Wikipedia:Meetup/St. Louis/21

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For this month, the 88th Annual Meeting of the Music Library Association there will be a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at St. Louis Public Library Central Library that will "be focused on editing or creating Wikipedia entries (and associated Wikidata) for underrepresented performers and composers, living or deceased, who were born in St. Louis and/or lived and worked there, who have been excluded from existing documentation." Let's join forces and help out!

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Event information

 * Date: Sunday, February 24, 2019
 * Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm. Please note the library does not open until 1pm so if you are there early you will have to wait to get in.
 * Location: St. Louis Public Library – Central Library. Enter through the Locust Street entrance https://goo.gl/maps/EG3jsgrpLES2
 * Cost: Free!
 * Register: Official Event Please Register
 * Chat: Join remotely via Zoom during the event
 * Computer: Please bring a laptop if possible or tablet to edit Wikipedia. Also, organizers have limited chromebooks please inquire about.''
 * Parking: Street parking is free on Sundays.
 * Instructors: Angela Pratesi and Anna Kijas

This event is organized by the Emerging Technologies and Services Committee of the Music Library Association. Please refer to their site for specifics on the event:

Music Library Association Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Event Invite

 * Template:STL_meetup_invite_21
 * Shortcut link to the event: https://enwp.org/WP:STLMU21
 * Twitter hashtag: #mlawiki2019, #muslib2019

Schedule
If possible, create your Wikipedia account ahead of time. Please bring a laptop and power supply. If you will require a laptop, please register for one in advance.


 * 1:00 - 1:15pm: Check-in and welcome
 * 1:15 - 1:45pm: Introduction to getting started, Outreach Dashboard overview, and short intro to editing
 * 1:45 - 5 pm: Food and editing

=Sign up and guest list =

Attending

 * 1) Akijas1 (talk)
 * 2) ActionableIdeas (talk)
 * 3) CatalogQueen (talk)
 * 4) Jonathanmanton (talk)
 * 5) LastChapter (talk)
 * 6) Verbistheword (talk)
 * 7) trmurdock (talk)
 * 8) inilmo (talk)
 * 9) COPAlibrarian (talk)
 * 10) Metadatamagician (talk)
 * 11) ViolaDaGumbo (talk)
 * 12) deloebrenti (talk)
 * 13) barhawk (talk)
 * 14) Noiselibrarian (talk)

Participating Remotely
You can also participate remotely via this Zoom call

= Suggested topics = Here are some suggestions to get you started, but you are not limited to this list.

Articles to improve

 * Wassan Al-Khudhairi
 * Hamiet Bluiett (akijas1)
 * Grace Bumbry (Hyacinthechantelouve)
 * Virginia Gibson (Verbistheword (talk))
 * Albert King
 * Johnnie Johnson (musiclibrarian2012)
 * J.D. Parran
 * Joseph W. Postlewaite (metadatamagician)
 * Black Artists' Group
 * Felicia Weathers (Katie132435)
 * Ernst R. Kroeger
 * Oliver Lake(aerhodes76)
 * William Foden
 * Russell Gunn
 * Charles "Bobo" Shaw
 * Julia Bullock
 * Murphy Lee
 * St. Lunatics
 * Eva Taylor (Ladybug00)
 * Billy Davis Jr.
 * Velma Middleton (akijas1)
 * Sylk Smoov
 * Fate Marable (td)
 * Singleton Palmer (EVickers)
 * Eubie Blake (ViolaDaGumbo)
 * George Brunies aka George Brunis
 * Bob Carter (musician)
 * Eddie Johnson (musician)
 * Hayes Pillars
 * Ralph Sutton
 * Charlie Creath
 * Willie Akins (BJD)
 * Dewey Jackson (COPAlibrarian)

Need Articles

 * Stephanie Berg
 * Malinke Robert Elliott (Black Artists' Group)
 * Floyd LeFlore (CatalogQueen) - article created
 * Jasper D. Sussman
 * Thomas Milton Turpin (1873-1922)
 * Charles Kunkel
 * Ernst Krohn (muscatstl)
 * Charles Balmer
 * Shari Watson (sel1377)
 * Eddie Randle (barhawk)
 * Brian Owens (luvche21)
 * Claude Abney
 * Theodore Bibb
 * Gilbert Bowers
 * Leon King (musician)
 * Vertna Saunders (NoiseLibrarian)
 * Leon Smith (musician)
 * Lloyd Smith (musician)

=Wikipedia help=
 * If possible, please register a Wikipedia account before the day of the event!
 * If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you can get a head start with this this training module.
 * Wikipedia markup cheatsheet
 * Systemic Bias on Wikipedia Quick Overview or see the full essay on Systemic Bias.
 * If you make an article in your sandbox, you can follow So_you_made_a_userspace_draft in order to move it to the mainspace of Wikipedia.

Understanding Wikipedia's standards

 * Perfect article
 * Five Pillars
 * What Wikipedia is not
 * Reliable Sources
 * Starting an article and Your first article
 * Article assessment

Understanding Wikipedia's organization and markup

 * Wikipedia Tutorial
 * Markup cheatsheet
 * Citation Guide
 * Wiki Markup Quick Reference

Discussion

 * Please discuss the event on the event talk page: Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/St._Louis/21
 * Chat: https://t.me/mowiki