Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/USHMM-2016

 Join us for the...

US Holocaust Memorial and Museum Edit-a-thon

Join us for training related to topics related to the US Holocaust Memorial and Museum in Washington, DC

When


 * December 9, 2016 at 2 pm to 5 pm

Where


 * US Holocaust Memorial and Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl SW, Washington, DC 20024

Your hosts Wikimedia DC and US Holocaust Memorial and Museum

I'll attend in person

 * 1) Fuzheado
 * 2) Rosiestep
 * 3) Sturmvogel_66
 * 4) Kellyjeanne9
 * 5) Brock-brac
 * 6) Kirill Lokshin (talk)

Content to work on
Some interesting stats, observations, tasks on USHMM-related material:  335 files in category tree. 171 files were viewed, out of 171 used. 868 pages on 92 wikis use those files. 7,707,679 file views in 2016-11.
 * Current account on Commons for USHMM commons:User:USHMM
 * GLAMorgan report on how much USHMM content is being used now in Wikimedia Commons
 * Commons category commons:Category:United_States_Holocaust_Memorial_Museum

1. Buchenwald Corpses 60623.jpg	2,373,887 2. Adolf Hitler meets Ante Pavelić.1941.jpg	535,536 3. Buchenwald Disabled Jews 13132 crop.jpg	405,523 
 * Wikidata query on all the instances of genocides "claim[31:41397]" which are incomplete and only return 10 entries while the Wikipedia category in English has many more Category:Genocides. One task is to add the "instance of genocide" to the Wikidata entries.


 * Questions for engagement
 * Ready to use material for Commons uploading? Public domain, expired copyright, or freely licensed photos?
 * Key documents?
 * Expertise and current exhibitions?

Worklists

 * The Holocaust in France has some french articles to translate
 * The Holocaust in Germany currently redirects to History of the Jews in Germany needs build out.
 * Add yours here

Basics on editing Wikipedia

 * Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules
 * Five pillars and Core content policies
 * Your first article
 * Help:Getting started
 * Cheatsheet for Wiki markup

Research resources

 * TBD

Outcomes

 * Vladimir Medem
 * Salomon Jacob Cohen
 * Judah Löb Mieses