

• Category:Defunct brewery companies of the United States

Basics on editing Wikipedia

 * Five pillars and Core content policies
 * Advice for scientists editing Wikipedia
 * Your first article
 * Help:Getting started
 * Cheatsheet for Wiki markup
 * Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules

Articles created

 * Abner-Drury Brewery
 * Schnell Brewery

Articles improved
• List of breweries in Washington, D.C.

• Metropolitan Lager Bier Brewery‎

• George Juenemann

• Christian Heurich

• Christian Heurich Brewing Company

• Andrew Wales

• Shoomaker's Saloon ‎

Other potential references/Helpful links

 * Smithsonian Magazine: Tour DC's Energing Craft Beer Scene
 * DCbeer.com
 * Washington City Paper: The New Brew Thing is the DC Beer Scene
 * | Google Scholar

Attendees

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