Wikipedia:Meetup/Kansas City/History of the WBA: Wiki Edit-a-Thon

Event information

 * Event Title: History of the WBA: Wiki Edit-a-Thon
 * Date: Saturday, August 28th, 2021
 * Time: 10:00am – 1:00pm CDT
 * Location: The event will be virtual with a hub for participation at The Black Archives of Mid-America for participants who need access to laptops or Wi-Fi; 1722 E 17th Terrace, Kansas City, MO 64108
 * Host institutions: The Black Archives of Mid-America, Kansas City Public Library
 * Free with registration. To register, reserve tickets online.

Details
Join the Black Archives of Mid-America and the Kansas City Public Library to celebrate the history of Kansas City Women’s Basketball and the WBA with the History of the WBA: Wiki Edit-a-Thon. We will focus on improving and creating Wikipedia articles on the rich history of the WBA using resources from The Black Archives of Mid-America’s collection. Lightning Mitchell, founder of the WBA and author of The Untold Story of the WBA, will be a featured speaker.

We recommend that participants create Wikipedia accounts before the event begins through this link. There will be training provided for new editors, as well as space for questions. The event will be virtual with a hub for participation at The Black Archives of Mid-America for participants who need access to wifi and laptops.

No Wikipedia experience necessary.To participate you don’t need specialized knowledge of these topics or of Wikipedia. Please create a free user account on wikipedia.org before the event.

Schedule
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM – Talk with Lightning Mitchell

10:20 AM – 10:30 AM – Questions for Lightning Mitchell

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM – Wikipedia Training with Miranda Pratt, Wikipedian in Residence at the Kansas City Public Library

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Wikipedia Editing and room for questions

Register
Free with registration. To register, reserve tickets online.

Get started

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

Participants

 * (happy to assist with drafting, mentoring, etc.)
 * (happy to assist with drafting, mentoring, etc.)
 * (happy to assist with drafting, mentoring, etc.)

Articles to improve
Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon:
 * Women's American Basketball Association
 * Women's Basketball
 * Sports in Kansas City
 * Robelyn Garcia
 * Laurie Byrd
 * Angie Paccione
 * Timeline of women's basketball

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.


 * Women's Basketball Association,, ,
 * Kansas City Mustangs
 * WABA-Kansas Crusaders
 * Lisa Braddy
 * Sarah Campbell (basketball), ,
 * Joy Champ
 * Latrice Ervin
 * Lashon Gant
 * Kay Kay Hart
 * Ericka Miller
 * Evette Ott
 * Lisa Tate
 * Lashawne Thomas
 * Stacy Truitt
 * Melissa Ulsaker
 * Stephanie Worthy
 * Diana Vines
 * St. Louis River Queens
 * Nebraska Xpress
 * Oklahoma Flames
 * Minnesota Stars (basketball)
 * Memphis Blues (basketball)
 * Kentucky Maruders
 * Chicago Twisters
 * Raytown Piperettes

Women's Basketball Worklists

 * WikiProject: Women in Red: Basketball []
 * Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (list of inductees)
 * List of current NCAA Division I women's basketball coaches

Resources to use to expand articles

 * APBR: History of Women's Professional Basketball []
 * History of Women's Basketball in America Timeline []

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 []
 * WikiProject Women's sport/Help
 * WikiProject Basketball

Results

 * Dashboard

Articles created

 * Black Archives of Mid-America
 * Women's Basketball Association