Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/2016 MoCADA

Please join us for the next gathering of AfroCROWD @ MoCADA!

Join AfroCROWD & MoCADA for a Wikipedia editing workshop on Artists of the African Diaspora. The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) uses the visual arts as a point of departure for exploring new artistic production across a variety of disciplines. Through exhibitions and programming, MoCADA incites dialogue on pressing social and political issues facing the African Diaspora, and fosters a dynamic space for the creation and continuous evolution of culture.

Event information

 * Date: Sunday, August 21, 2016
 * Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
 * RSVP: Eventbrite
 * Please note there is an $8 $4 museum entrance fee required for entry
 * Location: Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA)
 * Address: 80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217


 * Hashtag: #AfroCROWD
 * Twitter: #AfroCROWD
 * Details:
 * Help write her digital history!
 * Join AfroCROWD to receive free training on becoming a Wikipedia editor.
 * The event will encourage editing entries about notable black artists, including black women in the African Diaspora dedicated to African affairs.
 * 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.
 * Please contact [mailto:alice@afrocrowd.org alice@afrocrowd.org] if you need a babysitter on premises
 * Light Refreshments will be available.

Attendees
Please RSVP at Eventbrite Please note there is an $8 $4 museum entrance fee required for entry Please also add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below.

Confirmed

 * 1) Huleceo7 (talk) 17:29, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Pharos (talk) 17:31, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) NaturallyAmaka (talk) 19:06, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 4) Molambert (talk) 18:21, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 5) GodC&#39;sEverything (talk) 19:35, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 6) Xtmariebx (talk) 20:36, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 7) Aliceba (talk) 20:37, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 8) Thecandiceness (talk) 20:39, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 9) Pinkveve (talk) 20:40, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 10) Mahrvell (talk) 21:07, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Regrets

 * 1)  DGG ( talk ) 14:29, 17 August 2016 (UTC)  (on the basis that we should not be sponsoring editathons requiring an admission fee)
 * 2) BrillLyle (talk) 18:35, 17 August 2016 (UTC) (same as DGG above)
 * 3) Jim.henderson (talk) 01:21, 19 August 2016 (UTC) Ditto

Pages improved
Alphabetical by first letter
 * 1) Netela --
 * 2) Opal Tometi --
 * 3) Weeksville, Brooklyn --

Pages created
Alphabetical by first letter
 * MoCADA -- -- in Spanish Wikipedia
 * Speedy Deletion
 * 1) Laolu Senbanjo --

Wikidata improved

 * 1) Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (Q6886122) --

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