Wikipedia:Meetup/Nashville/Hallowed Grounds

The Nashville Public Library is hosting the Second Annual "Our Story Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon" to contribute to articles on Wikipedia related to the Civil Rights Movement in Nashville and throughout the South. This year our focus will be on Hallowed Grounds: Sites of African American Memory. We will explore the hidden history of place and space in Nashville's African American History. This program is part of Black WikiHistory Month and is presented in partnership with Vanderbilt University.

The Wikipedia training and Edit-a-thon will take place in the Special Collections Center on the second floor of the Nashville Public Library. Please bring a laptop with you.

Details

 * Date: Saturday, February 13, 2016
 * Time: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
 * Location: Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Special Collections Center, Second floor, Nashville, Tennessee
 * Who should attend: Anyone interested in helping us improve the Wikipedia pages related to the Civil Rights Movement in Nashville. Beginners and experts welcome!
 * Hashtag: #nplCivilRights #ourstorymatters
 * Participating organizations: Nashville Public Library, Vanderbilt University

Please Bring A Laptop with You!

Sign up
Register for the event on Eventbrite if you plan to attend in-person. If you are able, please also add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, please create an account using the link in the upper right hand corner prior to the event date. We will provide some training at the event for first-time editors.

Likely attendees
(sign up by editing the page and entering four tildes ~. This will automatically put in your username.)
 * 1) Amwilliams15 (talk) 15:25, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) Librarian Bryan (talk) 22:38, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) MeganA-J (talk) 16:55, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 4)  CatonMA (talk) 20:54, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 5)  Thetwo2
 * 6) Elonka (around 2 pmCT) --16:29, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 7)  Sara francine (talk) 17:57, 13 February 2016 (UTC)sara_francine

Attendees of record

 * 1)  MeganA-J (talk) 17:28, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 2)  Sara francine (talk) 18:24, 13 February 2016 (UTC)sara_francine
 * 3)  CatonMA (talk) 19:22, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 4) Elonka 20:08, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 5) Amwilliams15 (talk) 21:04, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 6) Librarian Bryan (talk) 21:53, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Content worked on

 * 1)   Research for creation of article about Hadley Park. Draft in the works. MeganA-J (talk) 21:37, 13 February 2016 (UTC)Sara francine (talk) 21:40, 13 February 2016 (UTC)sara_francine
 * 2) added resources to Kelly Miller Smith entry  CatonMA (talk) 21:39, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) draft of Tent City, Fayette County, TN created. Will publish soon after a little clean up.
 * 4) National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty and Pension Association page created

To create

 * Buena Vista School, Nashville, African American school
 * Capers Memorial CME, meeting place of NCLC
 * Clark Memorial United Methodist Church, Site of non-violence workshops
 * First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, Nashville, Meeting place for Sit-ins
 * Hadley Park, First city owned African American park MeganA-J (talk) 21:30, 13 February 2016 (UTC)Sara francine (talk) 21:34, 13 February 2016 (UTC)sara_francine
 * Hattie Cotton Elementary School, bombed during integration
 * Jefferson Street (Nashville), African American music row
 * Meigs School, African American school
 * Ted Rhodes Golf Course, African American golf course, originally Cumberland Golf Course
 * Tent City, Fayette County, Tennessee, farmers displaced due to attempts at desegregation Librarian Bryan (talk) 17:51, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * History of African Americans in Nashville

To improve

 * Categorization of articles
 * Columbia Race Riots
 * Doctor's Building (Nashville, Tennessee)
 * Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School
 * Morris Memorial Building, 330 Charlotte Ave
 * Timeline of Nashville, Tennessee
 * African Americans in Tennessee

Tools and templates

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