Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/AfroCROWD/Sept 2015

AfroCROWD @ Queens Library
Help write your digital world history! Join AfroCROWD @ Queens Library on Sunday, September 20th at 12:30 pm at the Queens Library's Central Branch and get free training on becoming a Wikipedia editor.

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.

Event information

 * Date: Sunday, September 20, 2015
 * Time: 12:30 pm – 5:00 pm
 * Location: Queens Library, Central Branch, Computer Training Room
 * Address: 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11432 40.70778°N, -73.795°W
 * Subway:
 * to 169th St.
 * RSVP: Eventbrite
 * Details:
 * We have held monthly editathons in Brooklyn and Manhattan since February 2015 but this will be our first in Queens. Please spread the word to your friends and family there who may be interested.
 * 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.
 * AfroCROWD will also provide FREE CHILDCARE during this special event.
 * Light refreshments will be available.
 * We have about 30 laptops available. So we don't run out, bring your own if you can or are driving. This is not a requirement.


 * Co-sponsor:
 * Haitian Creole Language Institute of New York which is offering a Haitian Creole class at the Queens Public Library this fall. See PDF, "Haitian Creole for Beginners."

Attendees
Please add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below.

Confirmed

 * 1) Aliceba (talk) 21:55, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) Pharos (talk) 16:33, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) Jim.henderson (talk) 12:39, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) Hafece (talk) 17:40, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) Harobe (talk) 17:59, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) Monteatrikers (talk) 18:57, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
 * 7) Rolbens Desir (Diskite)
 * 1) Rolbens Desir (Diskite)
 * 1) Rolbens Desir (Diskite)
 * 1) Rolbens Desir (Diskite)
 * 1) Rolbens Desir (Diskite)
 * 1) Rolbens Desir (Diskite)
 * 1) Rolbens Desir (Diskite)
 * 1) Rolbens Desir (Diskite)
 * 1) Rolbens Desir (Diskite)

New page creations
alphabetical
 * 1) Millinery Center Synagogue

Subjects
alphabetical
 * 1) Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program --
 * 2) Factoring (finance) --
 * ht:Karl Marx - corrected grammar in Haitian --
 * 1) Tahir Hemphill - cleanup of citations, adding content --
 * 2) Taraji P. Henson - changed photo -- Pgermaine (talk) 20:07, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
 * ht:Modèl:Definisyon - corrected grammar in Haitian --
 * 1) Nemours Jean-Baptiste --
 * 2) Chaka Khan - added album to discography -- Pgermaine (talk) 20:03, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) Misogyny in hip hop culture --

Templates

 * 1) Template:NYPL
 * Permanent link to NYPL catalog:

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