Wikipedia:Meetup/Frederick County History 2



There will be a Frederick County, Maryland history and geography themed Edit-A-Thon in partnership with the C. Burr Artz Library and the Frederick and Pennsylvania Line Railroad Museum on May 14th, 2016. Anyone interested in the rich history of Frederick County is welcome to come. From 11:00 to 12:00 I will be giving an introduction to Wikipedia and from 12:00 to 4:00 PM we will be researching and editing articles.

Event details

 * Date: Saturday, May 14, 2016 from 11 AM to 4 PM. If you can't join us for the entire edit-a-thon, no problem! Come for as long or little as you like.
 * Venue: C. Burr Artz Public Library 110 East Patrick Street Frederick, MD 21701.
 * Find us at: 11:00 to 4:00 PM Maryland Conference Room.
 * Cost: Free
 * Participants: This event is open to anyone, especially those with an interest in or some knowledge in Frederick County history. You don't need any Wikipedia editing experience to participate. We'll be having a brief orientation at the start of the edit-a-thon and tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers throughout the event.
 * RSVP by signing your username below! If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.


 * What to Bring: Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords.

Carpooling
Anyone interested in carpooling should see the talk page.

Likely attendees

 * Fpl-dmatzrott (talk) 15:48, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Running a little late on account of bringing a friend. (User:Zellfaze and User:Fpl-dmatzrott are the same person) Zell Faze (talk) 14:26, 14 May 2016 (UTC) Arrived. Fpl-dmatzrott (talk) 15:41, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Your name here!

Possible attendees

 * Erick Shepherd • ( Talk ) • 17:25, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Your name here!

Online participants
If you cannot make it to our event in Frederick, but would still like to participate, you are invited to do so remotely! Please add your name to the participant list below and include your contributions in the section.
 * Your name here!

Suggested Articles & Topics
Below are a list of articles and topics that have put together as ideas for things to work on during the Edit-a-thon. If you have something else you'd like to work on then please do so! This list is for people who don't know what they want to improve.

List still being compiled.

Create

 * Joseph Baker
 * Laboring Sons Memorial Grounds
 * John Creeger
 * Everedy Bottle Capper Company?
 * Frederick Seamless Hosiery Company?
 * OxFibre Brush Company (which apparently also had a presence in Benson Junction, Florida)
 * There are tons of railroads in Frederick County without articles!

Expand

 * Lewistown, Maryland
 * Biggs Ford Site
 * Monocacy Site
 * Nolands Ferry I Archeological Site
 * Shoemaker III Village Site
 * Frederick Armory
 * Frederick Memorial Hospital
 * Lewis Mill Complex
 * Hessian Barracks
 * Utica Covered Bridge
 * Arcadia (house)
 * Landon House
 * Woodsboro and Frederick Turnpike Company Tollhouse
 * Catoctin Furnace
 * Lake Linganore, Maryland
 * Linganore-Bartonsville, Maryland
 * Mount Pleasant, Frederick County, Maryland
 * Repudiation Day
 * Walkersville, Maryland
 * Maryland Route 194,article mentions the Maryland Midland Railway but not the WSRR in its discussion of Walkersville and Woodsboro...
 * Crum Road Bridge is in Walkersville and the article needs to be updated ...
 * U.S. Route 15 in_Maryland impacted the PRR at Harmony Grove but doesn't in the article.
 * Spring Bank Farm
 * Museums in Maryland which needs to include WSRR museum.
 * Buildings and Structures in Frederick County
 * Bridges in Frederick County
 * Transportation in Frederick County
 * Rail Infrastructure in Maryland, see also Railroad Bridges
 * Emmitsburg, Maryland
 * Thurmont, Maryland
 * Loys Station Covered Bridge
 * Gambrill House
 * Shafer's Mill
 * Frederick County Public Schools (Maryland)


 * List of Frederick County, Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs
 * List of stubs related to Frederick County

Revise

 * Frederick, Maryland
 * Frederick County, Maryland

Add References

 * Frederick News-Post

List of all articles related to Frederick

WikiProjects
Wikiprojects are communities of editors organizing strategic editing of curated topics on Wikipedia. The following may be interesting for those planning to attend:
 * WikiProject Maryland
 * This Wikiproject also has a Frederick County Task Force!
 * WikiProject History