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Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Winterthur edit-a-thon 2022

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Winterthur Wikipedia Edit-a-thon presented with support from Wikimedia DC

When

:June 22, 2022

:1pm - 4pm EDT

Registration

:Private

Event Dashboard

:[https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Winterthur_Museum,_Garden_and_Library/Winterthur_Edit-a-thon Outreach dashboard]

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Safe Space Policy

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

Presentation

==Sign in: Outreach Dashboard==

Step one: Go to the [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Winterthur_Museum,_Garden_and_Library/Winterthur_Edit-a-thon dashboard]

Step 2: Have a Wikipedia username? Select 'Login with Wikipedia.

Don't have a Wikipedia username? Select 'Sign-up'.

Suggested Article Work List

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kX4t0uRdzh20JuXfXACwvVEb7RiGqdx5_IqPqiibvjk/edit?usp=sharing Reserve the article/s HERE before you start.] Two or more people cannot work on the same article at the same time.

Edit/create these articles or any found on your own.

:Red links = Article to be created

:Blue links = Existing articles needing improvement

Existing articles

Article for creation

  • Ruth Wales du Pont[https://www.southamptonhistory.org/post/high-style-in-the-gilded-age-ruth-wales-du-pont]
  • Dominy family[https://www.easthamptonstar.com/2020319/story-dominy-house] [https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Dominy/Dominy-idx?type=HTML&rgn=div1&byte=1285010] [https://www.easthamptonstar.com/villages/202117/historic-dominy-rebuild-enters-last-stretch][http://contentdm.winterthur.org/digital/collection/Dominy]
  • Anna Pottery[http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/art/htmls/hh_anna_hist.html] [https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2018/11/09/holy-grail-of-folk-ceramics-made-by-19th-century-snake-handler-breaks-auction-record] [https://wisconsinpottery.org/anna-pottery-stoneware/] [https://orb.binghamton.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1311&context=neha] [https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/GovernorsMansion/Exhibitions/Documents/Art-of-Illinois.pdf]
  • Parke Emerson Edwards[https://www.glencairnmuseum.org/newsletter/2021/6/9/craftsmanship-at-glencairn-five-artists]
  • A. and H. Lejambre[https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/751416] [http://findingaid.winterthur.org/html/HTML_Finding_Aids/COL0858.htm]

Sample conflict of interest statement

About Me

I am a paid employee of XYZ organization. We are working to make our resources more accessible to the public by working directly with Wikipedia.

Conflict of interest statement

I am editing Wikipedia as part of my official duties at XYZ organization. I will abide by Wikipedia's accepted practices on conflicts of interest, neutrality, and notability. Because the mission of XYZ organization is in line with Wikipedia's mission to disseminate knowledge, I will not make edits that I do not believe are in accordance with Wikipedia's practices and procedures. If you believe I have made an error or violated Wikipedia’s norms, please let me know.

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