Wikipedia:Meetup/Toronto/Performance Art and Experimental Film (October 4, 2017)

Event details

 * Date: Wednesday, October 4, 2017
 * Time: 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Tutorial from 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm)
 * Venue: Co-hosted by FADO Performance Art Centre and Pleasure Dome at the Art Gallery of Ontario Library & Archives, 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario CANADA M5T 1G4
 * Cost: Free
 * Participants: No Wikipedia editing experience or specialized art knowledge necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers.
 * Please sign in with your username below! If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.
 * What to Bring: Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords if possible.

Confirmed attendees
Sign in here using four tildes (~), which will enter your username and date stamp.
 * Franci.duran (talk) 21:32, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * the artchivist  (talk)  21:34, 4 October 2017 (UTC) - feel free to contact me for support after the event


 * dlatsis (talk) 21:52, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Mduvekot (talk) 21:59, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Mikehoolboom (talk) 22:18, 4 October 2017 (UTC)Mikehoolboom
 * Hiccups 12 (talk) 22:23, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Pet hop sus (talk) 22:24, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * R00Smy (talk) 22:25, 4 October 2017 (UTC)R00Smy
 * art.in.life (talk) 18:27, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * S8Porter (talk) 23:03, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Tools and templates
The following are some templates and tools that you may want to use to help you create or improve the articles you are working on.

Tools

 * Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
 * Writing an article
 * About the Sandbox
 * Introductory Training Lesson Plan
 * Advanced Training Lesson Plan
 * Upload Wizard for images, video and sound files - File_Upload_Wizard
 * Wikipedia Teahouse
 * Dispute Resolution
 * Etiquette
 * Staying cool when the editing gets hot

Templates

 * Place at the top of a new article to protect it from undue speedy deletion: Template:New_page
 * Place next to a name on the list of artists to avoid editing conflicts: Template:inprogress
 * Wikipedia Infobox template Template:Infobox person
 * Wikipedia artist Infobox template Template:Infobox_artist
 * Biographies of living persons

Research resources

 * The AGO Library & Archives' online catalogue

Articles to work on
This is a suggested list of topics to work on. You are welcome to write on other topics too, and please feel free to add to this list. Links in blue are existing articles which can be improved and/or expanded. Links in red are articles that do not yet exist and can be created.


 * Cindy Baker
 * Elizabeth Chitty
 * Sylvie Cotton
 * Judith Doyle
 * Ellie Epp
 * Ame Henderson
 * Ann Marie Fleming
 * Richard Fung
 * Philip Hoffman (filmmaker)
 * Maria Hupfield
 * Ursula Johnson
 * Reena Katz
 * Helen Lee (director)
 * Louise Liliefeldt
 * Deirdre Logue
 * Jorge Lozano (filmmaker)
 * Dana Michel
 * Madi Piller
 * Randy & Berenicci
 * Julie Andrée T.
 * Colette Urban
 * Pleasure Dome (organization)

Results/outcomes
Before you leave the event, please add the titles of any articles you worked on - or created! - to help organizers keep track of outcomes. Knowing about your work will also help us to support any new pages that receive scrutiny from other editors.

Articles created or in progress

 * Judith Doyle see User:Mikehoolboom/sandbox
 * Ame Henderson see User:R00Smy/sandbox
 * Deirdre Logue see User:Pet_hop_sus/sandbox
 * Le Tas Invisible see User:Art.in.life/sandbox

Articles improved

 * Ann Marie Fleming
 * Philip Hoffman (filmmaker)
 * Mike Hoolboom
 * Helen Lee (director)
 * Barbara Rubin
 * Colette Urban