Wikipedia:Wikipedia Goes to the Movies



Wikipedia Goes to the Movies was an edit-a-thon, Wikipedia meet-up and workshop that was held on Saturday, December 1, 2012, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, as part of the Wikipedia Loves Libraries global campaign, as a direct successor to last year's smash hit The Musical.


 * Address: 40 Lincoln Center Plaza (64th St. between Broadway and Amsterdam avenues). Directions: Go towards the back of the plaza, around to the right of the Met opera house and just left of the Vivian Beaumont Theatre.
 * Phone: (917) 275-6975
 * Time: Noon - 5 p.m.
 * Room: The Reserve Film & Video Screening Room on the Third Floor

The goal was to improve Wikipedia articles and content related to WikiProject Film - or any article that could use library resources.

On the New York Public Library website: Wikipedia Goes To The Movies

We're also mentioned in the Weekend Miser column of the New York Times for this week.

Sign up
Also, sign up for Wikipedia Goes to the Movies at our meetup.com event page.

Likely attendees

 * Pharos (talk) 15:26, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * -kosboot (talk) 02:50, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * -Jim.henderson (talk) 23:08, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
 * AstroCog (talk) 22:33, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
 * December 1 is also World AIDS Day. I will be improving articles in Category:HIV/AIDS in film.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   14:28, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Having a topical focus like this is great, and we'll be glad to assist anyone improving Wikipedia articles on topics of their interest.--Pharos (talk) 22:27, 26 November 2012 (UTC)


 * - DGG ( talk ) 02:40, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * CaptAdv11 (talk) 20:15, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Possible attendees

 * Will try to make it Peter.C  •  talk  •  contribs  11:03, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Regrets

 * -Hurricane Sally has wrought havoc upon the fall semester here at CUNY! — Robert Greer (talk) 13:17, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * -Too broke to come, and this looks like the kind of meetup I would love. -User:DanTD (talk) 16:25, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * -Didn't get your message until 8 am, the day of the meetup. Sorry. --RoyGoldsmith (talk) 13:20, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * - Work?! Bearian (talk) 14:03, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * -Sorry, guys. Hope I can make it next time. Kafziel Complaint Department: Please take a number 16:12, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Just been a very exhausting week with one long, complicated trip to the city already. Sorry. Daniel Case (talk) 17:50, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Got hit by a truck. In hospital having my 2 legs reattached to my body! SSZ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.199.101.219 (talk) 22:47, 1 December 2012‎ (UTC)

Articles needing Wikilove

 * Academy Award for Best Picture nominees
 * 42nd Street (film)
 * The Private Life of Henry VIII
 * The Thin Man (film)
 * Captain Blood (1935 film)
 * A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film)
 * The Life of Emile Zola
 * The Ox-Bow Incident
 * Sergeant York
 * The Lost Weekend (film) (won in 1946)
 * All the King's Men (1949 film) (won)
 * An American in Paris (film) (won)
 * Elmer Gantry (film)


 * Academy Award Best Original Music Score winner
 * Seven Brides for Seven Brothers


 * List of film serials
 * The Perils of Pauline (1914 serial)
 * The Perils of Pauline (1933 serial)
 * The Exploits of Elaine
 * Fantômas (1913 serial)
 * Flash Gordon (serial)
 * Buck Rogers (serial)


 * List of lost films

Articles created

 * Frederick Stephani by AstroCog (talk) 18:35, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * - David Simkins - technically made the same evening as event, but used library databases...and Simkins is topical. AstroCog (talk) 14:14, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Articles edited

 * Media portrayal of HIV/AIDS
 * Jeffrey Boam - adding more material from library materials. AstroCog (talk) 19:26, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * The Perils of Pauline (1914 serial)
 * Day of Wrath
 * The Private Life of Henry VIII (CaptAdv11 (talk) 20:41, 1 December 2012 (UTC))
 * Brad Davis (actor)
 * Bernie Taupin
 * Manhattan Plaza
 * Jean Rogers
 * Aquele Abraço
 * Chacrinha
 * Mina Crandon
 * Jean Rogers
 * Added Category:HIV/AIDS in film to several articles on Friday in anticipation of event -- kosboot (talk) 01:37, 4 December 2012 (UTC)