Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/NYBG January2017

The LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden welcomes Wikipedia editors to participate at this Wednesday, January 25, 2017, Edit-a-thon focused on creating and enhancing pages related to the theme of Plants and People. This edit-a-thon is a part of week-long Wikipedia edit-a-thon event "Plants and People" spearheaded by member libraries of the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries.

'''This Edit-A-Thon is focused on creating and enhancing articles for Women in Science. Specifically, we will be highlighting female scientists. Library staff has elected to focus on creating biographical Wikipedia articles for women who work within several areas of botany — ethnobotany, taxonomy, and plant collecting.'''

Editors will use the vast historic collections of the Mertz Library in order to create and edit existing pages. Training will be provided for those who have no prior experience editing Wikipedia. A training session will be offered during the first hour of this event. New editors are encouraged to attend this training. Experienced editors may arrive at any point during the event's duration.

Please register through our EventBrite page, in addition to registering through this Wikipedia page.

The participants affiliated with this initiative will not make any edits that would not be beneficial to the goals of Wikipedia. We will modify our editing behavior if any edits conflict with Wikipedia guidelines. Please contact the Project Coordinator, emjackson42 (talk) if any activities appear to go against this statement.

Event details

 * Hosts: The LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden
 * Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2017
 * Time: 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
 * Location: New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10458 40.86653°N, -73.87903°W
 * Directions: Directions @ NYBG
 * Subway:
 * to Bedford Park Blvd. From the station exit:
 * Take the bus east to the Garden's Mosholu Gate entrance.
 * OR walk eight blocks (IND) or ten blocks (IRT) down the hill on Bedford Park Blvd. (approximately 20 minutes). Turn left onto Southern Blvd. and walk one block to Mosholu Gate entrance.
 * Metro-North Railroad:
 * Harlem local line to Botanical Garden Station (approximately 20 minutes from Grand Central). Walk across Southern Boulevard to the Garden's Mosholu Gate entrance
 * Station link
 * Hashtag: #PlantsAndPeople
 * Cost: Free
 * RSVP:  Eventbrite 
 * What to bring: Please bring your laptop!
 * Participants: Open to all!

Itinerary
1:00pm-1:05pm Samantha D’Acunto & Esther Jackson (NYBG)
 * Welcome & Introduction

1:10pm-1:25pm Samantha D’Acunto & Esther Jackson (NYBG); Jason Przybylski & Deirdre Ryan (JSTOR)
 * How can I make a difference? Big and small ways to edit Wikipedia

1:30pm-2:00pm Esther Jackson (NYBG)
 * Wikipedia – A Beginner’s Guide

2:00pm-2:10pm Samantha D’Acunto & Esther Jackson (NYBG)
 * Plants & People editing – Getting started

2:00pm-6:00pm Editors are welcome to begin editing at their leisure!
 * Editing Wikipedia

any time after 2:00pm
 * Snack Break (if desired)

4:00pm Join Head of Special Collections and Archives, Stephen Sinon for a tour and showing of the Rare Book Room. Follow Reference Librarian, Samantha D’Acunto into the stacks for a behind the scenes tour.
 * Tour of the Rare Book Room & Library Stacks

Training
A one hour training session will be offered at the start of this event covering introductory topics.

If you are a new editor, please consider reviewing the training materials below. Note that we will not cover every single aspect of Wikipedia editing at this event, but we will cover enough information to get you started editing. Advanced editors will be available to answer questions and provide assistance.

Detailed training materials: Both the slides and the presentation content are © Laura Soito (CC BY-SA 3.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). This means that the content can be shared and adapted so long as the license terms are met (see link above).
 * Training video: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8O7MTiZdDjnUFJzbGVvV1Q0ZzA
 * Slides: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2ZzR4-eykN6NWNSbi1XVXQ5UVk

Articles to edit
This list is very much a work in progress. Please feel free to add additional names, and keep an eye on this space for changes. Thanks to those who have provided suggestions for scientists to profile. Individuals who have contributed to this list include Elaine Ayers, Helen Kennedy, Sandra Knapp, Jan Salick, Dennis Stevenson, and Charlotte Taylor. • Isabella Abbott (reference 1, library vertical file)

• Annie Montague Alexander (reference 1, library vertical file)

• Agnes Arber (library vertical file)

• Mary Elizabeth Banning (reference 1, reference 2)

• Jeanne Baret (print bio)

• Alma Joslyn Whiffen-Barksdale (reference 1, reference 2, reference 3)

• Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow (reference 1)

• Louisa Bolus (reference 1)

• Mary Bowerman (reference 1, library vertical file)

• Emma Lucy Braun (reference 1, library vertical file)

• Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (reference 1)

• Gertrude Simmons Burlingham (reference 1, reference 2)

• Jane Colden (print biography, library vertical file)

• Alice Eastwood (reference 1, reference 2)

• Katherine Esau (library vertical file)

• Helen Margaret Gilkey (reference 1)

• Emily Lovira Gregory (library vertical file)

• Inez M. Haring (reference 1)

• Carolyn Wilson Harris (library vertical file)

• Thistle Harris (library vertical file, book)

• Shiu-Ying Hu (reference 1)

• Ellen Hutchins (reference 1, reference 2, reference 3)

• Sandra Knapp (reference 1, print bio also available) Dr. Knapp is a living scientist who has made biographical information available for the purposes of this event

• Matilda Knowles

• Irene Manton (reference 1)

• Elizabeth McClintock (print biography available, reference 1, reference 2, reference 3)

• Margaret Mead (library vertical file)

• Ynes Mexia (reference 1)

• Marianne North (library vertical file)

• Susanne Renner (reference 1)

• Sydney Mary Thompson

• Effie A. Southworth (library vertical file)

• Anna Murray Vail (reference 1)

• Mary Ward

• Anna Semenova Schchian

Articles to create
This list is very much a work in progress. Please feel free to add additional names, and keep an eye on this space for changes. Thanks to those who have provided suggestions for scientists to profile. Individuals who have contributed to this list include Elaine Ayers, Helen Kennedy, Sandra Knapp, Jan Salick, Dennis Stevenson, and Charlotte Taylor.


 * Tinde van Andel
 * (reference 1), (reference 2), (google scholar) Dr. van Andel is a living scientist who has made biographical information available for the purposes of this event


 * Mary Barkworth
 * (reference 1, reference 2, [reference 3])


 * Elizabeth Ann Bartholomew
 * (reference 1, library vertical file)


 * Lynn Allison Bohs
 * (reference 1)


 * Helga Ochoterena Booth
 * (reference 1) (reference 2, reference 3) - being edited by Nwhysel (talk) 04:18, 26 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Margaret Sibella Brown
 * (reference 1, library vertical file)


 * Ruth Breen
 * (reference 1, library vertical file)


 * Ana L. Caicedo
 * (reference 1, reference 2)


 * Annetta Mary Carter
 * (reference 1, library vertical file)


 * Memory Elvin-Lewis
 * (reference 1, reference 2, reference 3, print CV available) Dr. Elvin-Lewis is a living scientist who has made biographical information available for the purposes of this event. Being worked on by Emjackson42 (talk) 19:42, 27 May 2017 (UTC).


 * Barbara Ertter
 * (22791 plant collections, reference 1, reference 2, reference 3, print CV and bio available) Dr. Ertter is a living scientist who has made biographical information available for the purposes of this event. Currently being worked on by Emjackson42 (talk) 00:55, 3 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Shakti M. Gupta
 * (library vertical file)


 * Patricia Holmgren
 * (reference 1, library vertical file)


 * Stella Victoria Kellerman
 * (library vertical file)


 * Elizabeth Kellogg
 * (reference 1) Dr. Kellogg is a living scientist who has made biographical information available for the purposes of this event


 * Carol Lerner
 * (library vertical file)


 * Christine Padoch
 * (library vertical file)


 * Mary Richards (botanist)
 * (reference 1, library vertical file)


 * Jan Salick
 * (reference 1, reference 2) Dr. Salick is a living scientist who has made biographical information available for the purposes of this event


 * Charlotte M. Taylor
 * (reference 1) Dr. Taylor is a living scientist who has made biographical information available for the purposes of this event


 * Judith Taylor
 * (library vertical file)


 * Ina Vandebroek
 * (reference 1, reference 2) Dr. Vandebroek is a living scientist who has made biographical information available for the purposes of this event page being worked on by Emjackson42 (talk) 21:42, 25 January 2017 (UTC) Article has been published! Emjackson42 (talk) 19:42, 27 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Clara Gertrude Weishaupt
 * (library vertical file)


 * Cynthia Westcott
 * (library vertical file) being worked on by Cegriffiths (talk) 20:19, 25 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Elsa M. Zardini
 * (reference 1)

Resources
Many more extensive guides can be found under Editor Resources'' in the article Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources.

How to Cite Vertical Files
 * Much of the content provided for this edit-a-thon comes from the Library's vertical file collection. Here is an example of how these materials should be cited.
 * Format:
 * Title of item. (date) Folder name, Vertical File collection, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden. Date that items were accessed.
 * Example:
 * Photograph of Bronx River Waterfall. (1909). Folder Bronx River, NYBG Vertical File, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden. June 14, 2016.

Editing Wikipedia
 * Wiki Markup Cheatsheet
 * Wikipedia Manual of Style (WP:MOS)
 * WP:Notability (people)
 * WP:Notability (academics) -- an alternative to Notability (people)

Wikipedia's Principles
 * Five Pillars
 * Assume Good Faith
 * Be Bold

Attendees
Sign up via Outreach Dashboard

If you are planning on attending, please RSVP through our EventBrite page as well.

Photography: By entering these premises, you understand that you may be photographed, filmed, or videotaped and you hereby give the New York Botanical Garden the unqualified right to take pictures and/or recordings of you and grant the perpetual right to use your likeness, image, photo (collectively, “image”), without compensation, for broadcast or exhibition in any medium and to put the finished pictures/recordings to any legitimate use without limitation or reservation. You hereby waive, release and forever discharge the New York Botanical Garden from and against any and all claims or actions arising out of or resulting from any use of your image. The New York Botanical Garden shall not be obligated to use, and may elect not to use, your image.

Please note that this event is capped at 45 attendees.

Confirmed

 * 1) Emjackson42 (talk) 22:57, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Lotta Little (talk) 21:19, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) Jeremyb (talk) 01:16, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * 4) Jason.przybylski (talk) 21:59, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * 5) Hamsamdwich (talk) 20:32, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
 * 6) nwhysel (talk) 14:24, 29 December 2016 (UTC) -remotely
 * 7) Lovebirdz (talk) 15:37, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 8) Hazier Cartoon (talk) 21:06, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 9) Anneray (talk) 21:29, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 10) Jim.henderson (talk) 20:25, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 11) Pharos (talk) 18:26, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 12) Deirdre botany (talk) 18:32, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 13) 24.185.241.118 (talk) 04:00, 25 January 2017 (UTC) Marc Castellini
 * 14) Rkoroloff (talk) 18:52, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 15) Eayers0 (talk) 18:58, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 16) Lregouby (talk) 19:09, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 17) Vizzylane (talk) 19:09, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 18) Laurammarte (talk) 19:09, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 19) Gbaloo (talk) 19:09, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 20) Paige lothlorien (talk) 19:11, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 21) The mce (talk) 19:12, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 22) Aivelira (talk) 19:15, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 23) Cegriffiths (talk) 19:53, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 24) Cindy Liu Amodeo (talk) 22:11, 25 January 2017 (UTC)