Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/APA#RSVP

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Welcome! The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association are sponsoring a Wikipedia edit-a-thon.

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When: Saturday, May 10, 2014, 10am-4pm

Where: Junipero Serra Branch of LAPL (4607 S. Main St, 90037)

What to bring: Your laptop, power adapter, and any reference materials you'd like to work from or share.

Focus: The Asian Pacific American experience, particularly in Southern California.

As always, you do not need to be an experienced Wikipedia editor in order to attend.

Website: [http://smithsonianapa.org/wiki smithsonianapa.org/wiki] ♦ Hashtag: #WikiAPA ♦ Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/events/622730554485723/ event page]

Background

{{seealso|Wikipedia:Meetup/Wikipedia APA}}

The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center is organizing Wikipedia APA, an editing event for improving and increasing the presence of cultural, historic, and artistic information on Wikipedia pertaining to Asian Pacific American (APA) experiences. The first Wikipedia edit-a-thon dedicated to APA content, this project will occur as physical events on May 10, 2014 in New York City, Washington DC, and Los Angeles, as well as online.

RSVP

=Attending=

Please add your name if you plan to attend:

=Regrets=

To-Do

=Discrete task ideas=

  • Asian Americans in California - really inadequate article, could be modeled after Asian American
  • Little Seoul - expand using materials in further reading and elsewhere
  • Little India, Artesia[http://eat-la.com/good-food-neighborhoods/artesia/][http://articles.latimes.com/2006/oct/08/realestate/re-guide8][http://books.google.com/books?id=zGB8Z9wAQT4C&pg=PA189][http://books.google.com/books?id=a18EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA96][http://books.google.com/books?id=dZXqAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT19][http://books.google.com/books?id=wZcupHUHLM0C&pg=PT38][http://books.google.com/books?id=17QVKGRtI7UC&pg=PA152][http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/guide/neighborhood-guide-artesias-little-india/][http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/consumer&id=7464563][http://www.kcet.org/shows/huell_howser/visiting-with-huell-howser/little-india-1.html] - write missing article using these or other references
  • Hsi Lai Temple - add references, revise accordingly (currently very poorly referenced)
  • Mako Idemitsu - Tokyo-born artist, lived in Southern California before 1974[http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/gallery/mako_idemitsu.php Brooklyn Museum: Feminist Art Database: Mako Idemitsu][https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/treasures-from-the-vault-sam-francis-and-mako-idemitsu/ Annette Leddy, "Treasures from the Vault: Sam Francis and Mako Idemitsu," The Getty Iris (August 26, 2011)].
  • Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles - add references, revise accordingly (marked as needing more references since 2009)
  • Thai Town, Los Angeles - expand, add references (marked as needing more references since 2008)
  • Little Tokyo, Los Angeles - add references, revise accordingly (marked as needing more references since 2006!)
  • Akira (Roy) Shimatsu (1919-1945), Torrance WWII casualty, posthumously awarded Bronze Star[http://www.torrancehistoricalsociety.org/opportunities/namesonthewall.html Torrance Historical Society list of names on the Torrance Memorial Wall]

=Other articles to check out=

Articles with banners at the top noting problems are good candidates for improvement!

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