Wikipedia:Meetup/National Archives Gender Equality Edit-a-Thon/NYC

• Date: Thursday, October 13, 2016
• Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
• Location: NARA-NYC's Leaning Center, [https://www.archives.gov/nyc/ National Archives at New York City], One Bowling Green, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10004
• The event will be held at NARA-NYC's Leaning Center. Please enter through the 1st floor entrance (under the National Archives banner). Once on the 3rd floor, follow the signs to the Learning Center.
• National Archives at New York City Main Number (toll free): 866-840-1752
• Who: No advanced technical skills required!
  All members of the public and NARA staff, whether Wikipedians or not, are welcome to join.
• RSVP: [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gender-equality-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-the-national-archives-tickets-27887705879 Eventbrite] Please also add your name below
• This event is free of charge; an advance headcount is desired.
• What to bring:
• Photo ID: Photo ID required for security entry
• Laptop or tablet

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• Subway:
• {{NYCS Lexington Brooklyn|time=bullets}} to Bowling Green (exit at Bowling Green)
• {{NYCS Broadway-Seventh South Ferry|time=bullets}} to Rector Street
• {{NYCS Fourth center local day|time=bullets}} to Whitehall Street
• {{NYCS Nassau north|time=bullets}} to Broad Street
• {{NYCS Broadway-Seventh south express|time=bullets}} to Wall Street
• {{bus icon}} MTA Bus: {{NYC bus link|M5|M15|M20}}
• Car: Private parking garages are available [http://www.downtownny.com/map?category=all-all?keys=parking here]

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• What should I bring?

:*Laptop/tablet & photo ID.

• May I take photographs?

:*You're welcome to bring your own camera or non-feeder scanner.

• Do I need a research card?

:*You will not be required to obtain a research card to attend the event, but this is a great opportunity to get one!

• To celebrate the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights
• To encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia
• To improve a selection of Wikipedia articles related to gender equality
• To increase awareness of NARA records and research resources

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• [https://www.archives.gov/nyc/2013-general-info-leaflet.pdf NARA General Information]
• [https://www.archives.gov/nyc/finding-aids/ Selected Finding Aids]
• [https://www.archives.gov/nyc/holdings/ Guide to Archival Holdings of the National Archives at New York City]

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.

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

See Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources

• Tutorial: [http://www.slideshare.net/sosarasays/getting-startedwikipediawiki-apa2014 Getting Started Guide (Presentation in DC)]
• [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]

• Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
• Infobox template - person
• Biographies of living persons
• Writing an article
• About the Sandbox
• Determining Notability of Creative Professionals
• Conflict of Interest in Wikipedia Editing
• Verifying Reliable Sources

• Want to go at your own pace? Self guided introduction
• N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help:

:: Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help

::* {{IRC|wikipedia-en-help}}

Alphabetical by first letter

1. 1977 World Series -- {{User0|DinaHerbert}}
2. Bowie Kuhn -- {{User0|DinaHerbert}}
3. Mary Stafford Anthony - added section about her arrest for voting using NARA blog post and docs teach resources -- {{User0|DinaHerbert}}
4. Melissa Ludtke - added section about her court case, added image of court case. Updated her court case to Bowie Kuhn's page and the 1977 World Series articles -- {{User0|DinaHerbert}}, {{User0|BrillLyle}}
5. Susan B. Anthony - added images -- {{User0|Rumayor1}}
6. Susan B. Anthony - Spanish Wikipedia page, added images -- {{User0|Rumayor1}}
7. Waldorf Astoria New York - added NARA image, Women in Waldorf-Astoria.jpg, to page with caption -- {{User0|Pharos}}

1. Letter by Susan B. Anthony in Support of Women's Suffrage page 1 of 2.jpg -- {{User0|Rumayor1}}
2. Letter by Susan B. Anthony in Support of Women's Suffrage page 2 of 2.jpg -- {{User0|Rumayor1}}
3. Ludtke v Kuhn Complaint 001.jpg -- {{User0|DinaHerbert}}
4. NARA NYC Editathon 2016 10.jpg -- {{User0|Rumayor1}}
5. Susan B. Anthony English to Spanish Translation by Rumayor1.jpg -- {{User0|Rumayor1}}

1. Elizabeth “Betty” Maxine Chambers

1. Melissa Ludtke (Q6812775) -- {{User0|BrillLyle}}

• "[https://www.archives.gov/nyc/press/2016/2016-conversation-on-women.html National Conversation on Rights and Justice, focusing on Women's Rights and Gender Equality at the National Archives at New York City]"
• Wikipedia National Archives Gender Equality Edit-a-Thon main Wikipedia event page
• [https://www.archives.gov/nyc/ National Archives at New York City]
• [https://www.archives.gov/ National Archives]
• NARA @ GLAM
• [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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1. DinaHerbert − Dina Herbert, Coordinator of the Innovation Hub, Office of Innovation, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
2. {{User0|Nosrednaharas}} − Sarah Anderson, Program Analyst, Executive for Legislative Archives, Presidential Libraries, and Museum Services, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

1. Pharos (talk) 19:15, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
2. Erika Herzog aka {{User0|BrillLyle}}
3. Jeremyb (talk) 16:13, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

1. 2604:2000:6093:B600:41F9:CC2D:DEDB:72D4 (talk) 14:59, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
2. SLDavis (talk) 14:44, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
3. Rumayor1 (talk) 15:39, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
4. Lakewoodborn (talk) 15:39, 13 October 2016 (UTC)