Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/WLL/2012/results

Results of the day
Please add your results to the list!

Check out the "Wikipedia Loves Smithsonian Libraries" summary of the day on Storify!

Etherpad notes: http://notes.wikimediadc.org/p/Smithsonian

Participants and accounts

 * Around 40 people attended (50/50 Smithsonian staff and non-staff) and participated in a new editor training session. Non-staff attendees included Wikimedians, students, and interested members of the public.
 * At least seven new user accounts were created.
 * A number of new users had in-depth discussions with experienced Wikimedians about issues related to conflict of interest, an important topic for professionals working in cultural heritage and scholarly institutions.

New articles

 * Smithsonian Gardens
 * James Otto Lewis
 * The Aboriginal Port Folio
 * Perry Hunt Wheeler
 * Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio

Categories and photographs

 * New subcategory created - Category:American frontier painters
 * Photos added to category Backstage pass

Article improvements

 * Added images, updated Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
 * Updated, added references to Global Volcanism Program
 * Added a reference and category to François-Nicolas Martinet
 * Added biographical data and new reference to Fairfield Porter
 * Updated Carl Junction, Missouri
 * Added citations to George Shaw
 * Improvements to Edward Wesley Janson
 * Improvements to Interior with Portraits, Genre works, DLO, Nicholas Attygalle, Anaka, Saint Helena Dove
 * Copyedits to David Crockett Graham, National Museum of Natural History, Viola Shelly Shantz, Prostitution in Japan, Kirsty Ashton
 * Geraldshields11 worked on Analytical feminism, Mission Stardust, Korea General Zinc Industry Group, Korea Ferrous Metals Export & Import, Korea Sogyong Trading, Korean Ocean Shipping Agency, Korea Sinhung Trading, Vesuvius (disambiguation), SEK Studio, Korea General Magnesia Clinker Industry Group, added a Conflict of Interest Statement to his user page, and passed out barnstars (awards) to fellow editors
 * Djembayz worked on adding categories and making improvements to Baw Beese, Bear River Massacre Site, Beautifying Bird, Chief Charlo, Frederic Remington, Fred Oldfield
 * CarolMooreDC worked on Global Volcanism Program and going to add more refs/info

Acknowledgements
This event was made possible through the generosity of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, who provided the space, technology, communications and logistical support, AND coffee, beverages, breakfast, and afternoon sweets.

Wikimedia DC generously provided lunch to all participants, and key members of the chapter presented, shared their expertise, their energy, and their time. Special thanks goes to Slowking4 and Djembayz for their patience, enthusiasm, and willingness to share their expertise.