Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/12-2015-Film-BPL

Black Film Editathon: AfroCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library
December 2015 gathering of AfroCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library!

Event information

 * Co-sponsor: Creatively Speaking
 * Date: Sunday, December 13, 2015
 * Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
 * Location: Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Info Commons Room
 * Address: 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238 40.67236°N, -73.96815°W
 * Subway:
 * to Grand Army Plaza
 * Bus: buses
 * Meetup link: WikimediaNYC @ Meetup
 * Details:
 * 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.
 * We have held monthly editathons in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens since February 2015.
 * Beginners welcome.
 * All languages welcome including English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, French, Yoruba, Twi, Woloff and other languages spoken in the African Diaspora. Wikipedia comes in 285 languages and you are welcome to edit it in any of them or translate from one language to another.
 * Light Refreshments will be available.

Attendees
Please add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below.
 * You can also RSVP at our Meetup.com page and/or on Eventbrite!

Confirmed

 * 1) Pharos (talk) 12:47, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) Shanluan (talk)
 * 3)  DGG ( talk ) 23:44, 5 December 2015 (UTC) ;
 * 4) Aliceba (talk) 16:00, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) Theredproject (talk) 00:17, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) Failedprojects (talk) 19:03, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 7) Siankevans (talk) 19:10, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 8) CCJmedia (talk) 20:13, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 9) JejCommun (talk) 20:17, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 10) Jamila Allston (talk) 20:25, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 11) Monteatrikers (talk) 20:37, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 12) Gjone1 (talk) 20:41, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 13) Devolutionproductions (talk) 20:43, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 14) DarioMohr Art (talk) 20:45, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 15) Nolad1973 (talk) 20:49, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 16) Mamalicious (talk) 20:52, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 17) Rotca 77 (talk) 20:54, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 18) Michellematerre (talk) 20:56, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 19) DR. LUV JA (talk) 21:17, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 20) Cclay684 (talk) 21:30, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 21) 74.64.8.15 (talk)
 * 1) 74.64.8.15 (talk)

Participating online

 * 1)  -- sorry I'll be in Nebraska this weekend but will try to participate remotely

African diaspora
Alphabetical by last name


 * Juanita Anderson -
 * Madeline Anderson
 * Mya Baker
 * Neema Barnette
 * Saint Clair Bourne
 * Pearl Bowser
 * Charles Burnett
 * Ayoka Chenzira
 * Ryan Coogler
 * Ava DuVernay -- page is in pretty good shape, was developed in coordination with DuVernay's assistant
 * ARRAY -- added logo, infobox --
 * Crystal Emery
 * Nicole L. Franklin
 * Haile Gerima
 * Laurens Grant
 * Thomas Allen Harris
 * Byron Hurt
 * Shaka King
 * Karen Mafundikwa
 * Jesse Mapels
 * Michelle Materre
 * Raoul Peck
 * Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
 * Pamela Sporn
 * McClinton Karma Standley
 * Michele Stephenson
 * Rachel Watanabe-Batton
 * Yvonne Welbon
 * E Lee White

WikiAfrica Cinema list - Filmmakers
Alphabetical by last name


 * Alexander Abela
 * Newton I Aduaka
 * Merzak Allouache
 * Kwaw Ansah
 * Arnold Antonin
 * Chris Austin
 * Nabil Ayouch
 * Bassek Ba Kobhio
 * Abdekrim Bahloul
 * Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda
 * Jean-Pierre Bekolo
 * Clifford Bestall
 * Matt Bish
 * Abdellatif Ben Ammar
 * David Bensusan
 * Ferid Boughedir
 * Nouri Bouzid
 * Mohamed Camara
 * Henning Carlsen
 * Youssef Chahine
 * Jacques Champreux
 * Nathan Collett
 * Paulo de Sousa
 * Clarence Thomas Delgado
 * Guy Deslaurier
 * Ross Devenish
 * Manthia Diawara
 * Jean Piere Dikongue-Pipa
 * Mustapha Diop
 * Djibril diop Mambéty
 * Adama Drabo
 * Ibrahim El Batout
 * Nadia El fani
 * Ahmed El Maanouni
 * Sharon Farr
 * Thiermo Faty Sow
 * Samba Gadjigo
 * Joseph Gai Ramaka
 * Oumarou Ganda
 * Roger Gnoam M'Bala
 * Flora Gomes
 * Alain Gomis
 * Patrick Grandperret
 * Amor Hakkar
 * Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
 * Otar Ioselliani
 * Imunga Ivanga
 * Shemu Joyah
 * Gaston Kaboré
 * Daniel Kamwa
 * John Kani
 * Yasmine Kassari
 * Nacer Khemir
 * Daniel Kollo Sanou
 * Dani Kouyaté
 * Fadika Kramo-Lancine
 * Ashley Lazarus
 * Taieb Louhichi
 * Adam Low
 * Zola Maseko
 * Teddy Mattera
 * Thierry Michel
 * Nadir Moknèche
 * Ebano Multimedia
 * Léonce Ngabo
 * Mweze Ngangura
 * Helena Noguiera
 * Bob Nyanja
 * Anders Ostergaard
 * Idrissa Ouedraogo
 * Raoul Peck
 * Sven Persson
 * Jennie Pogrund
 * Teresa Prata
 * Michael Raeburn
 * Raymond Rajaonarivelo
 * Fanta Regina Nacro
 * Jean Rouch
 * Jean Rouche
 * Amadou Saalum Seck
 * Laurent Salgues
 * Ababacar Samb Makharam
 * Jürgen Schadeberg
 * Oliver Schmitz
 * Ousmane Sembene
 * Mousa Sene Absa
 * Abderrahmane Sissako
 * Mansour Sora Wade
 * Donald Swanson
 * Jean Marie Teno
 * Moufida Tlatli
 * Drissa Toure
 * Moussa Toure
 * Mahama Traore
 * Mahama Johnson Traoré
 * Fernando Vendrell
 * Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
 * S. Pierre Yameago
 * Dagmawi Yimer

Categories

 * Category:Film directors from Africa
 * Category:Film directors by language
 * Category:African film director stubs
 * Category:Senegalese film directors, etc.

New page creations
alphabetical
 * 1) Pearl Bowser --

Pages improved
alphabetical
 * 1) ARRAY -- added infobox, logo --
 * 2) Neema Barnette --, , , ,
 * 3) Manthia Diawara --
 * 4) Django Unchained --
 * 5) Byron Hurt --
 * 6) Nemours Jean-Baptiste --
 * 7) Stan Lathan --
 * 8) Spike Lee --
 * 9) Raoul Peck --
 * 10) Dee Rees --
 * 11) Michèle Stephenson -- added citations and a few details about her work -- ,

Images added to Wikimedia Commons

 * ARRAY logo.jpg - ARRAY Now Film Distribution logo for Ava DuVernay's distribution company --

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


 * N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help:
 * IRC/wikipedia-en-help