Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Fordham November 2016

Fordham University presents a Wikipedia editing event to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the school. The public is invited.

To get started
 * 1) If you do not have one already, create a Wikipedia account
 * 2) sign into this event

Event information

 * Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2016
 * Time: 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
 * Location: Walsh Library at Fordham University's Rose Hill Campus, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458 40.86139°N, -73.88917°W
 * Subway: to Fordham Road (IND Concourse Line)
 * Bus
 * Metro North Fordham railway station
 * slides

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Please join us at Walsh Library on November 2, 2016 for the Fordham at 175 Wikipedia Editathon! In honor of Fordham’s Dodransbicentennial Celebration, the general topic for the Edit-a-Thon will be the history of Fordham. But in keeping with the spirit of the Edit-a-Thon movement, we would like to take this opportunity to enrich Wikipedia with edits and articles about underrepresented groups and events in Fordham history. Along the way, we will learn a lot about how to evaluate content in Wikipedia, how Wikipedia works, and best practices for contributing to the world’s largest crowd-sourced encyclopedia.

All skill levels are welcome -- orientation and training will be provided for beginners, and plenty of computers will be available for use. Don’t know much about Fordham’s history? Don’t let that stop you from participating--Fordham librarians will be on hand to help participants navigate print and electronic reference sources that can be used when updating and adding Fordham-related content in Wikipedia.

Snacks and refreshments will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!

Questions? Please contact for more info.

Attendees
We need to ask for two registrations.
 * Please register at "Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon: Fordham at 175" to assist us with planning catering.
 * Please add your Wikipedia username below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row) so that we can find you online at the event..


 * Fordham Host
 * 1) TrMendenhall (talk) 20:29, 22 September 2016 (UTC)TrMendenhall


 * WikiFacilitators
 * 1)   Blue Rasberry   (talk)  18:50, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Mozucat (talk) 19:17, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) Jim.henderson (talk) 06:14, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 4) BrillLyle (talk) 16:06, 2 November 2016 (UTC) -- remote only
 * 5) Jeremyb (talk) 00:45, 17 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Attendees
 * 1) JtForWiki (talk) 16:25, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Mohamed Udhuman (talk) 10:50, 29 October 2016 (UTC) see also

Please comment on the contributions of these users
 * Peer review

Beginner guides

 * The Wikipedia Adventure - a 20-minute tutorial for beginners
 * Articles for Creation - a guide for a starting a new article
 * Teahouse - a forum to ask any question and get a human response

Online resources

 * Want to go at your own pace? Self guided introduction
 * N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help:
 * IRC/wikipedia-en-help

Outcomes
Alphabetical by first letter

Articles improved

 * 1) Betty Chambers --  -- trying to rescue AfD from NARA event
 * 2) Evelyn Preer --
 * 3) Fordham University --, ,
 * 4) Ruth Whitehead Whaley --
 * 5) Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus --

Articles created

 * 1) Francesca Thompson --  -- this is just a stub to start with; there are refs there that can provide more info to add to it
 * 2) Thomas More College (New York) --

Images added to Wikimedia Commons

 * The Bronx County Historical Society's logo.jpg --

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 * Fordham University Campus fall 2010 (2).jpg --
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 * Fordham University main hall and banner 2013.jpg --
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 * Welcome-Fordham University electronic sign.jpg --

Links

 * Fordham University
 * Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)
 * Fordham/resources (List of articles to create or enhance, with links to relevant resources)