Wikipedia:WikiProject Women Wikipedia Design/NYC March 2017

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wikiD: Women. Wikipedia. Design. is hosting a Wikipedia editing event on Thursday, March 30, 2017 from 5:00 – 8:00 pm. Everyone is invited to join to edit Wikipedia articles about women, design, architecture, or any combination of these.

Event information

 * Date: Thursday, March 30, 2017
 * Time: 5:00 – 8:00 pm
 * Where: Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY 10012
 * Slides

Schedule

 * Presentation: We will have a short ‘how to’ intro on writing and editing Wikipedia entries for new editors.
 * Start writing: Stay for as long as suits and start writing/editing in good company and with help at hand.
 * Snacks: We will provide snacks as we go.
 * Who: We welcome anyone interested in writing more women in the built environment into Wikipedia. No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary. We will start with an overview of writing and editing Wikipedia article. We will also provide assistance throughout the event for Wikipedia newcomers. Experienced Wikipedians are also very welcome – we need as much help as you can offer!
 * Childcare: Please let us know if childcare is needed, hello@architexx.org. We are happy to arrange for it if needed.

Preparation
Please do a couple of things before coming along:
 * Please sign up to get a Wikipedia user name BEFORE the event.
 * Think about who you want to write about – if possible collect some material. See here for topic suggestions and references.
 * Take a look at the new wikiD Guides for Wikipedia Editing:
 * Introduction and Guide 1: Getting Started! – Why Edit Wikipedia?, Using the WikiD Guides and Getting Started.
 * Guide 2: Selecting and Researching a Topic/Subject – Choosing a Subject, References and Sources and Images.
 * Guide 3: Writing an Entry – Tone and Style, Content and Structure, Building an Argument, Precedents and Article Titles.
 * Guide 4: Navigating the Wikipedia Interface – Editing Interfaces, Creating a New Article, Editing Existing Pages and Disambiguation
 * Guide 5: Troubleshooting – Deleted Pages, Flagged Pages and Talk Pages


 * What to bring: Please bring your own laptops and power cords. Please also make a Wikipedia username ahead of time if possible.
 * Hashtag:
 * Remember to add the #wikiD hashtag in your edit summary so we can track our progress.
 * #wikiD on Twitter and social media

More material relating to the New York event is available here.

Possible attendees

 * 1)  ɱ  (talk) · vbm  · coi) 22:50, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Likely attendees

 * 1)   Blue Rasberry   (talk)  22:13, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
 * 2) Loriannbrown(talk) 23:05, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
 * 3) Jim.henderson (talk) 13:37, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 4) Jeremyb (talk) 19:49, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Remote attendees

 * 1) Fred (talk)  20:01, 22 March 2017 (UTC) I plan to work on Eliza Newkirk Rogers.
 * 2) Ipigott (talk) 09:11, 28 March 2017 (UTC) Ready to help with follow-up
 * 3) SusunW (talk) 16:23, 30 March 2017 (UTC) I am working on Alina Scholtz