Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/WomenOfJazz

Do you love jazz, blues, funk and anything in between? Are you frustrated by the gender bias on Wikipedia? Or maybe you love Linked Data? Join us for the Women of Jazz Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon!

Event information
Join us for this edit-a-thon centered on musicians who are women and play jazz or any related style. Hosted by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, members of Linked Jazz (a research team from the Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science will give you a crash course in Wikipedia and help you fill in the gaps of Wikipedia's coverage of musicians who are women. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary. Just bring your passion and we'll help you do the rest! 40 Lincoln Center Plaza (Broadway and 66th Street), New York, NY See the NYPL page for further details
 * Date: Saturday, May 30, 2015
 * Time: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
 * Location: Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Third Floor Screening Room, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
 * Subway: to 66th Street or  to 72nd Street
 * Bus: buses
 * Hashtag: #WomenOfJazz

Please bring
Please bring with you:
 * A laptop or other similar device
 * Your NYPL library card. If you do not already have one, you can sign up here: Apply for a Library Card (choose the option "I Want to Pick Up My Card in Person"). This will allow you to request materials from the stacks during the event.
 * A digital camera. This will allow you to capture archival materials in the third floor reading room during the event.

Informal gathering to follow in Damrosch Park, just outside the library.

Attendees
Please add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below. Meetup page link

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Confirmed

 * Lange.lea (talk) 17:16, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Pharos (talk) 18:04, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Aliceba (talk) 18:55, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * kosboot (talk) 00:24, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
 *  DGG ( talk ) 16:34, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Harrington.Caitlin (talk)
 * BrillLyle (talk) 23:56, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Archivalgold (talk) 21:57, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Anarchyshake (talk) 14:24, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Drhandel (talk) 22:32, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Aap1890 (talk) 14:40, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Rolery02 (talk) 16:22, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Ginamshelton (talk) 01:34, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Deannajazz (talk)
 * Silloge (talk) 01:24, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Jeremyb (talk) 14:01, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Rikki.a.p (talk) 16:22, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * PatienceFortitude (talk) 16:32, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * acevedo.e.carlos (talk)
 * thisismattmiller (talk)
 * Hkallenberg (talk)
 * Ojamna (talk)

Tentative

 * ɱ   (talk  ·  vbm)  20:35, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Mozucat (talk) 18:25, 14 April 2015 (UTC)>>changed to tentativ
 * Megs (talk) 13:20, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Participating online

 * Verwinv (talk)

People
alphabetical by last name of article's subject
 * 1) Pauline Braddy --
 * 2) Carol Chaikin --
 * 3) Zena Latto --
 * 4) Carline Ray --
 * 5) Tomeka Reid --
 * 6) Erica von Kleist --
 * 7) Deborah Weisz --

Groups

 * 1) The Darlinettes --

Index

 * 1) Rigler-Deutsch Index --

Contributions
alphabetical by last name of article's subject
 * 1) Jamie Baum --
 * 2) Jane Ira Bloom --  -- added citations and info box plus removed tag
 * 3) Jane Ira Bloom --
 * 4) Pauline Braddy --
 * 5) Ruth Brown --
 * 6) Clora Bryant --  -- added two references to Further Reading section
 * 7) Clora Bryant -- ‎
 * 8) Anat Cohen --
 * 9) Tia Fuller --
 * 10) Alberta Hunter --
 * 11) Helen Jones Woods --  -- added info box and additional cited text
 * 12) Ada Leonard --
 * 13) Abbey Lincoln --
 * 14) Erica Lindsay --
 * 15) Melba Liston --  -- added reference to Further Reading section
 * 16) Melba Liston --
 * 17) Mabel Mercer --
 * 18) Allison Miller (drummer) --
 * 19) Vi Redd --  -- added reference to Further Reading section
 * 20) Lloyd Rigler --
 * 21) Patrice Rushen --
 * 22) Patrice Rushen --
 * 23) Daniela Schaechter --
 * 24) Trudy Silver --
 * 25) Sue Terry --
 * 26) Kimberly Thompson --

Template creation

 * 1) NYPL Archives & Manuscripts --  &
 * 2) NYPL Digital Collections --
 * 3) Center for Jewish History - Resource --
 * 4) Center for Jewish History - Finding Aid --
 * 5) Leo Baeck Institute - DigiBaeck --
 * 6) LBI Collection Links --  - minor cleanup to existing template
 * 7) UNCG Digital Collections --

Possible articles to edit
Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon.

Individuals

 * Ada Leonard - led an all-woman orchestra Obit
 * Ingrid Jensen
 * Trudy Silver
 * Jamie Baum
 * Jennifer Leitham
 * Jane Ira Bloom
 * Joanne Brackeen
 * Clora Bryant
 * Anat Cohen
 * Tia Fuller
 * Marion Harris
 * Melba Liston
 * Erica Lindsay - tenor saxophonist Website
 * Allison Miller (drummer)
 * Vi Redd
 * Patrice Rushen
 * Daniela Schaechter
 * Sue Terry
 * Kimberly Thompson
 * Helen Jones Woods - trombone player and member of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm.

Organizations/Groups

 * The Ingenues
 * The Darlinettes

Individuals

 * Carline Ray - guitarist and member of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm. NYT Obit -- created 5/30 --Lange.lea (talk) 17:42, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Susanna Lindeborg - pianist Website, All About Jazz
 * Jamie Baum flutist
 * lena Bloch -Saxophone
 * Sharel Cassity - instrumentalist Website
 * Mayra Casales - drummer Website
 * Shelley Burgon - harpist WebsiteInterview
 * Amy Cervini - vocalist
 * Carol Chaikin - instrumentalist Website, Europeana record --working on this 5/30 Anarchyshake (talk) 16:34, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Kim A. Clarke - bassist Website
 * Claire De Brunner -Bassoon
 * Lucy Galliher-pianist/composer
 * Ingrid Jensen -trumpet
 * Patricia Julien - flutist/composer Website, Website
 * Ingrid Laubrock- saxophone
 * Jan Leder-Flutist
 * Tomoko_Ohno - pianist
 * Lisa Parrott
 * Nicki Parrott
 * Ann Patterson
 * Akiko Pavolka - pianist/composer
 * Jessica Pavone - viola/violin/bass
 * Roberta Piket- Pianist /composer
 * Leigh Pilzer
 * Cheryl Pyle -  Flutist/ Composer/Lyric Writer
 * Janelle Reichman
 * Tomeka Reid -- Working on this Thisismattmiller (talk) 17:40, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Ada Rovatti
 * Ursel Schlicht - pianist
 * Lauren Sevian
 * Joan Stiles
 * Mimi Jones -- formerly Miriam Sullivan --working on this --Objetdartbflo (talk) 18:01, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Mazz Swift - violinist
 * Dotti-Anita Taylor -Flutist
 * Jerrie Thill
 * Sumi Tonooka
 * Erica von Kleist - saxophonist -- created --Lange.lea (talk) 20:11, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Diana Wayburn - pianist/flutist
 * Deborah Weisz
 * Jennifer Wharton
 * Deanna Witkowski - pianist/composer Website
 * Nedra Wheeler
 * Leisl Whitaker
 * Katherine Young (musician) - American bassoonist and composer
 * Zena Latto
 * Pauline Braddy
 * Any of the women listed on International Sweethearts of Rhythm who don't already have pages
 * Akua Dixon - cellist, composer Website

Organizations

 * Lil Hardin's All-Girl Orchestra
 * DIVA Jazz Orchestra, Website, see also Sherrie Maricle
 * Tia Fuller Quartet

For further inspiration
Check out these WikiProjects for further inspiration and lists of articles to improve:
 * WikiProject Jazz
 * WikiProject Musicians
 * WikiProject Music
 * WikiProject Biography
 * WikiProject Women's History

German Wikipedia list (many missing in English, can be translated):
 * de:Liste von Jazz- und Improvisationsmusikerinnen

Here are a couple of featured articles to inspire you as well:
 * Jo Stafford
 * Misterioso (Thelonious Monk album)

Here's some categories to examine and with which to tag new articles:
 * Category:American women jazz musicians
 * Category:Women jazz singers
 * Category:Women jazz guitarists

The above are sub-categories of:
 * Category:Women jazz musicians

Tools and templates

 * Template:Infobox person
 * Template:Infobox musical artist
 * Biographies of living persons
 * Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
 * Writing an article
 * About the Sandbox

Resources

 * ACLS Humanities E-Book (available only within NYPL buildings) - scholarly books selected by the American Council of Learned Societies
 * Chronicling America - national newspapers up through 1922 - AVAILABLE ANYWHERE
 * Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive (available within NYPL buildings or at home with a valid NYPL library card) - contains full text of magazines covering film, music, broadcasting, and theater; includes full text of 38 magazine including Billboard, Broadcasting, Melody Maker and Variety (1905-2000).
 * Jazz Discography - AVAILABLE ANYWHERE.
 * Fulton History - numerous lesser-known digitized newspapers from New York State - AVAILABLE ANYWHERE
 * JSTOR (full text available only within NYPL buildings) - digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
 * MusicSack - very useful tool indicating in which reference books can one locate biographic entries - AVAILABLE ANYWHERE.
 * New York Times backfile (available within NYPL buildings or at home with a valid NYPL library card) - ProQuest's interface for searching the New York Times.
 * Oxford Music Online (Available within NYPL buildings or at home with valid NYPL library card) - includes New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, and Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
 * ProQuest Historical African American Newspapers - newspapers from the African American community
 * ProQuest Historical Newspapers - numerous major newspapers from around the U.S.
 * University Press Scholarship Online (Available only within any NYPL building) - full text of over 7,000 academic monographs from six leading university presses.


 * Don't forget to check out the Music Division's extensive clipping file -- approximately 90,000 file folders on various people (most of which is not listed in the online catalog). (The Dance and Theatre Divisions also have very extensive clipping files.) Some cross-over figures may be found in the clipping files of the Theatre and Dance Divisions. Altogether, the research library has about half-a-million clipping folders on individuals, organizations, venues, and sundry topics.