Wikipedia:Meetup/Kansas City/KC Black History Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon

Event information

 * Event Title: KC Black History Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
 * Date: Saturday, November 20th, 2021
 * Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm 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: Black Archives of Mid-America, Kansas City Public Library
 * Free with registration. To register, reserve tickets online.

Details
Join us for the second Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon in partnership with the Black Archives of Mid-America (BAMA). We will be adding historic Black Kansas Citians to Wikipedia, using names curated by Dr. Carmaletta Williams, Executive Director of the Black Archives of Mid-America, as well as information from the award-winning 2021 KC Black History publication created in partnership with BAMA, the Local Investment Commission (LINC), and the Kansas City Public Library. Wikipedia training will be provided. 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.

Schedule
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM – Talk with Dr. Carmaletta Williams, Executive Director of the Black Archives of Mid-America

10:20 AM – 10:30 AM – Questions for Dr. Carmaletta Williams

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

11:00 AM – 12:00 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
List your name by adding the following line. * ~


 * Chrysanthemum123 (talk) 03:21, 20 November 2021 (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

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 []

Results

 * Dashboard

Articles created

 * Hazel Browne Williams