Wikipedia:Meetup/New Orleans/WomenOfJazz

Do you love jazz, blues, funk and anything in between? Are you frustrated by the gender bias on Wikipedia? Join us for the New Orleans Women of Jazz Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon!

Event information
This edit-a-thon event is centered on musicians who are women and play jazz or any related style, with a particular emphasis on New Orleans women in jazz. Hosted by the Linked Jazz Project and the Jazz Education Network Conference in New Orleans, participants will get an introduction to Wikipedia editing and help fill the gaps of Wikipedia's coverage of musicians who are women. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary, and remote editors are welcome!
 * Date: Friday, January 6, 2017
 * Time: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
 * Location: Jazz Education Network 8th Annual Conference, Hyatt Regency New Orleans (Elite Hall). Please note that conference registration is required to attend this event in person, but remote contributions are welcome!
 * Hashtag: #WomenOfJazz

Participant information

 * Bring a laptop or other similar device
 * Create a Wikipedia account
 * Sign up at the bottom of this page

Possible articles to improve or expand
Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon.

Individuals

 * Blue Lu Barker
 * Jamie Baum
 * Jane Ira Bloom
 * Joanne Brackeen
 * Pauline Braddy
 * Clora Bryant
 * Anat Cohen
 * Tia Fuller
 * Marion Harris
 * Ingrid Jensen
 * Mimi Jones -- formerly Miriam Sullivan
 * Erica von Kleist
 * Ingrid Laubrock
 * Jennifer Leitham
 * Ada Leonard - led an all-woman orchestra Obit
 * Erica Lindsay - tenor saxophonist Website
 * Melba Liston
 * Lizzie Miles
 * Allison Miller (drummer)
 * Vi Redd
 * Tomeka Reid
 * Patrice Rushen
 * Boswell Sisters 1931.jpgla Schaechter
 * Trudy Silver
 * Sue Terry
 * Kimberly Thompson
 * Deborah Weisz
 * Jessica Williams (musician)
 * Helen Jones Woods - trombone player and member of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm.

Organizations/Groups

 * The Ingenues
 * The Darlinettes

Possible articles to be created
Participants should feel free to add names and groups of notable women in jazz who need an expanded Wikipedia presence, especially women related to New Orleans jazz. The lists below are not comprehensive, but serve as a starting point for editors, and for future edit-a-thons.

Individuals

 * Dolly Adams - pianist
 * Lena Bloch -Saxophone
 * Sharel Cassity - instrumentalist Website
 * Mayra Casales - drummer Website
 * Amy Cervini - vocalist
 * Kim A. Clarke - bassist Website
 * Dee Daniels - vocalist, pianist, educator
 * Claire De Brunner -Bassoon
 * Akua Dixon - cellist, composer Website
 * Shelley Burgon - harpist WebsiteInterview
 * Lucy Galliher-pianist/composer
 * J'Anna Jacoby - mandolinist and violinist (create English language page, German language exists)
 * Patricia Julien - flutist/composer Website, Website
 * Jan Leder-Flutist
 * Susanna Lindeborg - pianist Website, All About Jazz
 * Tomoko_Ohno - pianist
 * Lisa Parrott
 * Nicki Parrott
 * Ann Patterson
 * Akiko Pavolka - pianist/composer
 * Jessica Pavone - viola/violin/bass
 * Leigh Pilzer
 * Cheryl Pyle - Flutist/ Composer/Lyric Writer
 * Janelle Reichman
 * Ada Rovatti
 * Ursel Schlicht - pianist
 * Lauren Sevian
 * Joan Stiles
 * Mazz Swift - violinist
 * Dotti-Anita Taylor -Flutist
 * Jerrie Thill
 * Blanche Thomas
 * Sumi Tonooka
 * Diana Wayburn - pianist/flutist
 * Jennifer Wharton
 * Deanna Witkowski - pianist/composer Website
 * Nedra Wheeler
 * Leisl Whitaker
 * Katherine Young (musician) - American bassoonist and composer
 * Any of the women listed on International Sweethearts of Rhythm who don't already have pages

Organizations

 * Lil Hardin's All-Girl Orchestra
 * DIVA Jazz Orchestra, Website, see also Sherrie Maricle
 * Tia Fuller Quartet

For further inspiration
Check out these WikiProjects for further inspiration and lists of articles to improve: German Wikipedia list (many missing in English, can be translated): Here are a couple of featured articles to inspire you as well: Here's some categories to examine and with which to tag new articles: The above are sub-categories of:
 * WikiProject Jazz
 * WikiProject Musicians
 * WikiProject Music
 * WikiProject Biography
 * WikiProject Women's History
 * de:Liste von Jazz- und Improvisationsmusikerinnen
 * Jo Stafford
 * Misterioso (Thelonious Monk album)
 * Category:American women jazz musicians
 * Category:Women jazz singers
 * Category:Women jazz guitarists
 * Category:Jazz musicians from New Orleans
 * Category:Women jazz musicians

Tools and templates

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

Resources

 * Chronicling America - national newspapers up through 1922.
 * Hogan Jazz Archive- Howard-Tilton Library, Tulane University
 * Jazz Discography
 * Louisiana State Museum - Jazz collections, source for images
 * MusicSack - very useful tool indicating in which reference books can one locate biographic entries.
 * New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, including A Feminist Perspective of New Orleans Jazz Women

Articles Created
alphabetical by last name of article's subject or first letter of group name

Articles Improved
alphabetical by last name of article's subject or first letter of group name
 * Jane Ira Bloom

Attendees -Sign Up!
Please add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below.

Confirmed

 * Craub (talk) 20:55, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Melissamaymusic (talk) 20:47, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Bassfemme (talk) 20:50, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Jmaybee (talk) 20:56, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Participating online

 * Heditoring (talk)