Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/Juneteenth2016

Please join us for the next gathering of AfroCROWD / [http://pavenewhaven.blogspot.com/p/about-pave-new-haven.html Americorps VISTA PAVE New Haven] Juneteenth Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

• Date: Friday, June 17, 2016
• Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
• RSVP: [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afrocrowd-americorps-vista-pave-new-haven-juneteenth-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-25633239710 Eventbrite]
• Location: [http://www.happylifecoffee.com/happiness-lab/ The Happiness Lab at the Grove], 756 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510
• Address: 756 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510 {{Coord|41.304796|N|72.923422|W}}
• Hashtag: #AfroCROWD
• Twitter: [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23AfroCROWD&src=typd&lang=en #AfroCROWD]
• Details:
• Help write her digital history!
• Join AfroCROWD to receive free training on becoming a Wikipedia editor.
• The event will encourage editing entries about notable black women writers, including black women in the African Diaspora dedicated to African affairs.
• Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD) is a new initiative which seeks to increase the number of people of African Descent actively editing Wikipedia. Become a part of the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture and software movements and help close the multicultural and gender gaps in Wikipedia.
• We have held monthly editathons in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens since February 2015.
• Beginners welcome.
• All languages welcome including English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, French, Yoruba, Twi, Woloff and other languages spoken in the African Diaspora. Wikipedia comes in 285 languages and you are welcome to edit it in any of them or translate from one language to another.
• Please contact [mailto:alice@afrocrowd.org alice@afrocrowd.org] if you need a babysitter on premises
• Light Refreshments will be available.

Please RSVP at [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afrocrowd-americorps-vista-pave-new-haven-juneteenth-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-25633239710 Eventbrite]

Please also add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below.

1. Jeremyb (talk) 14:43, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
2. Gjone1 (talk) 14:55, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
3. Aliceba (talk) 14:56, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
4. SFVISTA (talk) 14:58, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
5. Jfortuna92 (talk) 14:59, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
6. Elanzot (talk) 14:59, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
7. ScarrfaceKillah (talk) 15:00, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
8. BrittanyR2016 (talk) 15:02, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
9. Slmyfly (talk) 15:46, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
10. Curly1903 (talk) 15:47, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
11. Yooj89 (talk) 15:49, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Alphabetical by first letter

Alphabetical by first letter

1. African Civilization Society -- {{User0|Slmyfly}}
2. Brooklyn -- {{User0|Slmyfly}}
3. Citadelle Laferrière -- {{User0|BrittanyR2016}}
4. Double V campaign -- {{User0|SFVISTA}}
5. Errol Louis -- {{User0|Slmyfly}}
6. Gordon Granger -- {{User0|ScarrfaceKillah}}
7. Hamden, Connecticut -- {{User0|Jfortuna92}}
8. Music of Puerto Rico -- {{User0|Elanzot}}
9. Otto Neals -- {{User0|Slmyfly}}
10. Rosa Clemente -- {{User0|Jfortuna92}}
11. Sandy Ground Historical Museum -- {{User0|Curly1903}}
12. Weeksville, Brooklyn -- {{User0|Gjone1}}
13. Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro -- {{User0|Elanzot}}

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See Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources

If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.

Listed here for quick reference.

N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources

• [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BeginnersGuide Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia] (account creation, article editing)
• [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars Five Pillars of Wikipedia] (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
• [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial Tutorial]
• [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page How to Edit a Page]
• [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Wiki_markup_cheatsheet_EN.pdf Wiki Markup Quick Reference] (PDF version of printed handout)
• [http://www.cs.duke.edu/csed/wikipedia/index.html Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing] by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
• [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_development Article Development]
• [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Your_first_article Your First Article] (using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_wizard2.0 Article Wizard] if you wish)
• [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style Manual of Style]
• [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_templates Citation templates]
• [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Infobox_templates Infobox templates]
• [http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf/ Bookshelf] (additional "getting started" resources)
• [http://art.plusfeminism.org/edit-a-thons/training/ Art+Feminism - Video training]
• Art+Feminism - Training Lesson Plan

• Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
• Infobox template - person
• Biographies of living persons
• Writing an article
• About the Sandbox

{{commons category|AfroCROWD}}

• [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/Kickoff AfroCROWD] (main page)
• [https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paj_Prensipal Wikipedia] - Haitian Creole
• [http://pavenewhaven.blogspot.com/p/about-pave-new-haven.html PAVE New Haven, a multi-site AmeriCorps VISTA, Volunteers in Service to America]
• [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd AfroCROWD Meetup - NYC] (main events page)
• [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/HaitiCROWD HaitiCROWD Meetup - NYC]
• [http://www.afrocrowd.org/ AfroCROWD] (official website)
• [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC Wikipedia Meetup - NYC] (main events page)
• [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City Wikimedia New York City]

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