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=American Art Editathon, February 11, 2014=

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Work with students, curators, Wikipedia editors and newbies to improve articles related to American art. This is the first edit-a-thon for the class "Wikipedia and Public Knowledge" class [http://digitalnewsroom.org/wikipedia-knowledge-2014/] and the general public is invited.

==When==

: Tuesday, February 11th, 2014

: 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Who

: Students from Wikipedia & Public Knowledge (COMM 535), American University (professor Andrew Lih User:Fuzheado)

: Wikimedia DC Community and the general public

What to bring

: Laptop computer

Where

: Smithsonian American Art Museum, McMillan Education Center

: (1st Floor, east end of the building, near F Street entrance)

: 9th & F Street NW, Washington, DC

: Etherpad notes: http://notes.wikimediadc.org/p/AAM-editathon-2014

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TimeActivityLocation
2:00 - 2:30Meet & set upMcMillan Education Center (1st floor)
2:30 - 3:00Tour[http://americanart.si.edu/luce/about/ Luce Foundation Center] (3rd floor)
3:00 - 5:00EditingMcMillan Education Center (1st floor)

QUESTIONS? Contact snyders (@) si.edu or check out WikiProject Smithsonian

RSVP

=Attendees=

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  1. Fuzheado | Talk 21:45, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
  2. Callahanb (talk) 18:06, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
  3. 19 students from American University class
  4. Mark Christal and Holly Stewart from NMAI
  5. Dena Levitz, American University MAME
  6. Mackenzie Hill, American University Mlhill23
  7. Bailey Edelstein, American University Bailey614
  8. Duckduckstop (talk) 18:46, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
  9. chandler wiland
  10. Courtney O'Callaghan and Liz Cheng from Freer | Sackler

=Maybe=

  1. Geraldshields11 (talk) 23:22, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

List of articles we will be working on

=Women Artists=

=Additional articles that needs fixes or expansion=

  • Nancy Grossman - needs infobox, [http://www.americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=1966]
  • John Valentine Haidt - orphan, needs expansion and wikilinks - [http://www.americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=2017]
  • Ferdinand Pettrich - stub, needs expansion and citations - [http://www.americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=3782]
  • Paul Cadmus - bio needs expansion - mostly just list of works - [http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=704]
  • José Campeche - needs better citations, stylistic cleanup, [http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=7194], [http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/results/index.cfm?rows=10&q=&page=1&start=0&fq=name:%22Campeche%20y%20Jord%C3%A1n%2C%20Jos%C3%A9%22]
  • Arline Fisch - needs cleanup, expansion
  • John William "Uncle Jack" Dey - orphan
  • Beverly Pepper - needs additional sources, more information in info box [http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=3759]
  • Bessie Callender - orphan [http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=717]
  • Will Barnet - needs infobox [http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=245]

=Additional articles to be created=

  • Robert Sperry - Sperry, Robert H. , b. 1927 d. 1998 Ceramicist, Active in Seattle, Wash. [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/robert-sperry-papers-11125/more], [http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/results/index.cfm?rows=10&q=Robert+Sperry&page=1&start=0&x=38&y=15], [http://www.bellevuearts.org/exhibitions/past/2009/robert_sperry.html], [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-robert-sperry-13172], [http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19980414&slug=2745012], [http://www.amoca.org/robert-sperry-bright-abyss/]
  • Nicholas Herrera - [http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=7405], [http://www.nicholasherrera.com/], [http://www.heinleyfineartsw.com/nicholas-herrera-biography/]
  • Bruce Moore - [http://americanart.si.edu/luce/artist.cfm?key=344&artistmedia=0&object=191331&subkey=3390], a.k.a. [http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=Bruce+Moore&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500050453 E. Bruce Moore]
  • John R. Grabach - [http://collections.lacma.org/node/165537], [http://www.ettc.net/njarts/details.cfm?ID=172], [http://americanart.si.edu/luce/artist.cfm?key=344&artistmedia=0&object=2458&subkey=1891]
  • Natalie Smith Henry - [http://iwa.bradley.edu/artists/NatalieHenry], [http://www.chicagomodern.org/artists/natalie_henry/]
  • Felipe Archuleta - [http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=129] Miamiller (talk) 03:06, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Research resources

= Excellent examples =

= Reference generators =

Can help you save time!

  • [http://reftag.appspot.com/nytweb.py NY Times reference generator]
  • [http://reftag.appspot.com/ Google Books reference generator]
  • [http://reftag.appspot.com/doiweb.py DOI reference generator] (for journals)

= Smithsonian databases and websites=

  • [http://www.sil.si.edu/research/ Smithsonian Libraries Tools for the Researcher] - links to resources, both free and subscription only
  • [http://collections.si.edu/search/ Smithsonian Collections Search Center] - database of Smithsonian collection holdings
  • Archives of American Art collection descriptions, oral history interviews, & Journal articles: use the search box at [http://www.aaa.si.edu aaa.si.edu]

= Artist infoboxes =

The template for artist infoboxes is here: Template:Infobox artist

= Artist stub templates =

Results / Outcomes

=Articles created=

=Articles improved=

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