Wikipedia:Meetup/NCL/ArtAndFeminism 2016/Newcastle Upon Tyne City Library Training Session

The Wikipedia training and Edit-a-thon will take place in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.

Past events

 * October 17, 2015: 2015 Art+Feminism – October
 * November 14, 2015: 2015 Art+Feminism – November
 * February 13, 2016: 2016 Art+Feminism Training Session

Upcoming events

 * March 5, 2016: Newcastle Upon Tyne will also take part in the Global Edit-a-Thon on Saturday March 5, 2016 11:00 am – 4:00 pm @ Newcastle City Library.

Event information
Please bring a laptop with you!
 * Date: Saturday, February 13, 2016
 * Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
 * Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, City Library, 33 New Bridge Street West, IT Suite, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8AX United Kingdom

Registration
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Register
Please add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day-of.
 * 1) Jo BamSistahood (talk) 08:40, 13 February 2016 (UTC)Jo Bamsistahood
 * 2) Sjsolanki (talk) 11:50, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) BAMSISTERHOODKEM (talk) 12:45, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

List of articles to edit
Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon.
 * Mariam Rezaei
 * Lalya Gaye
 * Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
 * Tina Gharavi
 * Chi Onwurah
 * Jackie Kay
 * Simi Ali
 * Siddiqua Mazhar

See also: Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks

List of nominated Inspiring BAMER Women in the North East
Extensive research and citation is needed for most of the figures below before we can create a individual page as a criteria of notability accepted under Wikipedia guidelines.


 * Chi Onwurah, politician
 * Simi Ali, scientist
 * Hannabiell Sanders, musician
 * Yilis Del Carmel Suriel, musician
 * Lalya Gaye, artist
 * Tina Gharavi, film maker/director
 * Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh, Artistic Director, Artist/performer
 * Nikki Godden, academic law
 * Siddiqua Mazhar, academic mathematician
 * Mariam Rezaei, Musician
 * Sade Sangowawa, cultural manager enterprise and social work
 * Yvette Hawkins, artist
 * Yve Anthea Ngoo, artist
 * Sneha Solanki, artist/scientist
 * Clymene Christoforou, Artistic Director and arts activist
 * Jackie Kay, poet
 * Padma Rao, arts and diversity
 * Kath Boodhai, Museums & Heritage, Outreach Officer & Well-Being Programme Lead (TWAM)
 * Umme Imam, Director and women's activism
 * Gloria S Mosha, Manager public health and women's activism
 * Shamshad Iqbal, Domestic violence Advocate, support worker, manager
 * Ranjana Bell MBE, equality and diversity activist

Notability Guidelines for: Authors, editors, journalists, filmmakers, photographers, artists, architects, and other creative professionals: Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Creative professionals

More information here on seeking reliable sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#What_counts_as_a_reliable_source

NOTE: There is possibility of a page not being accepted through Wikipedia. However, BAM!Sistahood! Project will accept all entries for their digital online Archive.

Resources for editing
Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Creative professionals
 * Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources
 * Cheat sheet
 * Gender gap resources.
 * Notability Guidelines for: Authors, editors, journalists, filmmakers, photographers, artists, architects, and other creative professionals:
 * More information here on seeking reliable sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#What_counts_as_a_reliable_source

Articles created/improved
List of Wikipedia articles attendees have worked to improve.
 * 1) Lalya Gaye - DRAFT
 * 2) Simi Ali - DRAFT
 * 3) Siddiqua Mazhar - DRAFT
 * 4) Sneha Solanki - DRAFT
 * 5) Umme Imam - researched