Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Juneteenth Edit-a-thon

Art Library Deco Juneteenth Wikipedia Edit-a-thon presented with support from Wikimedia DC

When

June 14, 2022

11am - 2pm CDT (12pm - 3pm EDT)

Registration

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Event Dashboard

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Safe Space Policy[edit]

Safe Space Policy

Presentation[edit]

Sign in: Outreach Dashboard[edit]

Step one: Go to the dashboard

Step 2: Have a Wikipedia username? Select 'Login with Wikipedia. Don't have a Wikipedia username? Select 'Sign-up'.

Suggested Article Work List[edit]

Reserve the article/s HERE before you start. Two or more people cannot work on the same article at the same time.

Edit/create these articles or any found on your own.

Red links = Article to be created

Blue links = Existing articles needing improvement

Existing articles

Juneteenth
George Ruby - To do: Add this photo to the infobox
Independence Heights, Houston [1] - To do: Remove outdated warning template. It no longer applies. Select edit, click on the template and delete. Do the same for the template above the references section.
Matthew Gaines - To do: Add [2] source for statue unveiling in Death and Legacy
Olivewood Cemetery - To do: Add infobox
Emancipation Park (Houston) - To do: Add infobox
Kendleton, Texas - To do: Update with news of recent events.
Shankleville, Texas [3][4] - To do: Remove first mention of Michael Strahan. It is mentioned a second time in a more appropriate place. Add this photo of Jim Shankle.
Tenth Street Freedman's Town
Gregory School [5][6] - To do: Select edit, delete the redirect and create stand-alone article. Optional: Copy and paste history included in the African American Library at the Gregory School article. After published, credit the original article in the edit summary. Add additional details from other sources as well.
Independence Heights Residential Historic District [7] - To do: Add why it was added the the NRHP.
Independence Heights, Houston - To do: Remove template. No longer applies. Select edit, click on warning template, delete, publish.
General Order No. 3
McCullough Park (Houston)
Wheatley Place, Dallas
Allen Chapel, Texas
Butler Place Historic District
Charles Johnson House
Reedy Chapel-AME Church - To do: Find and add more references. When done, remove banner a top and publish. Add connection to Juneteenth.

Article for creation

Jim and Winnie Shankle [8] Add this photo of Jim Shankle. JamieF working (noted in Google Sheet too)
Richard Allen (community leader) - Co-founded Emancipation Park[9] [10]
Richard Brock (community leader) - Co-founded Emancipation Park[11] [12][13]
David Elias Dibble - Co-founded Emancipation Park[14][15]
Addie L. & A.T. Odom Homestead [16] [17] [18]
Armstrong Colony [19] [20]
Freedmen's Town (Houston)[21][22][23]
Garland Community School Teacherage
Henry G. & Annie B. Green House
Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy
Jenks Branch, Texas [24] [25]
Queen City Heights Historic District [26] [27]
Romine Avenue Historic District [28] [29] [30]
Sweet Home Vocational & Agricultural High School [31] [32]
Texas Freedom Colonies Project
The 1867 Settlement Historic District [33] [34]
Sweet Home, Guadalupe County, Texas [35] [36]
Booker T. Washington Park [37][38][39]

Useful sources[edit]

Freedom Colonies: Independent Black Texans in the Time of Jim Crow

Wikimedia[edit]

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