Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/02-2015 Bronx Africa



The Bronx Council on the Arts, working with the AfroCROWD initiative, is hosting a Black Life Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Saturday February 27, 2016, as part of the BRONX:AFRICA exhibition at Longwood Art Gallery, to contribute to articles on Wikipedia for the national Black WikiHistory Month outreach campaign. The event will focus on Black and African History as part of #BRONX AFRICA.

Event information

 * Date: Saturday, February 27, 2016
 * Time: 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
 * Location: Hostos Community College
 * Address: Academic Computing Center, East Academic Complex Building C, 450 Grand Concourse, Room C-592, Bronx, NY 10451 40.8175°N, -73.92722°W
 * Directions:
 * Hostos Directions Page
 * Car: Major Deegan Expressway, take E. 153rd Street exit, Exit 6, toward River Avenue. Keep left at the fork on ramp. Go to Exterior Street and E. 149th Street.
 * Subway:
 * to 149th St. & Grand Concourse
 * to 149th St. & Grand Concourse
 * Bus: buses to 149th Street & Grand Concourse
 * Twitter: #BronxAfrica
 * RSVP: Eventbrite
 * Note: RSVP is required - Please note that Seating is limited and we advise that you do not RSVP unless you can attend.
 * Details:
 * Beginners welcome.
 * All languages welcome including English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, French, Yoruba and others. Wikipedia comes in 285 languages and you are welcome to edit it in any of them or translate from one language to another.
 * No food or beverages allowed in the computer lab.


 * Co-sponsors:
 * Bronx Council on the Arts
 * Hostos Community College

Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD) is a new initiative which seeks to increase the number of people of African descent actively editing Wikipedia. Become a part of the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture and software movements and help close the multicultural and gender gaps in Wikipedia. Visit us at AfroCROWD to find out more.

Registration
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) RSVP @ Eventbrite 
 * 2) Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
 * No? Create a Wikipedia account
 * Yes? Go to Step #3
 * 1) Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to the  section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page

New page creations
alpha by first letter

Pages improved
alpha by first letter
 * 1) Florence M. Rice --
 * 2) Hale Woodruff --

Pictures addd

 * 1) 6 photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons --
 * BxAfr2016Feb 03.JPG -- added to this page --

Possible articles to edit

 * List of articles

Resources
See Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.

Editing Wikipedia resources
Listed here for quick reference. N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources
 * Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
 * Five Pillars of Wikipedia (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
 * Tutorial
 * How to Edit a Page
 * Wiki Markup Quick Reference (PDF version of printed handout)
 * Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
 * Article Development
 * Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
 * Manual of Style
 * Citation templates
 * Infobox templates
 * Bookshelf (additional "getting started" resources)
 * Art+Feminism - Video training
 * Art+Feminism - Training Lesson Plan

Tools and templates

 * Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
 * Infobox template - person
 * Biographies of living persons
 * Writing an article
 * About the Sandbox

Participants

 * 1) Pharos (talk) 15:36, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Jim.henderson (talk)
 * 3) Shanluan (talk)
 * 4)  -- remote participation
 * 5) Quantumavik (talk)
 * 6) Geraldshields11 (talk) 21:23, 8 February 2016 (UTC) at NPR -- Participating online
 * 7) Coopnonna (talk) 17:13, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 8) ElMorroGhost (talk) 18:13, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 9) MarathonRobeson (talk) 18:20, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 10) Imandra (talk) 18:41, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 11) VivaLola101 (talk) 19:40, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 12) Aliceba (talk) 20:08, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 13)  (working on es)
 * 14) Peppermint900 (talk) 19:40, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 15) Vajraakamai (talk) 19:42, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 1)  (working on es)
 * 2) Peppermint900 (talk) 19:40, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) Vajraakamai (talk) 19:42, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) Peppermint900 (talk) 19:40, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Vajraakamai (talk) 19:42, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) Peppermint900 (talk) 19:40, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Vajraakamai (talk) 19:42, 5 March 2016 (UTC)