Wikipedia:Meetup/Nebraska



Wikipedia is the most used reference site in the world but only roughly 12% of its editors are female. Coverage of female scientists, poets, engineers, and other careers is seriously lacking.

Celebrate UNL's Women's Week with us by becoming a Wikipedia editor. We welcome students of all identities to contribute to the coverage of women on the website. Our four stations cover the entire writing process: Choosing a topic, researching, writing and editing, and (of course) celebrating! For each article that is create or substantially added to, Aspen Lincoln will donate $5 to a charity that empowers women.

Join us on March 15 for snacks, Dunkin Donuts, swag, a photo booth, and Sit With Me photos.

Event details

 * Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2016
 * Time: 9:00 pm – 1:00 am CST
 * Location: Adele Hall Learning Commons (formerly Love Library North, 1st Floor), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Don L. Love Memorial Library, Love Library Learning Commons, 318 Love Library (13th & R Street), Lincoln, NE 68588-4100
 * Who should attend: People interested in Wikipedia
 * Twitter: #wikiwarrior
 * Hashtags: #wikiwarrior #womenswrites #unl #ArtAndFeminism
 * Facebook link: WikiWarriors Event
 * Etherpad: TO COME
 * Sponsors: UNL Women's Center, UNL Libraries, Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management, Aspen Lincoln, Hudl, Computing for All, BuluBox, UNL English Department, UNL History Department, Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, Information and Technology Services; event also sponsored in part by a grant from the Pepsi Endowment Fund
 * Give back! Don't forget that every completed submission raises $5 for Lincoln's YWCA SMART Girls Club! Big shout out to Aspen Lincoln for sponsoring the donations
 * More info: YWCA SMART Girls Club!

Articles improved
Alphabetical by first letter
 * 1) Ada Lovelace --
 * 2) Bernice Slote -- ,
 * 3) Black Friday (1910) --
 * 4) Edith Clements --
 * 5) Enhydro agate --
 * 6) Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton --
 * 7) Enhydro agate --
 * 8) Grace Bauer --
 * 9) Gwendolyn Audrey Foster --
 * 10) International Quilt Study Center & Museum --
 * 11) Jeff Raikes --
 * 12) Jessie Woolley-Wilson --
 * 13) John Long Routt --
 * 14) List of further education colleges in England --
 * 15) Mari Sandoz --
 * 16) Mary Ann Leeper --
 * 17) Mary Mullarkey --
 * 18) Megan Smith --
 * 19) Population proportion --
 * 20) Raikes disamb --
 * 21) Tricia Raikes --, Conflict of Interest (they are sponsor?)
 * 22) Willa Cather --

Articles created
Alphabetical by first letter
 * 1) Bernice Slote --  -- Good job, Orphan, NO references
 * 2) Edith Lewis --  -- GREAT JOB!
 * 3) Eliza Pickrell Routt --  -- too short
 * 4) Karen S Kavanaugh Miller --  -- Proposed deletion, not patrolled
 * 5) Khenmo drolma --  -- notability issues, no links, orphan
 * 6) LuAnn Wandsnider --  -- Proposed deletion, not patrolled
 * 7) Lucile F. Aly --  -- person is notable. too short, no links, orphan
 * 8) Maude Radford Warren --  -- notability issues
 * 9) Nebraska Innocence Project -- -- Great start! -- moved from Sandbox -- Article proposed for Deletion -- 26 March 2016 -- please comment / help here
 * 10) Tricia Raikes --  -- notability issues, Conflict of Interest (they are sponsor?)
 * 11) Women's Voices Now --  -- not even a stub (2 sentences)
 * 12) Ying Lu --  -- notability issues
 * DRAFT
 * 1) Draft:Ada College --  -- too short, not patrolled, not enough to review
 * 2) Draft:Anita Sarma --  -- needs work to turn into a stub
 * 3) Draft:Female Health Foundation --  -- too short, two paragraphs, not patrolled, not enough to review
 * 4) Draft:Virginia Faulkner --  -- Submission declined, possible copyvio / copying, needs work

Categories added

 * 1) Category:International Quilt Study Center & Museum

Newspaper Archives

 * Lincoln Journal Star archive, 1996 - present
 * Omaha World-Herald archive, 1983-present

Scholarly Articles

 * JSTOR
 * Project Muse
 * Academic Search Premier
 * LexisNexis

Online Encyclopedias

 * Encyclopedia of the Great Plains
 * American National Biography Online
 * Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Electronic Books

 * HathiTrust Digital Library
 * American Women Afield: Writings by Pioneering Women Naturalists
 * From Society Page to Front Page: Nebraska Women in Journalism
 * Louise Pound: Scholar, Athlete, Feminist Pioneer
 * Women Elders' Life Stories of the Omaha Tribe: Macy, Nebraska, 2004-2005
 * Mayor Helen Boosalis: My Mother's Life in Politics

Other

 * Biographies of Nebraska Legislators
 * Women and Social Movements in the United States

Other general

 * Digital Public Library of America
 * Google Books
 * Google Scholar

WikiProjects

 * Wikiproject Women
 * Gender Gap Task Force
 * Women in Red
 * Women Writers
 * Women Scientists
 * Women's History

Other initiatives

 * Workshop for Women
 * Writing about Women
 * Women in Red 2016

Wikipedia editing resources
N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources
 * 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
 * | Citation guide
 * Article Checklist
 * | Adding Photos
 * Infobox templates
 * Bookshelf (additional "getting started" resources)
 * Formatting shortcuts:
 * Text Formatting
 * Section Headers, Indents, and Lists
 * Links


 * Images and photos:
 * Uploading Images -- tutorial, general overview
 * Image Use Policy -- rights, licenses, is it okay to use the image
 * Picture Tutorial -- technical details of getting image uploaded and displaying in a way that looks good


 * wikiD Guides for Wikipedia Editing:
 * Introduction and Guide 1: Getting Started! – Why Edit Wikipedia?, Using the WikiD Guides and Getting Started.
 * Guide 2: Selecting and Researching a Topic/Subject – Choosing a Subject, References and Sources and Images.
 * Guide 3: Writing an Entry – Tone and Style, Content and Structure, Building an Argument, Precedents and Article Titles.
 * Guide 4: Navigating the Wikipedia Interface – Editing Interfaces, Creating a New Article, Editing Existing Pages and Disambiguation
 * Guide 5: Troubleshooting – Deleted Pages, Flagged Pages and Talk Pages

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


 * N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help:
 * IRC/wikipedia-en-help

Press
Alphabetical by publication

Participants - Sign Up Here!
Prior to the event:

Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event! And remember to have fun!
 * 1) Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
 * No? Create a Wikipedia account
 * Yes? Go to Step #2
 * 1) Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page


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