Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/2016 Train Trainers

Training the Trainers Intensive Wikipedia Edit-a-thon @ Brooklyn Public Library
Please join us for the next gathering of AfroCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library!'''

Event information

 * Date: Sunday, May 22, 2016
 * Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
 * RSVP: Eventbrite
 * 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
 * Hashtag: #AfroCROWD, #WomenInRed
 * 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 people 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 290 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.
 * Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qGG2fNRFrmpjunyp7U8TEXGv89oIqgyNDn52MMa1Z6I/edit?usp=sharing

Attendees
Please RSVP at Eventbrite! Please also add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below.

Confirmed

 * 1) Pharos (talk) 14:58, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Shanluan (talk)
 * 3) Jim.henderson (talk) 11:30, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 4) Ashainbrooklyn (talk) 17:32, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 5) Gjone1 (talk) 18:26, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 6) sheridanford 18:30, 22 May 2016 (UTC) (talk) 18:29, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 7) BKDancer (talk) 18:15, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 8) Lwilcken (talk) 18:23, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 9) HKelleyB (talk) 18:25, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 10) Kalakuti (talk) 18:26, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 11) Aliceba (talk) 18:28, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 12) Adjoajo (talk) 18:32, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 13) Bernscott (talk) 18:33, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 14) 209.2.60.77 (talk) 18:43, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 15) Tshirttraffic (talk) 18:58, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 16) Sabimenow (talk) 19:07, 22 May 2016 (UTC) - also editing in ht.wikipedia
 * 17) Mimidayiti (talk) 19:11, 22 May 2016 (UTC) - also editing in ht.wikipedia
 * 18) Pgermaine (talk) 19:25, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 19) BrillLyle (talk) 20:03, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 20) Mrb4nyc (talk) 20:06, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 21) VictorColor (talk) 20:18, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 22) Mimidayiti (talk) 20:24, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 23) Dr Winston Smith (talk) 20:50, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Tentative

 * 1) Kalakuti (talk) 21:54, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 2)  DGG ( talk ) 05:40, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Participating online

 * 1) Eartha78 (talk)

New page creations
Alphabetical by first letter
 * 1) African Civilization Society --
 * 2) Bouki nan Paradi --  -- in Wikipedya Kreyòl Ayisyen
 * 3) Community Archives --
 * 4) Jessica B. Harris --
 * 5) Robert Curvin --
 * Drafts & Sandboxes
 * 1) Chuck Davis --
 * 2) Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) --

Contributions
Alphabetical by first letter
 * 1) Angela Bassett --
 * 2) Celigny Ardouin --  -- in Wikipedya Kreyòl Ayisyen
 * 3) Charles Burnett (director) --
 * 4) DJ Jubilee --
 * 5) Ifá --
 * 6) Lalah Hathaway discography -
 * 7) Sandungueo --
 * 8) Ti Roro --
 * 9) Twerking --

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