Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/Getty/July 2016

Join us for the next edit-a-thon at the Getty Center on Friday, July 29th, 2016! The theme is "Women and Technology".

This edit-a-thon is part of the J. Paul Getty Museum's Friday Flights event [1], which will feature performances by artists who use technology and electronics in their work.

Event information edit

Date: Friday July 29th, 2016
Time: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: The Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049. Plaza Level, outside of the Getty Research Institute building.
Hosts: The Getty Research Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum

RSVP: Please sign up below (include first and last name) or send an email to Reference@getty.edu

Parking: The Getty Center main parking structure. FREE parking for the first 40 RSVP's. Bring your parking ticket with you to receive your FREE validation.

What to expect edit

Wikipedia training for new editors will take place at 6:45pm and 7:30pm.

All are welcome. No experience necessary! We look forward to welcoming experienced editors who are willing to help beginners!

Create and improve Wikipedia articles for women innovators in video art, electronic music, and women pioneers in tech of all kinds. Also participants can work on any topic they wish.

The event will take place outside. Bring a sweater/jacket! Snacks will be provided. Take a break to enjoy Friday Flights program (artist performances of ambient sounds, film screening, cash bar).

What to bring with you edit

Please bring a laptop, power cord, and published information (bio, books, articles, etc.) with you! If you don't already have information, don't worry -- we will have published information on hand for many of the names listed below in "List of articles to edit".

Please create a Wikipedia account before attending! In the past, there have been issues when a lot of people in one location create usernames. Wikipedia thinks it spam and doesn’t like it!

Participants - Sign Up Here! edit

sslib (talk) Sarah Sherman (Co-organizer)
User:TED818 Tom Dailey
User: knreuter Kathryn Reuter
User: Vdramirez Vere Ramirez
User: Why?IAMaWoman Lisa Cain

List of articles to edit edit

Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon, but you are welcome to work on anything you like.
Please note: This is a crowdsourced list. You can help us by adding to it!

To create:

To improve: Helpful improvement and updates could be as simple as: Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional; Adding new inline citations/references; Adding a photo; Adding an infobox; Adding data to more fields in an existing infobox; Creating headings; Adding categories; etc.

Resources for editing edit

Art+Feminism resources
Gender gap resources resources
Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia -- account creation, article editing
Five Pillars of Wikipedia -- philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing
Tutorial
How to Edit a Page

Articles improved edit

Alphabetical by first letter

Sonia Andrade

Articles created edit