Wikipedia:Meetup/Los Angeles/February 2024

Whether you're new to Wikipedia or an experienced editor, please join Wikimedians of Los Angeles in making culture and knowledge free for all at an edit-a-thon focused on the people, places, and culture of the Los Angeles area. Take advantage of resources at the West Hollywood Library and help Wikipedia make the internet a better place.

Anyone with an interest is welcome. RSVP below and bring a laptop if you have one; if not, the library has some loaners available (with advance notice). Please create an account using the “log in” button at the top if the page if you don’t have one already. We will also be celebrating Wikipedia's 23rd birthday. There will be cake!



Please be aware of our Wikimedia friendly space policy.

Event information
A special thank-you to Emilie Hernandez and the staff of the West Hollywood Library for hosting us.
 * Date: Saturday, February 17, 2024
 * Time: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
 * Location: West Hollywood Library First Floor Meeting Room
 * Who should participate:
 * Everyone! No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary; there will be tutorials and experienced editors who will be happy to help. (If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, it's easy to get started with this guided tutorial.)
 * Cost: Free (please register below!)
 * Hosts: Wikimedians of Los Angeles, West Hollywood Library

Getting there!
The library's parking lot is adjacent to the library; if you enter from San Vicente, it's the lot on the right. Validation is available for three hours, but please note: the lot fills up quickly. (There's another lot on the opposite side of the driveway. Parking is validated for an hour at the booth on the ground floor of the garage or near the small dog area on the opposite side of West Hollywood Park.)

Parking in West Hollywood is treacherous! If you park on the street make sure to read the signs. Most everywhere is permit parking, and the wonderful park is in part financed by parking tickets. So, alternative transit methods are a great idea: LA Metro bus route 2 runs between Santa Monica and downtown Los Angeles, with a stop very close to the library.

List of articles to edit/create
Check out the below for some articles to get started on (or add your own).

Articles to create

 * West Hollywood Park! (This is the park adjacent to the library. Loads of press.)
 * Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (redlinks)
 * Draft:The Central (Sunset Strip) (It needs more references; very few online.)
 * The Tropicana Hotel (The Tropicana Motel’s Totally Rocking Heyday)
 * Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen - Issa Rae chain
 * LA Fine Arts Squad - Painters who created giant murals in LA (and West Hollywood) from 1969-1974 [(https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/culture-monster-blog/story/2011-04-08/art-review-l-a-fine-arts-squad-at-cardwell-jimmerson-contemporary-art])
 * Santa Anita Race Track: A significant marshaling point of Japanese Americans from throughout Southern California before they were transported to internment camps. Griffith Park was another marshalling point.
 * Santa Anita Assembly Center is about the mashaling poing specifically. is a redirect.
 * Restaurants listed in the Wiki Dinner Club page
 * I have photographs of some of the restaurants listed here. Missvain (talk) 06:48, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Please upload them, as well as any others that you may have from restaurants that already have articles! --Sky Harbor (talk) 22:48, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Some redlinks to turn blue

 * National Register of Historic Places
 * City of Los Angeles
 * Pasadena
 * LA County
 * Ventura County
 * Orange County
 * San Bernardino County
 * Riverside County
 * List of first women lawyers and judges in California
 * List of first minority male lawyers and judges in California

Articles to improve and stubs to expand

 * Beth Chayim Chadashim - First LGBTQ Temple in Los Angeles; needs citations
 * 1992 Los Angeles Riots
 * Los Angeles Stubs
 * LA County Stubs
 * LA County Library
 * Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery (Santa Monica, California)
 * Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery (Santa Monica, California)

Simpler tasks for first timers

 * Articles needing organization/summarization/more internal links/etc.
 * Articles needing copy editing

Editing resources

 * Getting started
 * Getting started quick reference
 * Writing an article
 * Biographies of living people
 * Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
 * Person infobox template
 * Verifying reliable sources

Other useful links

 * California Digital Newspaper Collection
 * Calisphere.org

Outcomes

 * 35+ attendees
 * 20+ first-time editors
 * 5 Articles Created
 * 41 Articles Edited
 * 207 Total edits
 * 72 Commons Uploads

See the event dashboard for (partial) more detailed statistics

New articles

 * Katherine J. Boskins Barr, founder of Los Angeles Urban League
 * Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen, community-focused restaurants in Los Angeles County

Articles improved

 * Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (image added)
 * Wilshire Boulevard (video added)
 * LA County Library (images added for all libraries)
 * Beth Chayim Chadashim (references added)
 * San Pedro Pastoral Region (added images for two churches)

Sign up
Sign up at the Event Dashboard to track your edits!

https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/West_Hollywood/West_Hollywood_Edit-a-thon_February_2024

Regrets

 * I'm out of town for the holiday weekend! (Unless it rains in which case we'll cancel, and I should be able to come!) Will definitely try to make the next one!! Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:37, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Busy that weekend. Will definitely attend another in the future though. Had a lot of fun at the recent one. – Novem Linguae (talk) 05:22, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Not doing indoor events these days, but I'll try to support from afar. Penny Richards (talk) 16:10, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hey Penny - if you sign up on the Event Dashboard above you can track any edits you make from home! Glad you're supporting us in spirit! Blervis (talk) 02:48, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * SciOly 2003  LN  6  04:57, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Maybe

 * If my work schedule allows, I will try to travel up from San Diego County to attend. -- RightCow LeftCoast ( Moo ) 22:03, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I might be able to! I'm not sure whether I will but I'm 100% down to attend. ShticktatorTal 11:10, 12 February 2024 (PST)
 * Prolly Busition 15:12, 12 February 2024 (PST)

Likely

 * Atjackiesnow (talk) 18:22, 17 January 2024 (UTC) Hi hi hoping to get back into editing and will try to make this!
 * Hexatekin (talk) 22:38, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Definitely

 * Blervis (talk) 23:17, 6 January 2024 (UTC) - Host/Presenter
 * JSFarman (talk) 22:57, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * jengod (talk) 19:30, 9 January 2024 (UTC) - unless there's some sort of unforeseeable asteroid or child-related crisis
 * Thellomerca (talk) 16:35, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 20:28, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * ReelPrincess (talk) 01:48, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
 * TimidTerabyte (talk) 03:46, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Adriandeon (talk) 03:53, 10 February 2024 (UTC) - See you all there
 * Hi all, this will be my first meet up and editing session. I recently joined Wikipedia and look forward to meeting everyone. Kmarbs (talk) 15:30, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Boldnerd (talk) 18:25, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
 * BJ2LIT (talk) 22:53, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Looking forward to meeting everyone real soon now. HasanDiwan, 2024-Feb-10 (UTC)
 * Likely Princessamelaaleph (user talk: Princessamelaaleph)
 * I will likely go! 23:59 10 Feb 2024 Jermapps (talk) 12:13, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Deanraff (talk) 17:48, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * (talk) 20:05, 12 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Might be available this coming weekend, will have to double check with work schedule first. RealmUnknown (talk) 22:28, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Angel2hi2 (talk) 04:13, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Toshamorrison (talk) 05:28, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Altered Intellect (talk) 08:53, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Spiegelmama (talk) 19:23, 13 February 2024 (UTC) I think I can make it! It's just a jaunt down Melrose.
 * Bzik2324 (talk) 03:18, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * HudsA (talk) 06:38, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * LenkoCambria (talk) 16:29, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I will be there. Ritamarierchan (talk) 23:40, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * BigHonkinBookcase (talk) 04:50, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Sonic Purity (talk) 05:20, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Jacobliu007 (talk) 07:01, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * WikiPlayJay
 * Pragmaticbutfun (talk) 18:38, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Radhartanya (talk) 18:47, 16 February 2024 (UTC) Ill be there!
 * Bernanke&#39;s Crossbow (talk) 20:12, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Kristopolous (talk) 21:56, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Maybe not. Something came up Kristopolous (talk) 18:46, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Kasperiffic (talk) 23:12, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Philphilivey (talk) 02:38, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry for signing up late! CedarKilldeer ([User talk:CedarKilldeer|talk]]) 21:50, 17 February 2024 (UTC)


 * (remotely) Missvain (talk) 06:44, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Phyllis Hansen will attend