Wikipedia:Meetup/National Archives Gender Equality Edit-a-Thon



=National Archives Gender Equality Edit-a-Thon= Join the National Archives and Records Administration for a series of in-person and virtual edit-a-thons focused on improving Wikipedia entries related to gender equality. This event is part of the Amending America initiative at the National Archives in commemoration of the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights.


 * New York City: October 13, 2016
 * Washington, DC: October 22, 2016
 * Online edit-a-thon: October, 2016

Goals

 * To celebrate the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights
 * To encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia
 * To improve a selection of Wikipedia articles related to gender equality
 * To increase awareness of NARA records and research resources

Task list: Entries to improve
Note: These categories are relatively arbitrary. Many of the women, events, or themes are listed multiple times

US Government Employees, Politicians, & Diplomats
Historical Resource: Changing the Boundaries: Women at Work in the Government

Women in the Military

 * Letter to Military Intelligence About Women in Labor

LGBTQ Individuals; Women who Dressed as Men During 19th C. Wars
Some of the Women who Dressed as Men could be considered transgender by today's standards but it's not clear.

Archivists and NARA Leaders
For NARA Employees working on these articles, check with an experienced editor for conflict of interest issues

Task list: Entries to create
✅ Please check with a WikiFacilitator before starting new pages

Task list: Completed or edited

 * Added in Pension reference for Cathay Williams
 * Added biographical information and images to Bess Truman's page

General sources

 * March 2016 Twitter chat included some great information about women working in the White House: Women Working for the White House #POTUSchat
 * More Women's History links, from the Archives Library Information Center
 * Military Resources: Women in the Military
 * Women in the 1950s - Eisenhower Library

Wikipedia editing resources
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. N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources See Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources
 * Tutorial: Getting Started Guide (Presentation in DC)
 * Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
 * Five Pillars of Wikipedia (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
 * Tutorial
 * How to Edit a Page
 * Wiki Markup Quick Reference (PDF version of printed handout)
 * Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
 * Article Development
 * Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
 * Manual of Style
 * Citation templates
 * Infobox templates
 * Bookshelf (additional "getting started" resources)
 * Art+Feminism - Video training

Tools and templates

 * Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
 * Infobox template - person
 * Biographies of living persons
 * Writing an article
 * About the Sandbox
 * Determining Notability of Creative Professionals
 * Conflict of Interest in Wikipedia Editing
 * Verifying Reliable Sources

Online resources

 * Want to go at your own pace? Self guided introduction
 * N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help:
 * IRC/wikipedia-en-help