Wikipedia:Meetup/Indiana/blackhistorymatters

Event information
Through partnerships with the Indiana University South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center, enFocus, Hesburgh Libraries at the University of Notre Dame, the St. Joseph County Public Library, and the St. Joseph County Chamber of Commerce, guests will be guided through the steps it takes to become a Wikipedia editor and the guidelines they require for writing articles. Trained Wikipedia editors will be on hand to work directly with guests and get them up and running. Additionally, CRHC staff, and librarians from the St. Joseph County Public Library and the University of Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Libraries will be on hand to help guests learn about and find the resources they need to research and write about South Bend’s history.

Civil Rights Heritage Center Please bring a laptop and power cord with you!
 * Date: Thursday, February 18, 2016
 * Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
 * Location: Civil Rights Heritage Center
 * Contact: George Garner
 * Hashtag:' #BlackHistoryMatters

For the editing-averse, we urge you to stop by to show your support.

Registration
Join the Indiana University South Bend Civil Right Heritage Center and its partners in celebrating Black History Month. Together, we’ll research, write, and publish to Wikipedia the significant stories of the influential black community in South Bend.

Please add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day-of.

Attendees
Example: *Siarus1074 (talk)
 * 1) Randal sean (talk)
 * 2)  Biggbad18 (talk) 23:40, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 3)  Lmac15 (talk) 23:41, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 4)  Bfoxnd (talk) 23:42, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 5)  Awiandnd (talk) 23:44, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Users below this line were added later from edit logs and logs of accounts created by Account Creators.

Sandbox Practice Exercise
Click here for a practice exercise you can complete in your sandbox.

List of articles to edit
This list is full of suggestions, but is not comprehensive. Feel free to concentrate elsewhere if you so choose!

Items shown in blue represent pre-existing Wikipedia articles that are in need of additional content, editing, etc.

Items shown in red represent subjects/people/events that don't have a page on Wikipedia (but we think they should!).

''If you need assistance researching content, making edits, or creating new pages, the event organizers would be happy to help!

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 * Indiana University South Bend (add information on CRHC)
 * South Bend Community School Corporation (Notable alumni, etc.)
 * Segregation in South Bend, Indiana
 * School desegregation/ integration in South Bend
 * Dr. Roland Chamblee
 * J. Chester Allen
 * Elizabeth Fletcher Allen
 * Charles Martin
 * Zilford Carter
 * Jesse Dickinson
 * Farrow and Rebecca Powell
 * Hering House
 * Engman Public Natatorium
 * Central High School (South Bend, Indiana)
 * Civil Rights Heritage Center
 * Michael Warren (actor) (Notable alumni of Central High School)
 * Norris v. Newton (1858 U.S. Supreme Court Case about a Fugitive slave argued first in South Bend)

Tools & Templates
''Listed here for quick reference. N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources''

Wikipedia resources Beginner Advanced
 * Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
 * Five Pillars of Wikipedia (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
 * How to Edit a page
 * Wiki Markup Quick Reference (PDF version of printed handout)
 * Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
 * Article Development
 * Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
 * Citation Template
 * Info template
 * Bookshelf (additional "getting started" resources)
 * Wikipedia Notability Guidelines
 * Wikipedia Education Program handouts
 * Beginner Training Tutorial Videos
 * Beginner training lesson plan
 * Beginner training slides
 * Advanced Training Tutorials Videos

Cheat sheet
 * Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia

Other resources
 * Biographies of living persons
 * Writing an article
 * About the Sandbox
 * Wikipedia Template:Infobox person
 * Manual of Style
 * Wikipedia editing Resources

Resources for Editing

 * Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
 * Gender gap resources.