Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Women Photojournalists: an Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon

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POSTPONED - Women Photojournalists: an Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon

Presented by Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress



'''COVID-19 coronavirus update: The Library of Congress has announced a closure to public visitors from March 13th - April 1st. Therefore this onsite event has been postponed. We will reschedule once the buildings reopen to the public.'''

Library staff will collaborate with the public to expand and improve information in Wikipedia, the world’s most-used reference source. While we will initially focus on women whose work is represented in Library collections, this event is designed to improve articles about any women photojournalists. Anyone with an interest in learning to use Wikipedia, or in researching women in the arts, is encouraged to attend. Library of Congress staff are excited to share their expertise on Library collections that bring women photojournalists and their work to life.

No experience with Wikipedia is necessary. Training will be provided by a DC area Wikipedian. (We also welcome active Wikipedia editors!)

The event is free, but we ask people to register to help us estimate attendance.

This event is part of the Art+Feminism DC2020 campaign among DC-area arts & culture institutions, which are presented with support from Wikimedia DC.

Additional Information:

Laptop or other networked device required. Laptops are recommended.

Lunch will be on your own.

Please request ADA accommodations at least five business days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov.

Questions can be directed to rbru@loc.gov

When


 * To Be Determined

Where


 * Library of Congress
 * 10 First Street SE
 * Washington, DC 20540

Register
 *  Eventbrite 

Safe Space Policy

 * Safe Space Policy

Coordination

 * Please use the Etherpad link below to share what you are currently editing. Remember to type 'Done' or 'Finished' when you are through making changes.'''


 * Etherpad

Please sign in

 * This is for use on the day of the event.
 * 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.



Presentation
Slides will be added after the edit-a-thon.

Wikimedia
• Wikimedia movement

• Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia

• Wikimedia Commons, a data repository of media (images, videos and sounds). (See * Wikiproject Wikimedia Commons:GLAM Wikiproject)

• Wikidata, a common source of data, also accessible by the other projects

• Wiktionary, a dictionary

• Wikibooks, educational textbooks

• Wikinews, news articles

• Wikiquote, a collection of quotations

• Wikisource, a library of source texts and documents

• Wikiversity, educational material

• Wikivoyage, a travel guide

• Wikispecies, a taxonomic catalogue of species

Wikipedia Policies
• Five pillars

• Core content policies

• General notability guideline

• Verifiability

• Conflict of interest

• Identifying reliable sources

• No original research (Examples of Original Research)

• Citing sources

• Identifying and using primary sources

WikiProjects and Resources for GLAM Professionals

 * '''GLAM
 * Sample User Page Conflict of Interest Statement for GLAM Projects (User:Dominic, WIkipedian in Resident NARA)
 * GLAM/Getting started
 * '''The Wikipedia Library/Cultural Professionals
 * WikiProject Women in Red

Quick Editing Tips
• Help:Getting started

• Your first article

• Help:Referencing for beginners

• Manual of Style/Layout

• Creating Redirects with Visual Editor

• Creating Redirector with Source Editor

• Using categories

• Cheatsheet for Wiki markup

Tools, Resources
• Track Wikipedia Page Views

• Wikimedia Statistics

• Wiki Education Foundation

• Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules

• Internet Archive Wayback Machine

For Wikimedia DC Use

 * User rights management
 * Special username creation

Potential Sources

 * Women Come to the Front online exhibit
 * Women Photojournalists - P&P Overviews of women listed below
 * Trailblazers of Light

Suggested Article Work List
Pioneers who worked in the late 1800s and early 1900s
 * Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870-1942) view Overview
 * Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869-1933) view Overview
 * Gerhard Sisters of St. Louis (photographed 1890s to 1936) view Overview
 * Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) view Collection summary
 * Gertrude Käsebier (1852-1934) view Overview
 * Alice Rohe (1876-1957) view Overview

Women who entered the field in the late 1910s to 1920s
 * M. Thérèse Bonney (1894-1978) view Biographical sketch
 * Helen Johns Kirtland (1890-1979) view Overview
 * Lisette Model (1901-1983)view Biographical Essay
 * Tina Modotti (1896-1942) view Overview
 * Wynn Richards (1888-1960) view Biographical Essay
 * Eleanor Butler Roosevelt (1889-1960) view Overview
 * Doris Ulmann (1882-1934) view Overview

Women who came to prominence in the 1930s to 1950s
 * Mary Marvin Breckinridge (Mrs. Jefferson Patterson) (1905-2002) view Biographical sketch
 * Charlotte Brooks (1918-2014) view Overview
 * Esther Bubley (1921-1998) view Biographical sketch | view Collection summary
 * Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) view Biographical Essay
 * Marjory Collins (1912-1985) view Overview
 * Toni Frissell (1907-1988) view Biographical sketch | view Collection summary
 * Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) view Biographical sketch | view Overview of Migrant Mother photos
 * Hansel Mieth (1909-1998) view Biographical Essay
 * Ann Rosener (born 1914) view Biographical Essay
 * Louise Rosskam (1910-2003) view Overview
 * Marion Post Wolcott (1910-1990) view Biographical Essay
 * Katherine Young (1906-1993) view Overview

Women who joined the profession in the 1960s to 1990s
 * Brenda Ann Kenneally (born 1959) view Biographical Essay
 * Susan Meiselas (born 1948) view Overview
 * Marilyn Nance (born 1953) view Overview | view Webcast presentation

Additional Photographers not included on the P&P website:
 * Grace Robertson
 * Olga Lande
 * Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
 * Mary Ellen Mark
 * Suzanne Szasz
 * Mattie Hewitt
 * Eve Arnold
 * Lee Miller