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 Octavia E. Butler's Patternist Series Editathon at Spelman College

Please join the members of the The Octavia E. Butler Society at Spelman College for an upcoming editathon of Octavia E. Butler's Patternist novels (Patternmaster, Mind of My Mind, Survivor, Wild Seed, and Clay's Ark). This editathon is part of the LaGuardia WikiProject Octavia E. Butler and the Octavia E. Butler Conference 2016: Celebrating Letters, Life, and Legacy at Spelman College.

Event information
Etherpad link - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on
 * Host: The Octavia E. Butler Society and Spelman College
 * Date: Saturday, February 27, 2016
 * Time: 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
 * Location: Spelman College, 350 Spelman Ln SW, Atlanta, GA 30314
 * Registration: To register, please sign up by adding your Wikipedia username to the Participants sign-up below
 * Participants: The event is open to anyone who wishes to help expand on the entries for Octavia E. Butler's work. As needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers.
 * Organizers: Dr. Ximena Gallardo C. - DrX (talk) / Ann Matsuuchi - Mozucat (talk)
 * What to Bring: Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords.
 * Hashtags: #octaviabutlerwiki #OEBSC #OctaviaButler
 * Twitter: @SpelmanMedia, @wikimedianyc

Create articles

 * Patternmaster
 * Lead


 * Plot
 * Characters
 * Reception
 * Further reading
 * Themes
 * Quotes
 * Categories


 * Mind of My Mind
 * Lead
 * Plot
 * Characters
 * Reception
 * Further reading
 * Themes
 * Quotes
 * Categories
 * Clay’s Ark
 * Lead
 * Plot
 * Characters
 * Reception
 * Further reading
 * Themes
 * Quotes
 * Categories

Improve articles

 * Patternist series ''Note: Summaries can be found/copied from Butler’s biography under the "Writing career" section of Butler's Wikipedia entry
 * Brief summary of Patternmaster
 * Brief summary of Mind of My Mind
 * Brief summary of Survivor
 * Brief summary of Wild Seed
 * Move “Reception” comment to the article on Patternmaster
 * Revise the language of the lead to reflect that this is an article on the series, not Patternmaster
 * Survivor Revision of this article may require some discussion and suggestions on the article’s Talk page located here 
 * Revise language/copyedit
 * If anyone has a copy of the book, maybe add some quotes
 * Wild Seed
 * Move unreferenced sections to the article’s talk page or tag them with the Citation Needed template
 * Revise language/copyedit
 * Edits needed outside the Patternist Series
 * Revise language/copyedit Fledgling (especially the Characters section)

Resources

 * Bibliography and secondary sources for the Patternist series. A compilation of materials needed to edit article content.
 * Basic editing steps for a successful Wikipedia article. General instructions for the day's work.
 * WikiProject Novels Manual of Style. The MoS contains the suggested format for articles on novels.
 * Wikipedia tutorial for beginners
 * The Five Pillars of Wikipedia
 * Editing Wikipedia booklet
 * Basic Wiki markup language cheat sheet [PDF]
 * Notable person survival kit

New pages
Alpha order
 * 1) Clay’s Ark --
 * 2) Mind of My Mind -- ,
 * 3) Patternmaster --

Improved pages
Alpha order
 * 1) Clay’s Ark --, , ,
 * 2) Fledgling --, ,
 * 3) Mind of My Mind --, , ,
 * 4) Patternmaster --, , , ,
 * 5) Wild Seed --, , , , ,

Participants - Sign Up Here!

 * 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).


 * 1) Mozucat (talk) 14:40, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) BrillLyle (talk) 18:53, 27 February 2016 (UTC) -- remote support
 * 3) TheGreySpark (talk) 21:21, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 4) Highlytexturedlibrarian (talk) 21:21, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 5) ChristinaLNeal (talk) 21:22, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 6) Amcdon13 (talk) 21:22, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 7) Achaza21 (talk) 21:22, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 8) Kkey3 (talk) 21:22, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 9) AJSutto98 (talk) 21:22, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 10) Joecharl12 (talk) 21:22, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 11) Choxie1 (talk) 21:23, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 12) Aminahanderson (talk) 21:23, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 13) Ajoseph9 (talk) 21:23, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 14) Swarren19 (talk) 21:23, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 15) Treblemaker19 (talk) 21:23, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 16) Satw97 (talk) 21:23, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 17) CastorRadiance (talk) 21:23, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 18) Baxtes (talk) 21:24, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
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 * 20) Beautyisilliyah (talk) 21:27, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 21) Hunter900 (talk) 21:37, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 22) ParisM.Stewart (talk) 21:41, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 23) 12.13.176.132 (talk) 21:43, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 24) Mmulli-edit (talk) 22:19, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 25) BollinLa (talk) 22:58, 27 February 2016 (UTC)