Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Earth Day-2022-SWC

Sure We Can, a recycling and community center in Bushwick, Brooklyn, invites you to join us for an online and in-person Environment of NYC - Earth Day Edit-a-Thon on April 22nd, 2022; 2-4pm EDT. This Edit-a-Thon is part of a larger Earth Day celebration hosted by Sure We Can that runs from 1PM-7PM and is open to the public. See the eventbrite invite for more information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sure-we-can-earth-day-celebration-tickets-322781487117

In support of this effort the WikiProject NYC Monthly collaboration is focusing on the Environment of New York City and related topics for the month of April. This event will be part of the global celebration of Earth Day. We will be focusing on topics related to waste management in New York City and environmental volunteering!

See Goals below for suggested articles to edit.

All skill levels welcome! This edit-a-thon will be hosted online and in-person with experienced Wikipedians available to help!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.

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Event information

 * Date: Friday, Apr, 22nd 2022
 * Time: 2pm - 4pm EDT
 * Zoom link: Zoom link
 * Participants: The event is open to anyone! No Wikimedia experience necessary.
 * Cost: Free!

Goals

 * Clean-up and add to articles related to waste management in New York City and the Environment of New York City

Welcome

 * Zoom etiquette
 * Introductions
 * Sure We Can
 * WikiProject New York City
 * Wikimedia New York City

Editing Wikipedia

 * Introducing Environment of New York City Task Force
 * Open editing session

Wikipedia articles to edit & create:
''Note: We have compiled a list of articles that need attention. For the beginners: Don't be intimidated! A great place to start is to search through an article that interests you and look for spelling or grammar errors. Find one word out of place. Editing one sentence to make it flow better. Those are all great contributions. It is ok to start small.''
 * Environment of NYC related articles to review & improve
 * Environment of NYC related articles to create

Likely attendees

 * Wil540 art (talk) 18:09, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Rcswc (talk) 10:09, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Pharos (talk) 21:33, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Ronald Sexton (talk) 18:55, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Jim.henderson (talk) 21:24, 21 April 2022 (UTC)


 * (online) – Anon423 (talk) 20:23, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * online:--100.2.166.215 (talk) 13:14, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
 * online − ComplexRational (talk) 02:28, 11 April 2022 (UTC) – might be able to attend virtually for a bit, not completely sure about timing yet.


 * (online) XR98 (talk) 10:06, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Edit-a-thon Recap
Articles edited: Redirects created: Categories created: Wikidata items created:
 * Plumb Beach, Brooklyn
 * Great South Bay
 * Rats in New York City
 * WIEGO - see talk page
 * Magnolia grandiflora (Brooklyn)
 * Hattie Carthan
 * New York City waste management system
 * History of transportation in New York City
 * Marine life of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary
 * Mannahatta Project
 * Ginnie Springs
 * Magnolia Tree Earth Center of Bed Stuy
 * Florida springs
 * W:Category:Urban farmers
 * W:Category:African-American environmentalists
 * Urban farmer