Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Supreme Court



We will get together to improve Wikipedia content about the Supreme Court of the United States. This includes cases, justices, lawyers, and any interesting tangents. Beginners are welcome! Wikipedia editing training will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!

Organized and sponsored by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and Wikimedia DC

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 * When
 * Friday, December 11, 2015
 * 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. or a bit after

PLEASE NOTE: You will be entering a government building and will be required to go through security (a magnetometer). You will need to show a government-issued ID and sign in to come to the Innovation Hub. If you wish to work with original records you must have a NARA researcher card. If you do not have one, there will be an opportunity to sign up for a card. More information here.
 * Where
 * National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C., research entrance in the middle of the block at 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW (not the Constitution Avenue side)


 * What to bring
 * A laptop computer
 * Valid ID
 * Any resources you would like to reference
 * You're welcome to bring your camera and take pictures
 * You may also bring a personal scanner (without a document feeder)
 * Preferably, a registered Wikipedia user account (but we can also create one on the spot)

Come in the morning, afternoon, or both!
 * Schedule
 * 10 a.m. – Breakfast and overview of Edit-a-Thon goals
 * 10:15 Getting Started with Editing Wikipedia presentation by editor Sarasays
 * 11 a.m. – David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, will drop by for a quick hello and welcome
 * 11ish – Talk by Bob Ellis, NARA expert on Supreme Court Records at NARA Bob's Talk
 * 11ish - Introduce ourselves, as NARA people, Wikipedians, legal specialists
 * All day till 4 or 5 - editing articles of interest, Wikisource, and Wikidata
 * 1 p.m. – We'll bring lunch!


 * Links for Bob Ellis's talks:
 * NARA Links
 * For National Archives Research: www.archives.gov
 * Excellent web page on how to get started at the National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/research/start/plan-visit.html
 * Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/
 * Archival Databases: http://aad.archives.gov/aad/
 * Microfilm Catalog: http://www.archives.gov/research/
 * Prologue: http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/ - A great resource for editing
 * Federal Court Webpages
 * US Supreme Court: http://www.supremecourt.gov/
 * US Supreme Court Historical Society: http://www.supremecourthistory.org/
 * Our Courts: http://www.ourcourts.org/
 * Federal Judicial Center: http://www.fjc.gov/
 * Administrate office of the Courts: http://www.uscourts.gov/Home.aspx
 * For taped Recordings of Oral Arguments: www.oyez.org/
 * Federal Judicial Center: http://www.fjc.gov/
 * Biographical Directory of Federal Judges : http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/judges.html
 * Federal Court Historical Programs: http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/federal_links.html
 * Private Papers of Federal Judges: https://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/fjc/judmsdir.pdf

Sign up!
This event is open to people of all experience levels. Sign up below by editing the page and adding your username.

I'll be there in person!

 * 1) econterms (talk) 16:57, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) DinaHerbert (talk) 16:44, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) Duckduckstop (talk) 21:32, 6 December 2015 (UTC) can talk wikisource
 * 4) JeannieChen
 * 5) Erin Williams, NARA
 * 6) Sarah Anderson, NARA
 * 7) Adam Kriesberg (talk) 18:03, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 8) ShrummR, NMAH
 * 9) Uncommon fritillary (talk) 23:02, 8 December 2015 (UTC) Probably can come for the morning
 * 10) MZMcBride (talk)
 * 11) Ryan Linthicum
 * 12) User:cactusinred
 * 13) Geraldshields11 (talk) 13:55, 10 December 2015 (UTC) I plan to take photographs of the event when I get there at 11:00ish and hope we can get together to take a group photograph at NARA  with David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States.
 * 14) Friend of Smokey the Bear
 * 15) Attichelper
 * 16) Sarasays (talk) 12:23, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 17) AVROOM

I'll be attending virtually!
You can join our google hangout! Use this link here

Regrets

 * 1) Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it, but feel free to contact me if I can be of any assistance. I look forward to seeing the results of this fantastic event! Best, -- Notecardforfree (talk) 19:33, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

Userboxes
If you are committed to improving U.S. law and courts content on Wikipedia in the long run, add some of the following Wikitext to your user page. You can also sign up at WikiProject Law, WikiProject United States courts and judges, and WikiProject United States Federal Government Legislative Data.

To-do list

 * Please add suggestions below. This list includes categories and lists to correct and build from, and Wikisource and Wikidata projects.

Articles to create

 * Requested Law Articles list
 * U.S. Supreme Court cases -- many cases have no article, but most/all should.

Resources to draw from and advice

 * Articles on an Supreme Court case should use the standard infobox and cite secondary sources. Please follow these style guides for SCOTUS articles: MOS:LAW and WP:SCOTUS/SG
 * Relevant WikiProjects include WikiProject courts and judges, WP:SCOTUS, and WP:LAW
 * Advice from User:Notecardforfree: Editors are encouraged to provide inline citations after every sentence that makes an assertion about the holding of a case; these citations should reference the page(s) of the United States Reports on which that holding appears, or the slip opinion for more recent opinions (see also WP:CITEDENSE).
 * Advice from User:Notecardforfree: MOS:LAW also provides guidelines for citations in articles about legal topics:
 * 1. "[F]or articles on cases, case law, or subjects which use a large amount of case law, it is recommended that editors use the referencing style for the jurisdiction that heard that case or for which that legal subject applies." In the United States, editors should use "Bluebook, ALWD, or an official state system (i.e., the California or New York systems)."
 * 2. Editors should "[c]ite to legal materials (constitutions, statutes, legislative history, administrative regulations, and cases) according to the generally accepted citation style for the relevant jurisdictions."
 * 3. "Where both primary and secondary sources are available, one should cite both."


 * Law subject guide and in-depth legal subject guides from the Jacob Burns Law Library, George Washington University
 * US Supreme Court research guide and US law research guide from the Georgetown University Law Library
 * Supreme Court Historical Society website
 * Supreme Court Historical Society guide to Researching the Supreme Court of the United States
 * US Supreme Court Frequently Asked Questions on locating court documents and information
 * Speeches by recent Supreme Court justices
 * FindLaw database of Supreme Court cases
 * Links to law library websites and related resources, from the GWU Jacob Burns Law Library
 * Law Library of Congress website and guide to US Federal law online from the Library of Congress
 * United States Courts website
 * Oyez, a free law project from the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law, featuring Supreme Court audio, transcripts, case summaries, etc.
 * Washington Post articles on courts and the law
 * New York Times articles on the Supreme Court

Archival and manuscript collections

 * list?

Basics on editing Wikipedia

 * How to Edit - slides from today's presentation
 * Another introduction to editing handout
 * Wiki Markup Cheatsheet
 * Policies and guidelines
 * Help:Getting started
 * Your first article

Articles created

 * 1) List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 577
 * 2) ''Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl
 * 3) ''Alabama Department of Revenue v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
 * 4) Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama
 * 5) Harris v. Viegelahn
 * 6) Tibble v. Edison International
 * 7) Gerald R. Shields
 * 8)  Kessler v. Eldred
 * ru:Коэн против штата Калифорния

Articles improved

 * 1) William Campbell Preston Breckinridge
 * 2) add oral argument link: Zivotofsky v. Kerry; Kerry v. Din; Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans
 * 3) add audio of oral arguments link: Gonzales v. Carhart
 * 4) add audio of oral arguments link: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
 * 5) link to Коэн против штата Калифорния: ru:Фак (фильм)
 * 6) added Ussc link: ru:Лавинг против Виргинии
 * 7) added Ussc link: ru:Миранда против Аризоны
 * 8) fix access dateformat: Stansbury v. California
 * 9) Federal Judicial Center: brevity, references
 * 10) Charles Evans Hughes

Other outcomes

 * many photographs of attendees, some with NARA's head, the Archivist of the U.S., David Ferriero and a few video interviews by NARA for their records. Please upload the photographs of the event under the category of 2015 Supreme Court Editathon.
 * scans of two or three folders from the archives of Justice Baldwin's records with printed and handwritten notes on cases. These are on Commons.