Wikipedia:Meetup/Nebraska/2016 02 Black History Month

 Black WikiHistory Month

Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon: African American History Month Edition. Celebrate this African American History Month by contributing knowledge on local and national figures that are underrepresented on Wikipedia, allowing new users to discover information about these important figures. Wikipedia depends on its user to build its content and as one of the most visited websites in the world, it is a vital source of information for countless number of people. Bring your own laptop or borrow one of ours. All ages welcome!

Event details

 * Date: Saturday, February 20, 2016
 * Time: 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm CST
 * Location: Do Space. 7205 Dodge Street (72nd & Dodge), Meeting Room 1, Omaha, NE 68114 41.25897°N, -96.02467°W
 * Who should attend: Everyone with an interest in African American history and expanding the diversity of knowledge on Wikipedia, and regardless of experience. We are happy to teach you the basics of editing Wikipedia. The public is welcome to this event.
 * Twitter: Do Space
 * Hashtag: #DoSpace #DOwiki
 * Registration link: African American History Month Edit-a-thon @ Do Space
 * Etherpad: DoSpaceBHM2016

Register
Please 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, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day of. Example: Copy these symbols    into a new bullet below and Wikipedia will automatically add your user name and talk page

Confirmed

 * 1) Carl Fosco (talk) 17:32, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Bstenger3 (talk) 17:33, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) Aforss (talk) 18:48, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 4) Daclausen (talk) 19:03, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) Aforss (talk) 18:48, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Daclausen (talk) 19:03, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) Aforss (talk) 18:48, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Daclausen (talk) 19:03, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) Daclausen (talk) 19:03, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) Daclausen (talk) 19:03, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Tasks

 * Nebraska State Historical Society -- Links to Finding Aids to archival collections related to African-Americans

People
alpha order by last name
 * Bob Boozer -- particularly his post-athletic career life in Omaha
 * Alfonza W. Davis
 * Dan Desdunes
 * Rowena Moore
 * George Wells Parker
 * Red Perkins
 * Millard F. Singleton

Subjects
alpha order
 * DePorres Club
 * Dreamland Ballroom
 * Hamitic League of the World
 * Native Omaha Days
 * Omaha Blues, Jazz, & Gospel Festival
 * Lizzie Robinson House
 * Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame
 * Peony Park
 * Zion Baptist Church (Omaha, Nebraska)

People
alpha order by last name
 * Patricia "Big Mama" Barron
 * Will Brown -- currently redirects to another page
 * Edward Danner
 * Lucy Gambol -- Article exists at Lucy Gamble. Last name is Gambol in two WPA documents, but Gamble in contemporary to her life newspaper articles, 1880, and 1900 US census. Recent newspaper articles use Gambol based on the WPA work (particularly Negroes of Nebraska). My guess is that Gamble is more accurate, but I don't know.
 * Gene Haynes
 * Dorothy Eure
 * Lerlean Johnson
 * Catherine Grace Pope
 * Lizzie Robinson -- currently redirects to another page
 * Thomas Warren (Police Chief)
 * Charles B. Washington

Subjects
alpha order
 * Afro-American Sentinel
 * Goodwin's Spencer Street Barbershop
 * Druid Hall
 * Omaha Monitor''
 * Omaha Rockets
 * Royal Circle (Social Club)

Images needed

 * Ernie Chambers

People
alpha order by last name
 * 1) Edward Danner --
 * 2) Gene Haynes --
 * 3) Red Perkins (country singer) --
 * 4) Charles B. Washington -- ,

Subjects
alpha order
 * 1) Do Space --
 * 2) Metropolitan Community College --
 * 3) Omaha Rockets --

People
alpha order by last name
 * 1) Mildred Brown -- added NSHS papers link, further reading (book) --
 * 2) Gene Collins --
 * 3) Alfonza W. Davis --
 * 4) Danai Gurira -- added PBS citation --
 * 5) Gene Haynes --
 * 6) Rowena Moore -- ,
 * 7) Red Perkins --, ,

Subjects
alpha order
 * 1) African-American Civil Rights Movement in Omaha, Nebraska -- corrected Danners --
 * 2) DeWitty, Nebraska -- added NSHS papers link --
 * 3) Omaha North High School --

Images added to Wikimedia Commons

 * Do Space logo (no text)
 * Do Space logo (text)
 * Metropolitan Community College logo
 * The Dixie Ramblers

UNO

 * Legendary Women of UNO - Chancellor's Commission on the Status of Women (CCSW)
 * UNO Women's Archive Project - Department of English
 * Gateway Newspaper Archive - University of Nebraska at Omaha's (UNO) student newspaper
 * Criss Library A-Z Databases List - Most available only to UNO or on-campus users (UNO subscription required)
 * Criss Library Archives & Special Collections
 * Criss Library Digital Collections

UNL

 * UNL Library - Archives & Special Collections
 * UNL Library - Image & Multimedia Collections
 * UNL Library - Collections
 * History Harvest

Omaha Public Library

 * Omaha Public Library - Digital Collections
 * Omaha Pubic Library - Databases -- most accessible from home using OPL Library card

Omaha World Herald

 * Omaha World-Herald online archives 1878-1983 (OPL library card required for access)

Other Nebraska

 * Nebraska State Historical Society - includes Collections / Databases, Exhibits, Research Materials
 * Nebraska Library Commission - Nebraska Memories
 * Creighton University - Digital Collections
 * Omaha Public Schools - Making Invisible Histories Visible
 * North Omaha History Blog

Other general

 * Digital Public Library of America
 * Google Books
 * Google Scholar
 * OCLC's WorldCat -- WorldCat global catalog (also Advanced Search)
 * Example usage:
 * Subject search: Black Omaha -- Larsen, Lawrence H. Upstream Metropolis An Urban Biography of Omaha and Council Bluffs.
 * Worldcat Viewport often shows more than Google Books and has super clean interface:
 * − Upstream Metropolis An Urban Biography of Omaha and Council Bluffs

Wikipedias

 * the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit


 * English Wikipedia
 * Haitian Wikipedia
 * Spanish Wikipedia
 * French Wikipedia
 * Twi Wikipedia
 * Igbo Wikipedia
 * Yoruba Wikipedia
 * Garifuna Wikipedia

Wiktionaries

 * a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary of all words in all languages


 * English Wiktionary
 * Haitian Wiktionary on Incubator
 * Spanish Wiktionary
 * French Wiktionary
 * Twi Wiktionary (Twi on Incubator)
 * Igbo Wiktionary on Incubator
 * Yoruba Wiktionary (Yoruba on Incubator)
 * Garifuna Wiktionary on Incubator

WikiProjects

 * AfroCROWD
 * WikiAfrica
 * WikiProject African Diaspora
 * Afripédia (French)
 * WikiProject Haiti
 * Haïti Portail (French)

Other initiatives

 * World Afropedia
 * Afropedea

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
 * | 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

2015

 * UNO Women's History Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon @ University of Nebraska Omaha's Criss Library - March 31, 2015