Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/Edinburgh Award/Afro-Latin Diaspora & Wiki-Illustration

Researching Afro-Latin Diaspora and adding images to Wikipedia pages!

About
This project aims to improve the Wikipedia coverage of Afro-Latin Diaspora as well as adding images to Wikipedia pages.

Link to dashboard

 * Afro-Latin Diaspora and adding images to Wikipedia pages

Helpful Editing Links

 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_the_Manual_of_Style/2
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout --> very helpful; explains the "references and notes" section at bottom of French Da Costa article

*For the Argentine Tango

 * https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=argentine+tango&so=rel

- read later, not helpful for article - use this to corroborate the Collier article Reviewed Work: Tango: The Art History of Love by Robert Farris Thompson - https://www.jstor.org/stable/25598145 also v. helpful Review by: Elizabeth M. Seyler 24th May update: perhaps look at first few pages but, not helpful
 * BLACKNESS IN ARGENTINA: JAZZ, TANGO AND RACE BEFORE PERÓN -Matthew B. Karush
 * Review: Revealing the African Roots of Argentine Tango


 * Globalization and the Tango by Chris Goertzen and María Susana Azzi


 * The Popular Roots of the Argentine Tango BY Simon Collier - https://www.jstor.org/stable/4289184?searchText=argentine+tango&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dargentine%2Btango%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A9b78c156e6a89e231399ee5fd9419b05&seq=1 - very helpful

24 May - use the Collier and Karush articles

Search for all of these on JSTOR

for images
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pictures
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Captions

improved articles
Arthur da Costa! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Tim%C3%B3theo_da_Costa Escola Nacional de Belas Artes - Wikipedia- note to add Arthur to this page- DONE

List of Brazilians - Wikipedia- add Arthur to this page: DONE:

Category:Brazilian artists - Wikipedia- add him to this page

List of Latin American artists - Wikipedia: add him to this page

Articles to improve
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Afro-Brazilian_people : go through this list to look for more possible articles to translate etc.
 * 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merengue_(dance) - Mon 28 Feb 6-9pm - ✅

https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Expositions_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rales_des_Beaux-Arts&veaction=edit - add translation badge
 * 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Tim%C3%B3theo_da_Costa
 * 2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_tango

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chica_da_Silva - ✅, added a citation

People

 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benkos_Bioh%C3%B3
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adassa

interesting reads
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Marcela_Moreno_Zapata
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Cuero

Helpful and Handy Links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Scotland/Assessment#Importance_scale --> Look here: this page gives a good idea of the rating of topics of importance etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents

--> ARCHITECTURE articles that need editing : https://bambots.brucemyers.com/cwb/bycat/Architecture.html#Translation%20cleanup%20needed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Building_and_structure_stubs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Ireland

Lighthouses in Canada needing images
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malpeque_Harbour_Approach_Range_Lights ( no image available)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Island_Light ( no image available)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langara_Light ( no image available)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leards_Range_Lights ( no image available)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Channel_Range_Lights ✅
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Landing_Lower_Range_Lights ( no image available)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrights_Range_Lights ( no image available)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Landing_Upper_Range_Lights ( no image available)

and just general lighthouse stub: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lighthouse_stubs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_African_diaspora/Assessment#Importance_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_African_diaspora

Wiki-Illustrated Articles!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmylne_Castle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_Castle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branxholme_Castle -- added 2011 photo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_the_Scottish_Borders#List

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarbat_House

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alva,_Clackmannanshire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Margaret_of_Scotland,_Aberdeen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryburgh_Abbey --> Also added a hyperlink to "Calfectory" caption

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryhope_Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsbie_Castle

IRISH CASTLES
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrigrohane_Castle

Skyscrapers
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_Tower - 13 April 2022

More useful links
Here are some useful links to help you with your editing:
 * Read up to find out more about sources and verifiability.
 * Check out the notability guidelines and what topics can be written about on Wikipedia.
 * Consider whether you have any conflicts of interest.
 * You can find advice on how to search for relevant sources on any scientist here.
 * All sorts of helpful guides and online resources can be found below:


 * You can add pictures for use on Wiki-pages and beyond on Wikimedia Commons. Your Wikipedia account will work on Commons too - as well as all the other Wiki-projects and different language versions of Wikipedia.

Here are some ways to keep track of your edits:
 * You can view all your contributions to Wikipedia by clicking "Contributions" (in the top right of this page).
 * The Pageviews tool is a great way of measuring how many people are looking at the page you created/edited. You can even export the data if you'd like it for reports, etc.

After today
Once you've learned the basics of editing using Wikipedia’s Visual Editor, I hope that you'll stay logged in and edit or create more articles. As a first step you may like to check out what What Wikipedia is not along with its 5 guiding principles: The 5 pillars.


 * The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page - a fun tutorial introducing new editors to Wikipedia
 * Visual Editor user guide
 * Questions – a guide on where to ask questions
 * The Teahouse new editor help space
 * Wikipedia Help pages
 * The simplified ruleset – a summary of Wikipedia's most important rules
 * Is your topic notable enough for an article?
 * Be Bold!
 * Don't let grumpy users scare you off.
 * Learn from others
 * How to write a great article
 * A simplified manual of style


 * Please sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes ( ~ ). This will automatically insert your "signature" (your username and a date stamp). The [[File:Button sig.png]] or [[File:Insert-signature.png]] button, on the tool bar above Wikipedia's text editing window, also does this.
 * If you would like to play around with your new Wiki skills without changing the mainspace, the Sandbox is for you.
 * Check out upcoming Wikimedia in Scotland editing events.
 * Check out upcoming Wikimedia UK editing events.

Video guides to editing Wikipedia

 * Wikipedia - It's main policies & guidelines
 * Navigating Wikipedia's front page
 * How to structure an article on Wikipedia: the Featured Article
 * Wikipedia editing in 30 mins
 * How to edit an existing article the right way
 * How easy is Wikipedia's Visual Editor? 5 min walkthrough
 * How to edit using with Visual Editor Part 1: Creating an Account
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.1 Adding Headings
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.2 Adding bold & italics
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.3 Adding bullet points
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.4 Adding links
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 2.1 Adding citations and references
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 2.2 Further practice with citations (DOI and Pubmed IDs)
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor:Part 2.3 Adding an image
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 2.4 Adding categories
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 3 Creating a new article in the Sandbox
 * Editing Wikipedia: Communicating with others using the Talk page and Help Desk
 * Moving a drafted article into Wikipedia's live space.
 * Create visually dynamic timelines in minutes with Histropedia
 * Use the 'Find Link' tool to add links BACK to your page from other pages that SHOULD link to your page.