Wikipedia:Meetup/Kansas City/February 2022 KC Black History Wikipedia Events

Event information

 * Event Title: February 2022 KC Black History Wikipedia Events
 * Dates: Every Thursday in February (Feb. 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th)
 * Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm CDT
 * Location: Virtual event
 * Free with registration. To register for the following events, see below:

Thurs. Feb. 3rd / 12PM – 1PM (Today!) Register at:
 * Wikipedia 101: Context, History, & More

Thurs. Feb. 10th / 12PM – 1PM Register at:
 * Wikipedia 101: Creating an Account & Editing

Tues. Feb. 15th / 12PM – 1PM Register at:
 * Wikipedia Meetup
 * Recurring meeting on the third Tuesday of every month

Thurs. Feb. 17th / 12PM – 1PM Register at:
 * Wikipedia 101: Wikidata Basics

Thurs. Feb. 24th / 12PM – 1PM Register at:
 * Wikipedia 101: Uploading Images to Wikimedia Commons

Details
An event series hosted by the Kansas City Public Library and the Black Archives of Mid-America for Black History Month 2022. Source material for Wikipedia examples and editing will come from the award-winning 2021 KC Black History publication created in partnership with the Black Archives of Mid-America, the Local Investment Commission (LINC), and the Kansas City Public Library.

No Wikipedia experience necessary.To participate you don’t need specialized knowledge of these topics or of Wikipedia.

Get started

 * Create a Wikipedia account
 * Sign up below
 * Find an article to edit!
 * Ask questions in the Zoom chat

Participants
List your name by adding the following line. * ~
 * Chrysanthemum123 (talk) 18:48, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Yoyomothra (talk) 18:48, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Toweroflearning (talk) 18:49, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Articles to improve
Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon:
 * Aaron Douglas (artist)
 * Andy Kirk (musician)
 * Anna H. Jones
 * Bruce R. Watkins
 * John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil
 * Bullet Rogan
 * Cathay Williams
 * Charlie Parker
 * William "Count" Basie
 * Etta Moten Barnett
 * Florynce Kennedy
 * G. Lawrence Blankinship Sr.
 * Gordon Parks
 * Harold Holliday Sr.
 * Herman A. Johnson
 * Hiram Young
 * Horace M. Peterson III
 * Ida M. Bowman Becks
 * Jay McShann
 * Josephine Silone Yates
 * Julia Lee (musician)
 * Junius G. Groves
 * Langston Hughes
 * Leon Jordan
 * Leona P. Thurman
 * Lucile Bluford
 * Mary Groves Bland
 * Mary Lou Williams
 * Melvin B. Tolson
 * Minnie Lee Crosthwaite
 * Myra Taylor (singer)
 * Major N. Clark Smith
 * Orchid I. Jordan
 * Sarah Rector
 * Roy Wilkins
 * Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige
 * Battle of Island Mound
 * Tom Bass (horse trainer)
 * Wayne Miner
 * William D. Matthews
 * William J. Thompkins
 * William L. Fambrough
 * Hazel Browne Williams

Articles to create
Note: Editors must have accounts that "autoconfirmed" (four days old and have made more than ten edits) in order to create a page. During the edit-a-thon, editors brandnew to Wikipedia are encouraged to expand existing articles to develop Wikipedia know-how. Those interested in working on a new article for Wikipedia can prepare the article in a sandbox draft space.
 * Milt Abel
 * Samuel W. Bacote
 * Rebecca L. Bloodworth
 * Dr. Girard T. Bryant
 * Andrew Carter (radio broadcaster)
 * Mildred Carter
 * Corinthian Clay Nutter
 * Richard T. Coles
 * Colored Battery at Ft. Leavenworth, KS
 * Hugh O. Cook
 * Llyod Gaines
 * John A. Hodge
 * Daniel Arthur Holmes
 * L.C. Huggins
 * Dorothy Johnson (philanthropist)
 * Gertrude Keith
 * Rosie Mason
 * Joelouis Mattox
 * Fannie L. Meek
 * William Messley
 * Bettye Miller
 * John Edward Perry
 * Bernard Powell
 * John F. Ramos
 * Cloteele T. Raspberry
 * Lena Rivers Smith
 * Henry Warren Sewing
 * Rosemary Smith Lowe
 * Bailus Tate Jr.
 * Earl Thomas (politician)
 * Lafayette A. Tillman
 * Thomas C. Unthank
 * Edward Wade Wilson Jr.
 * Bishop William T. Vernon
 * The Countee Brothers of Kansas City

Resources to use to expand articles
All of the individuals selected for this Edit-a-Thon except for Sarah Rector are listed in the 2021 KC Black History Booklet, created by the Black Archives of Mid-America, the Local Investment Commission, and the Kansas City Public Library. Access the booklet here. []


 * KCBlackHistory Website []

Kansas City Public Library Databases to use to expand articles

 * Newsbank []
 * Newspaper Source []
 * KC History []

Getting a KCPL card: []

Mid-Continent Public Library Databases to use to expand articles

 * Kansas City Star []
 * Newspapers.com []

Getting a MCPL card: []

Resources to learn about editing Wikipedia

 * Introduction
 * Art+Feminism's QuickGuides for Editing in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French []
 * Adding Images to Wikimedia Commons: Dos & Don'ts []