Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Freer and Sackler

The Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery welcome participants to its edit-a-thon.


 * When
 * Tuesday, April 29, 2014
 * 2:30 - 5:30pm


 * Who
 * All volunteers with basic knowledge of editing on Wikipedia are welcome. This gathering is part of a communications/journalism course taught by Andrew Lih at the American University on Wikipedia & Public Knowledge.


 * Where
 * Freer Gallery of Art
 * 1050 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
 * Freer Conference Room


 * RSVP Required
 * Please sign up below if you plan on attending or joining us remotely.


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 * Can I share what I’m doing?
 * Yes, please feel free to share what you’re working on on your preferred social network using #glamwiki and invite your friends to join us remotely!

RSVP
The public is welcome to this event

Yes Maybe Regrets
 * Fuzheado | Talk 15:54, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * mijotoba (talk) 02:46, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Ctufarolo (talk) 21:13, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Llljoyce (talk) 21:23, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Miamiller (talk) 23:45, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Jsomani (talk)
 * OkMonika (talk)
 * Hufsakamal (talk)
 * Xiaweiyang (talk)
 * Courtneyocallaghan (talk) 17:18, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Duckduckstop (talk)
 * Lizcheng (talk)
 * --Kippelboy (talk) 19:21, 29 April 2014 (UTC) (remote translations)
 * --Davidpar (talk) 19:47, 29 April 2014 (UTC) (remote translations)
 * User:ESM (remote)
 * --Jey (talk) 23:02, 29 April 2014 (UTC) (remote translations)
 * Adriel Luis, Smithsonian APAC
 * Sara Snyder, AAM
 * econterms (talk) 01:35, 29 April 2014 (UTC) -- can't make the start, but hoping to make it by 4
 * Ann Vroom
 * Geraldshields11 (talk) 14:48, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Digitaleffie (talk) 14:12, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

Articles that needs fixes or expansion

 * Arthur M. Sackler Gallery - needs cleaned up, add/edit list of exhibitions[
 * Arthur M. Sackler - needs infobox and picture
 * Charles Lang Freer - needs infobox
 * Freer Gallery of Art - needs cleaned up; need videos of galleries, add/edit list of exhibitions
 * James Abbott McNeill Whistler - add gallery of work
 * Parthia - add image(s) of instruments and tools founded on Parthia.
 * Ernst Herzfeld, Add image(s) of initial writes founded on Persepolis.
 * Abbott Handerson Thayer, Add image of the portrait "Eldest Daughter".
 * Kongorikishi
 * Kaikei
 * Jikoku-ten

Articles to be created

 * Ars Orientalis (publication by the Freer|Sackler Galleries and the University of Michigan’s Department of the History of Art) - Currently mentioned in Freer Gallery of Art article
 * Peacock Room - Currently links to and has section on James Abbott McNeill Whistler article, needs to be moved to its own article
 * Split done, article ready for editing -- Fuzheado | Talk 12:06, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Miyagawa Shosun
 * Jasmine bud necklace
 * Shiva Vinadhara (Holder of the Vina)
 * Zocho-ten
 * komoku ten
 * Tamon-ten

Websites, library catalogs, & databases

 * Flickr Commons, Smithsonian Institution - http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/
 * Freer|Sackler Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/freersackler/
 * Freer|Sackler Website - http://asia.si.edu/
 * Freer|Sackler Blog - http://bento.si.edu/
 * Peacock Room: Exhibiting Freer Bibles - http://asia.si.edu/explore/american/bibles_slideshow.asp

Help after the event

 * Teahouse, a friendly place to help new editors get started

Article creation

 * New articles
 * The Peacock Room


 * Updated articles
 * Arthur M. Sackler
 * Charles Lang Freer


 * Translated articles:
 * ca:Arthur M. Sackler
 * ca:La sala dels paons
 * ca:Ernst Herzfeld
 * ca:Abbott Handerson Thayer


 * Images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons
 * File:Arthur M. Sackler.jpg
 * File:Charles Lang Freer portrait.jpg
 * File:The Peacock Room.jpg
 * File:The Peacock Room (2).jpg