Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/Oct2016-BPL



Please join us for the next gathering of AfroCROWD @ Brooklyn Public Library!

The New York Black Librarians' Caucus Wikipedia Editing Seminar will focus on editing, improving and adding references and articles to Wikipedia. The focus of the event will be noted librarians, historians and other people and places in black history, but participants can write about whatever they like. The aim is to add at least one sentence to the Wiki Lexicon and make at least one reference. This is also part of the Wikimedia global One Librarian 1 Reference Project.

Event information

 * Date: Sunday, October 2, 2016
 * Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
 * RSVP: Eventbrite


 * 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 librarians, historians and other people and places in black history, 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 also add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below.

Confirmed

 * 1) Arthur.frick (talk) 22:40, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Dispenser (talk) 18:32, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) Jim.henderson (talk) 12:25, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
 * 4) Shanluan (talk)
 * 5) Mozucat (talk) 18:21, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 6) Uniajumppage (talk) 19:29, 2 October 2016 (UTC);
 * 7) Karimajoy (talk) 19:31, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 8) Fsonenation (talk) 19:30, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 9) Aliceba (talk) 19:32, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 10) Marie Overton (talk) 19:34, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 11) Mister Intensity (talk) 19:33, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 12) Donald Peebles (talk) 19:34, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 13) Sealesad (talk) 19:35, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 14) Fpbryant (talk) 19:36, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 15) JoneilJames (talk) 19:38, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 16) sheridanford (talk) 19:45, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 17) Bettyd (talk) 19:38, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Outcomes
Alphabetical by first letter

Pages improved

 * 1) Dennis Jones --
 * 2) Hip hop --
 * 3) Issa Rae --
 * 4) Jamaica Kincaid --
 * 5) Leah D. Daughtry --
 * 6) Otto Neals --
 * 7) Timmy Regisford --
 * 8) Toni Morrison --


 * Other
 * 1) Help:Using Wikipedia for mathematics self-study --

Pages created

 * 1) ブラック・ライブズ・マター = Black Lives Matter --  -- Japanese
 * 2) Herbert Daughtry --
 * 3) Rosalind Jeffries --

Wikidata

 * 1) Black Lives Matter (Q19600530) --

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