Wikipedia:Meetup/Nashville/Vanderbilt Edit-A-Thon 2013

The Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University is hosting a Wikipedia "Buildings at Vanderbilt University" Edit-A-Thon with Special Collections at Vanderbilt University. Wikipedians of all experience levels are encouraged to participate.

Event Details


WHO: Undergraduate and graduate students, alumni, staff and anyone else who is interested

WHAT: This Edit-a-thon will focus on creating and expanding Wikipedia articles about buildings at Vanderbilt University. Participants will have the opportunity to utilize relevant sources available at Special Collections in their attempts to start and edit current Wikipedia articles about these buildings.

WHEN: Saturday, 16 November 2013, 1:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M.

WHERE: The edit-a-thon will be held at Vanderbilt University's Special Collections, located on the second floor of Central Library. Directions and Parking Information for Special Collections

OTHER: Wifi and electrical outlets will be provided at Special Collections, but please bring your own laptop for use. It is recommended that you create a Wikipedia account beforehand since Wikipedia has a limit on the number of accounts that can be created in a 24-hour period (currently 6). Please send a message to Yun Cha if you have any questions regarding creating an account.

IMPORTANT: Please RSVP by adding your name to the list below because space is limited.

Possible Article Topics

 * Source for architectural view on major campus buildings: Vanderbilt Magazine piece by the architectural critic of the Nashville Scene
 * Meta and list articles
 * Buildings of Vanderbilt University (compare Buildings of Nuffield College, Oxford)
 * List of public art at Vanderbilt University (compare List of public art at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis)
 * Alumni Hall (disambiguation needed) (Listed in National Register of Historic Places) (Photo of Alumni Hall Construction, Photo of Alumni Hall)
 * Benson Science Hall (Old Central, disambiguation needed, maybe) (Photo of Old Central Hall, Photo of Benson Science Hall)
 * Benton Chapel (Photo of Benton Chapel, Photo of Benton Chapel and the Divinity School)
 * Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center (Photo of Bishop Joseph Johnson, Photo of BJJ Black Cultural Center)
 * Buttrick Hall (Photo of construction of Buttrick Hall, Photo of Buttrick Hall)
 * Calhoun Hall (disambiguation needed) (Photo of construction of Calhoun Hall, Photo of Calhoun Hall)
 * Cottages in West Side Row (Photo of West Side Row, Photo of Cottages on West Side Row)
 * Alpha (disambiguation needed)
 * Belleview (disambiguation needed)
 * Cumberland (disambiguation needed)
 * Delphi (disambiguation needed)
 * Euclid (disambiguation needed, now K.C. Potter Center)
 * Franklin (disambiguation needed, now Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center)
 * Furman Hall (Aerial Photo of Furman Hall, Photo of Furman Hall)
 * Garland Hall (Photo of Garland Hall, Photo of Garland Hall facing Library Lawn, Photo of Landon C. Garland)
 * Godchaux Hall (Photo of Mary Ragland Godchaux, Photo of Godchaux Hall, Photo of construction of Annex next to Godchaux Hall)
 * Home Economics (disambiguation needed) (Photo of Home Economics Building, Photo of Home Economics Building in snow)
 * Jean and Alexander Heard Library (Photo of additional construction to the Central Library)
 * Kirkland Hall (Old Main, disambiguation needed) (Photo of Kirkland Hall with two towers, Photo of Kirkland Hall after the fire, Early photo of Kirkland Hall with two towers)
 * Management Hall (Mechanical Engineering Hall as listed in National Register of Historic Places) (photo of Owen School of Management, photo of Mechanical Engineering Hall)
 * Mayborn Building (Photo of Frank Mayborn, Photo of the Industrial Arts Building, Photo of Industrial Arts Building with smokestack)
 * Memorial Gym (Interior photo of Memorial Gym)
 * Old Gym (disambiguation needed)(Listed in National Register of Historic Places) (Photo of Old Gym, Aerial photo of Old Gym)
 * Payne Building (Photo of Bruce R. Payne, Photo of construction of Payne Building, Photo of Payne Building)
 * Peabody Campus (Listed in National Register of Historic Places) (Aerial photo of Peabody Campus and Main Campus, Aerial photo of Peabody Campus)
 * Vaughn Home (Photo of Wiliam J. Vaughn)
 * Walter O. Parmer Field House (Photo of Parmer Field House, Photo of Parmer Field House next to football field)
 * Wesley Hall (disambiguation needed) (Photo of Wesley Hall, Photo of Wesley Hall on fire)
 * Wyatt Center (Photo of Joe B. Wyatt, Photo of Social Religious Building)

How-To's

 * Cheatsheet
 * Citation templates
 * GLAM/BeginnersGuide
 * Principles
 * Starting an article
 * Tutorial
 * Your first article - shortcut: WP:YFA
 * [[Media:Wiki_markup_cheatsheet_EN.pdf | Wiki markup quick reference (PDF)]]

Online Vanderbilt Resources

 * Catalog of sources available at Special Collections sorted by topic
 * DiscoverArchive, Vanderbilt University's digital repository
 * Online Vanderbilt Oral Histories
 * Static Map of Vanderbilt before construction of Commons
 * Vanderbilt Campus Map with brief descriptions of buildings

Special Collections of the Jean and Alexander Heard Library
The staff members of special collections have combed through the university archives to find original source materials for use during the Edit-A-Thon. There will be boxes of archival materials arranged by topic for each building. This is a great opportunity to learn about the history of these buildings from the primary source documents.

Other Resources

 * GeoLocator - online tool for generating coordinate templates
 * User:Clifford Anderson/sandbox/building - sample article

Likely

 * EVula // talk // &#9775;  // 15:32, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Clifford Anderson (talk) 22:01, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Douglas H Fisher (talk) 22:44, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
 * -Sara Sterkenburg (talk) 14:14, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * --Yunccha92 (talk) 08:35, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 * --Kathyismith
 * Teresa Gray
 * -Brielle Harbin
 * - Sam.o.french (talk) 22:35, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
 * -Pete Wilson
 * Warga1 (talk)

Possible

 * DRPicard (talk) 21:02, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Carbandos (talk) 20:58, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Carla Beals 21:11, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Taylor Bryant

Regrets

 * -Peter Ingram

By the Numbers

 * Total attendees: 13
 * Vanderbilt undergraduates: 3
 * Usernames created: 2

Article Creations

 * Home Economics Building (Vanderbilt University)
 * Mayborn_Building
 * Old Gym (Vanderbilt University)

Article Expansions

 * History section of Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Articles-in-Progress

 * Buttrick Hall (Sandbox)
 * Kirkland Hall (Sandbox)
 * List of public art at Vanderbilt (Sandbox)
 * Vaughn Home (Sandbox)
 * Godchaux Hall (Sandbox)

Media Uploaded

 * Historical images of the Vanderbilt campus from Special Collections

Social Media

 * #vandywiki hashtag

To Do
perhaps we should make a (edit here:)category* of vanderbilt buildings on the vanderbilt main page?