Wikipedia:Meetup/PlantsAndPeople-January2017

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Event details

 * Hosts: Various Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries will participate in this edit-a-thon. Thus far participants include Mt. Cuba Center, The New York Botanical Garden, and The University of New Mexico.
 * Date: 01/22/2017--01/28/2017
 * Time:
 * Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico, Bronx, NY, Hockessin, Delaware
 * Directions:
 * Hashtag: #PlantsAndPeople
 * Cost: Free
 * RSVP:
 * What to bring: Please bring your laptop!
 * Participants: Open to all!

01/25/2017 The New York Botanical Garden
More information about the NYBG event, including an RSVP form, can be found here.


 * Hosts: The LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden
 * Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2017
 * Time: 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
 * Location: New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10458 40.86653°N, -73.87903°W
 * Directions: Directions @ NYBG
 * Subway:
 * to Bedford Park Blvd. From the station exit:
 * Take the bus east to the Garden's Mosholu Gate entrance.
 * OR walk eight blocks down the hill on Bedford Park Blvd. (approximately 20 minutes). Turn left onto Southern Blvd. and walk one block to Mosholu Gate entrance.
 * Metro-North Railroad:
 * Harlem local line to Botanical Garden Station (approximately 20 minutes from Grand Central). Walk across Southern Boulevard to the Garden's Mosholu Gate entrance
 * Station link
 * Hashtag: #PlantsAndPeople
 * Cost: Free
 * RSVP:  Eventbrite 
 * What to bring: Please bring your laptop!
 * Participants: Open to all!

01/27/2017 Mt. Cuba Center

 * Hosts: Mt. Cuba Center
 * Date: Friday, January 27, 2017
 * Time: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
 * Location: Mt. Cuba Center, 3120 Barley Mill Road, Hockessin, DE 19707
 * Directions: Directions to Mt. Cuba Center
 * Hashtag: #PlantsAndPeople
 * Cost: This event is free but an RSVP is required.
 * RSVP: Click here to RSVP
 * What to bring: Please bring your laptop!
 * Participants: Open to all!

01/27/2017 University of New Mexico

 * Hosts: University Libraries
 * Date: Friday, January 27, 2017
 * Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
 * Location: Centennial Science and Engineering Library, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
 * Parking:UNM Visitor Parking
 * Hashtag: #PlantsAndPeople
 * Cost: This event is free but an RSVP is requested.
 * RSVP: Click here to RSVP
 * What to bring: Please bring your ideas and questions.
 * Participants: Open to all!

Women in Plant Science

 * Botanists
 * Agronomists
 * Bryologists
 * Horticulturalists and Gardeners
 * Phycologists
 * Plant Pathologists
 * Plant Collectors

Plants and People

 * Native plants (Land Stewardship)
 * Cultivated Plants (e.g. Apples, Grapes, Roses)
 * Nursery and Seed catalogs
 * Herbs, Spices, Food and Drink

Articles to edit
Please feel free to add additional names, and keep an eye on this space for changes. • 2
 * Botany stubs
 * Botanist stubs
 * Horticulture stubs

Articles to create
Please feel free to add additional names, and keep an eye on this space for changes.

• 2

Resources
How to cite vertical files
 * Much of the content provided for this edit-a-thon comes from the Library's vertical file collection. Here is an example of how these materials should be cited.
 * Format:
 * Title of item. (date) Folder name, Vertical File collection, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden. Date that items were accessed.
 * Example:
 * Photograph of Bronx River Waterfall. (1909). Folder Bronx River, NYBG Vertical File, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden. June 14, 2016.

Editing Wikipedia
 * Wiki Markup Cheatsheet
 * Wikipedia Manual of Style (WP:MOS)
 * WP:Notability (people)
 * WP:Notability (academics) -- an alternative to Notability (people)

Wikipedia's principles
 * Five Pillars
 * Assume Good Faith
 * Be Bold

Regrets

 * 1) BrillLyle (talk) 17:14, 30 November 2016 (UTC) -- will try to provide remote assistance :-)

Attendees

 * 1) That librarian 88 (talk) 15:59, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Lfp85 (talk) 16:22, 27 December 2016 (UTC)