Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/National Gallery of Art Called to Create Edit-a-thon

National Gallery of Art Called to Create Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

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:Join us and help to edit and create Wikipedia articles about artists to be featured in the National Gallery of Art's upcoming Called to Create exhibition. Training will be provided for new Wikipedia editors. Laptops are required.

:Lunch will be provided at no cost.

:Please note that the public portion of the edit-a-thon will take place IN-PERSON.

When

:Friday, September 23 (private)

:11am - 1pm

:Saturday, September 24 (public)

:10:30am - 3:00pm EDT

Registration

:[https://www.nga.gov/calendar/community-events/wikipedia/called-to-create-edit-a-thon.html/2022/09/24/1030 Register 9/24]

Schedule

:September 24 only

:10:30AM - Welcome, Roger Lawson housekeeping

:11:00AM - Training: How to Edit to Wikipedia (Wikimedia DC)

:12:00PM - Editing

:Ongoing - Lunch

:2:00 - Tour with Harry Cooper, senior curator and head, department of modern art, National Gallery of Art

:3:00 - Close

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Safe Space Policy

  • [https://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Safe_space_policy Safe Space Policy]

Presentation

Suggested Article Work List and Sources

IMPORTANT: Read before beginning

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  • Use [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18nYdM0DH4HCN2dIO1FuZu8oY689UWc_zx6hxJSdL7x8/edit#gid=0 this Google sheet] to reserve the article you plan to edit.'''
  • The articles are listed from lowest to highest grades. Read more about there grading system [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_assessment#Grades here]
  • Red links = Articles to be created
  • Blue links = Existing articles needing improvement
  • Additional details about what works are feature in the exhibition can be found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rxo9ugnAqBPbfFg63kMJ8S4m4sCzlS8u/edit#gid=475610249 here].
  • Suggested article edits or additions: Add that artist's work is in the NGA collection if it is not already included. Use the sources provided or others as references. You can even include the specific piece and that it was featured in the Called to Create exhibition.

=Existing articles=

Stub

  • Mary L. Bennett[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/mary-l-bennett][https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.51483.html]
  • Sally Mae Pettway Mixon[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/sally-mae-pettway][https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.51490.html]
  • Missouri Pettway[https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.51493.html][https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/missouri-pettway] (Created 9/23 at NGA staff event)

Start

  • Flora Moore[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/flora-moore][https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.51500.html]
  • Irene Williams[https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.51484.html]
  • Sue Willie Seltzer[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/sue-willie-seltzer][https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/irene-williams][https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.51488.html]
  • Hawkins Bolden[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/hawkins-bolden][https://americanart.si.edu/artist/hawkins-bolden-6189][https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.51491.html]
  • Georgia Speller[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/georgia-speller][https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.51486.html]
  • James Thomas (blues musician)[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/james-son-ford-thomas][https://www.nga.gov/features/exhibitions/outliers-and-american-vanguard-artist-biographies/james-son-ford-thomas.html]

C

  • Mary Lee Bendolph[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/mary-lee-bendolph][https://www.nga.gov/features/exhibitions/outliers-and-american-vanguard-artist-biographies/mary-lee-bendolph.html]
  • Thornton Dial[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/thornton-dial][https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.38914.html]
  • Thornton Dial, Jr.[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/thornton-dial-jr][https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.51492.html]
  • Ronald Lockett[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/ronald-lockett][https://folkartmuseum.org/exhibitions/fever-within-the-art-of-ronald-lockett/]
  • Joe Minter[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/joe-minter][https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.51828.html]
  • Mose Tolliver[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/mose-tolliver][https://americanart.si.edu/artist/mose-tolliver-4831]
  • Purvis Young[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/purvis-young][https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.51482.html]
  • Lonnie Holley[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/lonnie-holley][https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.46908.html]
  • Nellie Mae Rowe[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/nellie-mae-rowe][https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.46240.html]
  • Joe Louis Light[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/joe-light][https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.51498.html]
  • Henry Speller[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/henry-speller][https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.51485.html]
  • Bessie Harvey[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/bessie-harvey][https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/birthing-33941]
  • Royal Robertson[https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/royal-robertson][https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.51489.html]

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=Article for creation=

IMPORTANT: Before you begin, use [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18nYdM0DH4HCN2dIO1FuZu8oY689UWc_zx6hxJSdL7x8/edit#gid=0 this Google sheet] to reserve the article you hope to create.

  • Lucy P. Pettway[https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.51494.html][https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/lucy-p-pettway]

Additional Resources

  • [https://library.nga.gov/discovery/search?vid=01NGA_INST:NGA&sortby=rank Online Catalog]
  • [https://www.nga.gov/research/library/databases.html All NGA Library Databases]
  • [https://wayback.archive-it.org/4472/20210222163519/http://216.197.120.164/ African American Visual Arts Database (archived version)]
  • [https://www.degruyter.com/database/akl/html Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online (AKL) (On-site use only)]
  • [https://www.oxfordartonline.com/ Oxford Art Online (on-site only)]
  • [http://search.marquiswhoswho.com/logon Who’s Who in American Art (on-site only)]
  • [https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/522 Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art (Project MUSE, on-site only)]
  • [https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asu&jid=IVA&site=ehost-live International Review of African American Art (Art & Architecture Source, on-site only)]

Wikimedia

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Wikipedia Policies

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::[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters Chapters]

:::Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in a specified geographical region (in most cases, a country). Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". There are currently 39 chapters, with at least one on every inhabited continent., i.e. Wikimedia DC

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WikiProjects

Quick Editing Tips

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Tools, Resources

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  • [https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews Track Wikipedia Page Views]
  • [https://stats.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Statistics]
  • [https://wikiedu.org Wiki Education Foundation]
  • [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules]
  • [https://archive.org/ Internet Archive Wayback Machine]

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For Wikimedia DC Use

::[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UserRights User rights management]

::[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CreateAccount Special username creation]

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Event survey

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