Wikipedia:Meetup/LGBTQ Cross Campus Edit-a-thon

The Penn State University Libraries hosted their first LGBT Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. The event took place across multiple Penn State Campuses with the goal to recognize LGBT History Month by editing and creating pages for queer people, places, and things. In 2020, the event was hosted online by Penn State Brandywine.

Brandywine
For the third year in a row, Vairo Library at Penn State Brandywine will be offering an asynchronous way to participate in Wiki Loves Pride for this year. Visit our online dashboard to join us!

Brandywine

 * Oct 18th-31st
 * Online Only - visit our dashboard to join us.

University Park

 * 9:00-5:00, Mann Assembly Room, Pattee Library
 * Special Collections Materials to be used between 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. We will be creating a page for the Homophiles of Penn State and editing Joe Acanfora's page.
 * Draft of the HOPS page
 * Primary Sources and in Archives & Special Collections
 * Citing archival resources

Behrend

 * 9:00-1:00, Lilley Library 107

Brandywine

 * 10:00 - 4:00, Vairo Library Instruction Lab

Shenango
12:15 - 3pm Lartz Memorial Library, room 105

Make a Wikipedia account

 * Create one through the dashboard

Tips and Tricks

 * Formatting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet
 * Adding an infobox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Infobox
 * Article tips: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_wizard
 * Biography template: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Biography
 * Don't Forget to Cite Properly: []

Join the Dashboard
'''On the day of the event, login to Wikipedia through our dashboard. It will track all of our edits and work throughout the day so we an see our progress. '''

Through the Dashboard you can either login with an existing Wiki account or make a new one. You can also assign yourself a page so others participating know who you're working on!

You can see what we did in 2019 via that Dashboard.

Crowd sourced Wiki page lists
Check out some of these lists to find some pages to create or edit.
 * Requested Pages


 * RedLinks Lists
 * Blue Links = this person has a page, but you can absolutely edit it!
 * Red Links = they don't have a page yet, so you can create one!


 * Wiki Loves Pride
 * Lists of LGBT People
 * '''[LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) Requested Articles]
 * Women in Red/LBT Women
 * many people in red on Chicago's LGBT Hall of Fame list

WGSS Subject Guide
This guide has useful databases. They're a great place to start once you've picked a person or topic!

The Penn State Libraries Website
Make a quick search to see what the library has on your person or topic! Run into problems? Use the Ask a Librarian function to chat with a librarian and get expert help!

Books
Check out the books below. Click the link to see if it's online of if your library has it!


 * Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History from Antiquity to World War II


 * Queers in History online


 * Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History online


 * Modern Herstory


 * Routledge Encyclopedia of Queer Culture