Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Black Life Matters Editathon#List of articles to edit

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The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture held its first Black Life Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Saturday February 7 2015, to contribute to articles on Wikipedia for the national Black WikiHistory Month outreach campaign.

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The Wikipedia training and Edit-a-thon took place in the Aaron Douglas Reading Room of the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division with a following reception in the Langston Hughes lobby on the first floor of the building.

For events in Brooklyn, Westchester, and elsewhere over the weekend, please see Wikipedia:Black WikiHistory Month.

Event information

  • Date: Saturday, February 7, 2015
  • Time: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue) between West 135th and 136th Streets, Harlem, New York
  • Community Partners: Wireless Harlem & West Harlem Art Fund

The Wikipedia training and editathon will take place in the Aaron Douglas Reading Room of the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, with a reception following in the Langston Hughes lobby on the first floor of the building at 5:00pm.

If you have a laptop, please bring it with you!

Press

  • Cassano, Jay. [http://www.fastcoexist.com/3041572/black-history-matters-so-why-is-wikipedia-missing-so-much-of-it "Black History Matters so why is Wikipedia Missing so Much of it."] FastCompany. January 29, 2015.
  • Solis, Gustavo. [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150130/central-harlem/schomburg-center-hosts-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-for-articles-on-black-culture "Schomburg Center Hosts Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon for Articles on Black Culture."] DNAInfo. January 30, 2015.
  • Gebreyes, Rahel. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/02/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-black-history_n_6598974.html?1422916989=&utm_hp_ref=black-voices&m=true "Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon Reinforces The Value Of Digitizing Black History,"] Huffington Post Blackvoices. February 2, 2015.
  • Lewis, Taylor. [http://www.essence.com/2015/02/03/wikipedia-getting-lesson-black-history?hootPostID=800b99bf8ed45513b7a5df25e6a73e80 "Wikipedia Is Getting a Lesson in Black History."] Essence.com
  • Noisette, Thierry. [http://rue89.nouvelobs.com/rue89-culture/2015/02/04/editathon-rediger-pages-wikipedia-culture-noire-257491 "Un éditathon pour rédiger des pages Wikipédia sur la culture noire."] Rue89. February 04, 2015.
  • Mccalister, Jared. [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/black-history-month-2015-schedule-events-article-1.2104072 "BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2015 : New York celebrates African-American culture and heritage with an abundance of events."] NYDaily News. February 05, 2015.
  • Murphy, Carla. [http://colorlines.com/archives/2015/02/can_black_wikipedia_take_off_like_black_twitter.html Can ‘Black Wikipedia’ Take Off Like ‘Black Twitter’?]. Colorlines. February 14, 2015.
  • Allen, Jessica. [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/top-lists/5-best-eating-and-drinking-events-this-weekend-29/ "Best eating and drinking events this weekend."] CBS Local. February 6, 2015.
  • [http://ethnic.utah.edu/participate-in-an-edit-a-thon-observing-black-wiki-history-month/ "Participate in an Edit-a-thon Observing Black Wiki History Month."] Ethnic Studies, University of Utah.
  • Gedeon, Kimberly. [http://madamenoire.com/507426/black-pioneers-wikipedia-black-history-month-edit-thon-will-fill-gaps/ “Where are the Black Pioneers on Wikipedia? A Black History Edit-a-thon will fill in the gaps.”] January 30, 2015
  • [http://www.theroot.com/blogs/journalisms/2015/02/black_journalists_fox_s_o_reilly_is_wrong_for_linking_al_jazeera_correspondent.html The Root.] February 2, 2015.

Sign up

[https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-life-matters-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-15333087678 Register for the event on Eventbrite] if you plan to attend in-person. If you are able, please also add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day-of.

=Attendees=

=Possible attendees=

:* You would be of great help as an experienced Wikipedia editor! Please join us :)--Pharos (talk) 23:42, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

::* It appears I am going to Boston anyway. Mitch32(I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance) 14:55, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

:::* If you don't have a laptop, I think it's possible to borrow a laptop (maybe more than 1) for the day kosboot (talk) 21:42, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

::::*Yeah well, it is official that I am going to Boston on 2/7. Mitch32(I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance) 17:44, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

  • Depends on my employment search. Bearian (talk) 15:44, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

=Regrets=

  • Wish I could go, but I can't that day. I hope to see everyone some other time. PointsofNoReturn (talk) 17:51, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
  • Wish I could attend! kosboot (talk) 19:29, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
  • I will be at the Brooklyn event on Saturday DGG ( talk ) 19:58, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
  • Sorry I can't participate -- it looks like a great event! -- Erika BrillLyle (talk) 18:25, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
  • Sorry I cannot be at the event in person! I am following developments from this page. Great resources posted and exciting contributions so far! Vaparedes (talk) 19:40, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

List of Articles Created or Improved

=Created=

=Improved=

List of articles to edit

Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon.

File:Harlem Edit Ann, Richard etc jeh.jpg

= Need to be created =

  • Glory Van Scott (b. 1947), dancer and educator[http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/glory-van-scott-40]
  • Charles A. Smythwick, novelist[https://books.google.com/books?id=nr8DAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA49&dq=Charles%20A.%20Smythwick&pg=PA49#v=onepage&q&f=false][https://books.google.com/books?id=mL8DAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA51&dq=Charles%20A.%20Smythwick&pg=PA51#v=onepage&q&f=false]
  • Molefe Pheto, South African political prisoner[https://books.google.com/books?id=RSvAKgxEhuwC&lpg=PA53&dq=%22Molefe%20Pheto%22&pg=PA53#v=onepage&q&f=false][https://books.google.com/books?id=cS65Hw0rY1MC&lpg=PA186&dq=%22Molefe%20Pheto%22&pg=PA186#v=onepage&q&f=false]
  • Mogorosi Motshumi (b. 1955), South African cartoonist[http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/cartoonistemerges-from-a-life-lived-in-shadows-1.1445248#.VNOYGTVVK1E]
  • Dumile Feni (b. 1942), South African sculptor[http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/dumile-feni]
  • Charles Cyrus Thomas (1909–1988) (died in California)
  • Harlem bookstores (Young's Book Exchange, Liberation Bookstore, Frederick Douglass Book Center)
  • Ruth Logan Roberts (1891–1968), Harlem salon host, suffragist, activist
  • Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders (1883–1966), Harlem YWCA leader
  • George Washington Ellis, [http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Ellis,+George+Washington]
  • Greater Calvary Baptist Church, Harlem - possible [http://%20https://books.google.com/books?id=DJJavoWxzrIC&pg=PT279&dq=%22greater+calvary+baptist+church%22+nyc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=q2DWVK-7E8e9ggThoYSACg&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22greater%20calvary%20baptist%20church%22%20nyc&f=false reference]
  • Miriam Duchess Harris

=Biographies =

= Organizations=

::See also pages relating to the Harlem Renaissance

=Other lists with articles that need to be created=

=Stubs!=

=Languages other than English=

  • You can also contribute in Wikipedia language editions in Spanish, French, Haitian Creole, Yoruba, Garifuna and other languages!

For further inspiration

Resources

  • [http://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/02/05/black-life-matters-wikipedia NYPL Guide: Black Life Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: How You Can Help]
  • [http://www.nypl.org/about/locations/schomburg/digital-schomburg/links Digital Schomburg: Links and Resources]
  • [http://www.nypl.org/about/locations/schomburg/digital-schomburg/online-exhibitions Digital Schomburg: Online Exhibitions]
  • [http://www.nypl.org/about/locations/schomburg/digital-schomburg/books Digital Schomburg: Online Books]
  • [http://www.nypl.org/about/locations/schomburg/digital-schomburg/images Digital Schomburg: Images & Illustrations]
  • [http://www.nypl.org/about/locations/schomburg/africana-heritage-newsletters Digital Schomburg: Africana Heritage Newsletters]

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