Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki Loves Pride 2016

The Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon NYC was held on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm at the Museum of Modern Art.

See our event from last year at Meetup/NYC/Wiki Loves Pride 2015.



Event details
All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will provide research resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics.

Admission to the edit-a-thon is free, but please RSVP.
 * RSVP on Eventbrite:  Eventbrite 
 * RSVP on Meetup:  Meetup.com 
 * RSVP on Wikipedia:


 * Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2016
 * Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
 * Location: MoMA Library, located in the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building at 4 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 40.76148°N, -73.97766°W
 * Please note that this entrance is 1 block north of the main 53rd Street entrance, closer to 5th Avenue


 * Subway: or  to Fifth Avenue / 53rd Street
 * Bus: buses
 * What to bring: A laptop. We will help you access the museum's wireless network

Tasks

 * The Tasks page has a sampling of possible articles to create or improve, among other tasks to consider.
 * A focus on underrepresented artists and art from the Wiki Loves Pride list, plus any other topics of interest to event participants.
 * Source of existing bio articles to develop further: Category:LGBT artists

Resources

 * New York Public Library Gay and Lesbian Collections – AIDS/HIV Collections
 * Rainbow History Project
 * Washington Post Historical Database

MoMA
 * MoMA Library
 * DADABASE - online catalog, includes links to subscription databases you can use on site, such as Jstor, Art Full Text, Dissertation Full Text, and more.
 * MoMA Collection
 * MoMA Archives

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

Pages created
Alphabetical by first letter
 * 1) Dyke Action Machine! --
 * 2) HIV/AIDS in New York City --,  &
 * 3) Josh Faught --

Pages translated

 * Stormé DeLarverie -- -- to Catalan from English entry Stormé DeLarverie

Pages improved
Alphabetical by first letter
 * 1) Akram Zaatari --
 * 2) Andrea Geyer --
 * 3) Dodie Bellamy --
 * 4) Emily Roysdon --
 * 5) Eve Fowler --
 * 6) Félix González-Torres --
 * 7) LGBT culture in Berlin --
 * 8) LGBT culture in Seattle --
 * 9) Liz Deschenes --
 * 10) Liz Nielsen --
 * 11) Mark Bradford --
 * 12) Marvin Heiferman --
 * 13) Nicole Eisenman --

Did You Know feature

 * Dyke Action Machine! -- DYK feature on main page on July 12

Category

 * Category:New York City rally in support of the victims of the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting

Possible attendees

 * 1) I may be so tired from work the day before that I may not be able to function. Bearian (talk) 17:22, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) &mdash;  Rhododendrites  talk  \\ 16:49, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Remote attendees

 * 1) Kippelboy I'll do some translations from Barcelona :-)

Likely attendees

 * 1) Pharos (talk) 04:52, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Lange.lea (talk) 22:01, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) Mozucat (talk) 19:01, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 4) Dalton D. Hird 16:58, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 5) Roman Spinner 21:03, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 6) Dilettante Army (talk) 20:20, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 7) kosboot (talk) 22:33, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 8) Anarchyshake (talk) 12:59, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 9) 156.111.7.209 (talk) 21:33, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 10) MikeD123 (talk) 14:16, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 11) 2604:2000:E814:3B00:C84B:D470:9BCD:C556 (talk) 11:43, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 12) Haley Mellin
 * 13) Laki718 (talk) 23:33, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 14) BlaueBlüte (talk) 21:09, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 15) 160.39.38.43 (talk) 04:13, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 16) Megs (talk) 22:27, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 17)   Blue Rasberry   (talk)  22:34, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 18) Hannah Silverman (talk) 22:35, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 19) BrillLyle (talk) 22:37, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 20) Carlyohnein (talk) 22:38, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 21) Jim.henderson (talk) 11:50, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 22) Sarabod99 (talk) 22:41, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 23) Emoscientist (talk) 23:36, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 24) Sheridanford