Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/2017-01 HGF Lenny

Sign up via Outreach Dashboard Please join us for a Women Journos Unconference and Editathon, a Her Girl Friday Tackles the Gender Gap: The Wikipedia Editing Brunch event co-sponsored by Her Girl Friday and Lenny Letter on Saturday, January 28, 2017, at ThoughtWorks New York.

The all-day event will be an Unconference / Hackathon-style event with the goal of getting more notable women represented with pages on Wikipedia. #gender gap #PostInauguration

Strategies to address Post-Truth and Alternative Facts will be part of the conversation. Make a difference at a grass roots level by improving facts on Wikipedia! #Empowerment!

Event information

 * Date: Saturday, January 28, 2017
 * Time: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm (doors open at 10:30 am)
 * Location: ThoughtWorks. 99 Madison Avenue (29th Street), 15th Floor, New York, NY 10016 Phone: (646) 412-5200 40.74472°N, -73.98503°W


 * Who should come: Women-identifying journalists, women-identifying non-journalists, allies, humans alike!
 * What to bring: Please remember to bring a laptop and power cord! We are unable to provide computers, but there will be plenty of outlets and wifi
 * Food: There will be coffee, nosherai, and brunch provided to power our work throughout the day!
 * Hashtag: #WomenJournosUnite
 * Etherpad: HGF-Lenny-2017-01
 * Meetup: Meetup
 * RSVP:
 * Don't have a Wikipedia account? Go to Outreach Dashboard to create a Wikipedia account
 * Have a Wikipedia account? Please sign up via Outreach Dashboard
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 * Please also add your user name to the Attendees list below

Editing agenda

 * 1) Wikipedia – 15 minute overview: 5 pillars, Conflict of Interest policies, self guided introduction, Intro with videos etc. (example COI)
 * 2) Wikipedia – 5 minute register for Wikipedia account
 * 3) Wikipedia – 40 minute make one edit: add infobox, citation, etc.

Lightning talks
A lightning talk is a short presentation
 * 1) Women in Tech Who Should Be on Wikipedia – Deepthi Welaratna Twitter logo.svg
 * 2) Women in the Arts Who Should be on Wikipedia – Kat Griefen
 * 3) Journalism, Ethics & Wikipedia – Karen Zraick Twitter logo.svg
 * 4) The Black Lunch Table – Heather Hart aka  Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg Twitter logo.svg Twitter logo.svg


 * 1) Why and How We Edit Wikipedia: Cool Entries We’ve Done Related to the News – Erika Herzog aka  Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg Twitter logo.svg – Example before and after

Attendees
In addition to adding your Wikipedia user name below, please also sign up via Outreach Dashboard
 * WikiFacilitators
 * 1) BrillLyle (talk) 09:35, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Heathart (talk) 16:22, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 3) Jim.henderson (talk) 01:12, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 4) Mozucat (talk) 18:48, 28 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Her Girl Friday
 * 1) Atjackiesnow (talk) 14:11, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 2) T onethousand (talk) 04:46, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 1) T onethousand (talk) 04:46, 4 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Attendees
 * 1) Arianatobin (talk) 17:23, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 2) Belangerly (talk) 17:15, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 3) Benson22 (talk) 17:26, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 4) Drapered (talk) 17:24, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 5) Gkduggan (talk) 17:26, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 6) Hannah Silverman (talk) 17:19, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 7) Jbrockington (talk) 18:04, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 8) JohnCharles007 (talk) 17:32, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 9) Milnesk (talk) 17:15, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 10) Nwhysel (talk) 16:45, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 11) SamNYC (talk) 18:44, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 12) Srwerth (talk) 17:27, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 13) Stale quail (talk) 17:22, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 14) Vchan23 (talk) 20:35, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 15) Vote4promqueens (talk) 19:56, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 16) Xthatsxcoolx (talk) 17:28, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 1) Vchan23 (talk) 20:35, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 2) Vote4promqueens (talk) 19:56, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 3) Xthatsxcoolx (talk) 17:28, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Task lists
✅ Please check with a WikiFacilitator before starting new pages – recommend beginners start by editing existing pages vs. starting new pages

Outcomes
Alphabetical by first letter Infobox was added
 * Pages improved
 * 1) Alexander Abian --
 * 2) Betty Kenward --
 * 3) Charlotte Wilson --
 * 4) Death of Sandra Bland -- ,
 * 5) Gharida Farooqi --
 * 6) Ginny Ruffner --
 * 7) Hairstyling product --
 * 8) Hetty Green --
 * 9) Helga Ochoterena Booth -- DRAFT --
 * 10) Joyce J. Scott --
 * 11) Katie Stelmanis -- ,
 * 12) Linda Rosenthal --
 * 13) List of African-American visual artists --
 * 14) Marina Elali --
 * 15) Marta Rojas --
 * 16) Mary Karr -- , ,
 * 17) Mary Pilon --  ,
 * 18) Mary TallMountain --
 * 19) Minerva Hamilton Hoyt --
 * 20) Phyllis Harrison-Ross --
 * 21) Ruth E. Carter --  ,
 * 22) Sisters in Islam --
 * 23) Sylvia Mendez --
 * 24) Tami Sagher --
 * 25) Tomohiro Kojiri --
 * 26) West Area Computers --
 * 27) Where We At --


 * Pages created
 * 1) Kiran Gandhi --  -- very short, needs work so isn't deleted
 * 2) Mickaella L. Perina --  -- very short, needs work so isn't deleted


 * Wikidata items improved


 * Wikidata items created


 * Wikimedia Commons images uploaded
 * Joyce Scott 2016.jpg --
 * Lana Shea.jpg --
 * Sisters in Islam.jpg --
 * Women's March.jpg --