Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Smithsonian American Art Museum Black History Month Edit-a-thon

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SAAM Black History Month Edit-a-thon

Join the Smithsonian American Art Museum in honoring Black History Month with a Wikipedia edit-a-thon. Learn how to edit and create new Wikipedia articles highlighting the breadth and depth of artworks and the lives of Black artists in America. All levels of technological proficiency welcome.

Register


 *  Eventbrite 

Livestream
 * Zoom link upon registration

When


 * Friday, February 26, 2021 at 10:00am - 3:00pm

Where


 * Virtual

Details
 * No background in art history is required.

Schedule

 * 10am-10:05am: Welcome
 * 10:05am-10:30am: Overview with Docent Joele Michaud
 * 11:30am-3pm: Open editing time

Get started

 * Create a Wikipedia account
 * Sign in below
 * Find an article to edit
 * Ask questions in the Zoom chat
 * How to Edit a Wikipedia Article (YouTube)

Please sign in

 * This is for use on the day of the event and is not the same as pre-event registration. To register, use the Eventbrite link above.
 * 1) Select 'Sign in'
 * 2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes' or 'Save changes'.
 * Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees.



FAQ

 * Help:Getting started


 * General notability guideline


 * Core content policies


 * Verifiability


 * Identifying reliable sources


 * Citing sources


 * Manual of Style


 * Help:Category


 * Wikidata:Infobox Tutorial

Articles to work on
'''Please use this shared ETHERPAD document to share what you are currently editing. This will help to prevent cross-editing (two more more editors working on the same article simultaneously). Cross-editing can result in the loss of your edits.

Use the sortable table below to identify missing articles and determine where to devote your time. This table was adapted from a Smithsonian exhibition checklist PDF evaluated by American University students at an Edit-a-thon in 2016. Column 3 the contains the assessments made by students in 2012. Column 4 is the output of the Rev score meta:Objective_Revision_Evaluation_Service.'''

This content is also available in a Google Spreadsheet. 

Research resources

 * Smithsonian American Art Museum's Collections
 * Google Cultural Institute exhibition - click on each artwork's description for text from curator
 * Smithsonian Wide Collections
 * Smithsonian's Archives of American Art
 * National Museum of African American History and Culture
 * Wikipedia Black WikiHistory Month
 * The Studio Museum in Harlem
 * Museum of Modern Art