Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/USHMM-2016
Join us for the...
US Holocaust Memorial and Museum Edit-a-thon
Join us for training related to topics related to the US Holocaust Memorial and Museum in Washington, DC
When
: December 9, 2016 at 2 pm to 5 pm
Where
: US Holocaust Memorial and Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl SW, Washington, DC 20024
Your hosts
Wikimedia DC and US Holocaust Memorial and Museum
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Content to work on
Some interesting stats, observations, tasks on USHMM-related material:
- Current account on Commons for USHMM commons:User:USHMM
- GLAMorgan report on how much USHMM content is being used now in Wikimedia Commons [https://tools.wmflabs.org/glamtools/glamorgan.html?&category=United_States_Holocaust_Memorial_Museum&depth=12&year=2016&month=11]
- Commons category commons:Category:United_States_Holocaust_Memorial_Museum
335 files in category tree.
171 files were viewed, out of 171 used.
868 pages on 92 wikis use those files.
7,707,679 file views in 2016-11.
1. Buchenwald Corpses 60623.jpg 2,373,887
2. Adolf Hitler meets Ante Pavelić.1941.jpg 535,536
3. Buchenwald Disabled Jews 13132 crop.jpg 405,523
- Wikidata query on all the instances of genocides "claim[31:41397]" which are incomplete and only return 10 entries [https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Cats%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%09%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ41397%20.%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D]while the Wikipedia category in English has many more :Category:Genocides. One task is to add the "instance of genocide" to the Wikidata entries.
- Questions for engagement
- Ready to use material for Commons uploading? Public domain, expired copyright, or freely licensed photos?
- Key documents?
- Expertise and current exhibitions?
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- The Holocaust in France has some french articles to translate
- The Holocaust in Germany currently redirects to History of the Jews in Germany#Jews under the Nazis needs build out.
- Add yours here
Basics on editing Wikipedia
- [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules]
- Wikipedia:Five pillars and Wikipedia:Core content policies
- Wikipedia:Your first article
- Help:Getting started
- Cheatsheet for Wiki markup
Research resources
- TBD