Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/History of Public Education in DC Edit-a-thon

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Sumner Museum DC Public Education Editing Workshop and Edit-a-thon



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 visitors who want to learn more about a variety of topics.

Join us at the Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives for an Edit-a-thon focused on DC Public Education. Learn to edit Wikipedia and use the Sumner Archives to help improve the quality of articles related to the history of public education in the District of Columbia.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Lunch will be provided.

Laptops are required. Please bring your own. Wikimedia DC has two laptops to loan. Reserve one by emailing info@wikimediadc.org.

When


 * Saturday, January 20, 2018 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Where


 *  Charles Sumner School Museum & Archives
 * 1201 17th Street Northwest
 * Washington, DC 20036

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Policies, Quick Tips and Other Wikimedia Resources
• Policies

• Five pillars

• Core content policies

• General notability guideline

• Verifiability

• Conflict of interest

• Identifying reliable sources

• No original research (Examples of Original Research)

• Citing sources

• Identifying and using primary sources

• Your first article

• Help:Getting started

• Your first article

• Help:Referencing for beginners

• Tips

• Creating Redirects with Visual Editor

• Creating Redirector with Source Editor

• Using categories

• Cheatsheet for Wiki markup

• Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules

• Wikicommons

• Wikimedia and other related projects

• Wikidata

• Wikimedia Statistics

• Wiki Education Foundation

Suggested Worklist
• Arlene Ackerman (See additional references)

• Frank W. Ballou

• Julius W. Becton

• Gardner Bishop

• Hobart M. Corning

• W.M. Davidson

• John Davis (educator)

• Carl F. Hansen

• Robert L. Haycock

• Kaya Henderson (See additional references)

• Benjamin J. Henley

• Julius Hobson

• Clifford Janey

• Andrew E. Jenkins

• Floretta D. McKenzie

• Edward A. Paul

• William B. Powell

• Vincent E. Reed

• Michelle Rhee (See extensive reference list)

• Benjamin P. Richards

• Zalmon Richards

• Barbara A. Sizemore

• Alexander T. Stuart

• Hugh J. Scott

• Franklin L. Smith

• E.L. Thurston

• Paul L. Vance

• Antwan Wilson (See additional references)

• J. Ormand Wilson

• Schools in Washington, D.C.

• :Useful resources

• :DC Preservation League - Databases, African American Schools

• :National Register of Historic Places Database

• :Dig DC - DC Public Library Special Collections

• Alexander Crummell School

• Anacostia High School

• Armstrong Manual Training School

• Ballou High School

• Bell Multicultural High School

• Benjamin Banneker Academic High School

• Booker T. Washington Public Charter School

• Brightwood Education Campus

• Bruce-Monroe Elementary School at Park View

• Cardozo Education Campus formerly Cardozo Senior High School and Central High School

• Charles Sumner School

• Coolidge Senior High School (Washington, D.C.)

• Duke Ellington School of the Arts

• Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.)

• Eastern High School (Washington, D.C.)

• Franklin School (Washington, D.C.)

• Friendship Collegiate Academy Public Charter School

• H.D. Woodson High School

• M Street High School (Perry School)

• McKinley Technology High School

• Military Road School

• Miner Normal School (Miner Building, Howard University)

• Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering High School

• Roosevelt Senior High School

• Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School

• School Without Walls (Washington, D.C.)

• John Philip Sousa Junior High School (use to show redirect)

• Spingarn High School

• Thaddeus Stevens School

• Thurgood Marshall Academy

• Tubman Elementary School

• Washington Latin Public Charter School

• Western High School (Washington, D.C.)

• Whittier Education Campus

• Wheatley Education Campus

• Woodrow Wilson High School (Washington, D.C.)

Notable Cases
 * Hobson v. Hansen
 * Bolling v. Sharpe

Helpful Resources - Databases, Archives, etc.

 * DC Preservation League - Databases, African American Schools
 * National Register of Historic Places Database
 * Dig DC - DC Public Library Special Collections

Attendees

 * Kirill Lokshin (talk) 16:21, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Gamaliel ( talk ) 16:38, 20 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 17:14, 20 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Publicinfouser (talk) 17:14, 20 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Jarekt (talk) 17:15, 20 January 2018 (UTC)


 * WadeClapier (talk) 17:15, 20 January 2018 (UTC)


 * MarvinTJones (talk) 17:15, 20 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Odadgbrg (talk) 17:16, 20 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Kayram28 (talk) 17:48, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Sarasays (talk) 17:53, 20 January 2018 (UTC)


 * econterms (talk) 19:27, 20 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Pierre.M 18:11, 3 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Pierre.M 18:12, 3 March 2019 (UTC)