Wikipedia:Meetup/Madison/ArtAndFeminism 2016

The Wikipedia Training and Edit-a-thon will take place 9:30 am to 12:00 pm on Saturday, March 5, at the Madison Public Library's Central Library. The ArtWrite Collective will host the event.

Event information

 * Date: Saturday, March 5, 2016
 * Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
 * Location: Madison Public Library, Central Library, 201 W Mifflin St, Madison, WI
 * Daycare: We are coordinating the details for daycare at the event
 * Food: Coffee and snacks (with vegan and gluten-free options) will be provided
 * Host: The ArtWrite Collective
 * Facebook logo.png Facebook: Event page on Facebook

Bring your laptop. If you don't have one, the library will have some laptops available for checkout at the event. The library will also pull a set of references from their collection for us to use during the event.

List of suggested articles to edit
Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon.
 * Articles within the scope of Category:Women and the arts
 * Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks
 * List of potential Wisconsin-related women topics

Resources for editing

 * Art+Feminism resources
 * Gender gap resources
 * Milwaukee Public Library Index to Artists
 * Recollection Wisconsin local history digital collections
 * Wisconsin Women Making History
 * Wisconsin Historical Society collections
 * Women's Knowledge Digital Library from UW-Madison's Gender and Women's Studies Librarian
 * UW-Madison Libraries Digital Collections search
 * UW-Milwaukee Libraries Digital Collections search
 * Getty Research Portal
 * Oxford Art / Grove Art / Benezit art reference databases (UW-Madison library card required)
 * Newspaper Archive historical newspaper database (MPL library card required)

Print reference sources at the Central Library second floor

 * African American National Biography, 8 volumes
 * American National Biography, 27 volumes
 * Current Biography, 1940-2012
 * Encyclopedia of Native American Biography
 * Native American Women, A Biographical Dictionary
 * Notable American Women, 3 volumes
 * Notable Black American Women, 2 volumes

Articles improved
Alphabetical by first letter
 * 1) Chase (name) --
 * 2) Elizabeth Thérèse Baird --
 * 3) Henry S. Baird --
 * 4) List of people from Wisconsin --
 * 5) Mary Nohl Art Environment --
 * 6) Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani --
 * 7) Thomas L. Jennings --
 * 8) Veil --

Articles created
Alphabetical by first letter
 * 1) Christine Macel --
 * 2) Elizabeth Baird (writer) --
 * 3) Jessie Kalmbach Chase --
 * 4) Millie Rose Lalk --
 * 5) Nina Freeman --

Participants - Sign Up Here!
Prior to the event:

Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event! And remember to have fun!
 * 1) Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
 * No? Create a Wikipedia account
 * Yes? Go to Step #2
 * 1) Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page


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