Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki Loves Pride 2014

Please join us on Saturday, June 21, 2014 from 11am–4pm at New York Public Library's Jefferson Market Library for an edit-a-thon hosted by New York Public Library, Metropolitan New York Library Council, Wikimedia LGBT and Wikimedia New York City as part of Wiki Loves Pride, a global campaign to expand and improve LGBT-related content. Prior Wikipedia editing is not required; assistance will be available the day of the event. Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords. RSVP by signing your username below.

Details
No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers. 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. Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords.


 * When: Saturday, June 21, 2014, 11–4pm
 * Where: New York Public Library's Jefferson Market Library
 * Address: 425 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10011

Ideas
See: Wiki Loves Pride 2014 for ideas
 * To Create
 * Billy Wilder Blackwell, Gay, underground, theatre director.
 * Christopher Park
 * Gay & Lesbian Switchboard of New York
 * International Gay Information Center
 * Gay Liberation Monument by George Segal
 * Meow Mix (club), NYC spaces/places

High Need
 * To Improve
 * Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act
 * Christopher Street (magazine)
 * Christopher Bram
 * Gaysweek
 * Randy Wicker

Citations Needed
 * Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies

More Detailed
 * LGBT rights in New York
 * LGBT history in New York
 * Stonewall riots and Stonewall Inn


 * Unsorted
 * 2006 Greenwich Village assault case

Resources

 * New York Public Library, Gay and Lesbian Collections - AIDS/HIV Collections

Sign up

 * You can also sign up at Meetup.com.


 * OR drohowa (talk) 19:06, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
 *  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  15:55, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Another Believer ( Talk ) 03:20, 6 June 2014 (UTC) Unable to attend the edit-a-thon, but happy to upload a couple pictures from my recent trip to NYC!
 * Pharos (talk) 18:35, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Mozucat (talk) 20:09, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Mwacha (talk) 21:25, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
 * CmdrDan (talk) 00:14, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Elisedunham (talk) 13:13, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Sidepocket (Sidepocket {talk}) 16:51, 20 June 2014 UTC) NOTE: Will miss most of it due to work but I'm highly interested in the Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of New York. Will try to drop off files in person base on that and also work remotely.
 * PandaNYC

Results
Articles Edited
 * Dodie Bellamy, edited
 * Michiyo Fukaya, edited
 * LGBT rights in New York, edited
 * Timeline of HIV/AIDS, edited
 * WikiProject Open Access/Signalling OA-ness

Articles Created
 * Dan C. Tsang
 * Timeline of LGBT history in New York City
 * Gay & Lesbian Switchboard of New York
 * Gay Liberation Monument

Images

Links

 * Wiki Loves Pride at Meta-Wiki
 * Wikimedia LGBT at Meta-Wiki
 * WikiProject New York City, a project dedicated to improving NYC-related topics on Wikipedia