Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/SAAM AU 2016

Smithsonian American Art Museum viewed from G St. NW, Washington DC
Editors at the Women in Tech Edit-a-thon hosted by the Tech Lady Mafia, April 2015
Previous Wikipedia Editathon in the museum's MacMillan Education Center
April 2015 STEM Editathon with Tech Lady Mafia
Participants can earn the SAAM Barnstar!

We will get together to evaluate and improve content related to African American artists in Wikipedia, in conjunction with American University students as part of User:Fuzheado's class. The public and beginners are welcome! Wikipedia training will be provided. And follow our event on Twitter with the hashtag #WikiAAA!

Hosted at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), and organized by SAAM, Andrew Lih and Wikimedia DC.

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Details

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When

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  • Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at SAAM
  • 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. EDT

NOTE: The session starts at 3:00pm, but early birds will get a private tour of the Lunder Conservation Center.

What to bring

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  • A laptop (tablets can work, but the editing experience is much easier with a keyboard)
  • Any research resources you would like to refer to.
  • A camera and take pictures

Schedule

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Time Activity Location
2:30 p.m. Check-in at MacMillan Education Center Southern entrance, SAAM
2:40 - 3:00 p.m. Exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of the Luce Foundation Center 3rd floor, SAAM
3:00 p.m. Introduction by Sara Snyder, Curators; Tutorial for Editing Wikipedia MacMillan Education Center, SAAM
4:45 p.m. Evaluation MacMillan Education Center, SAAM
5:30 p.m. End

Where

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  • MacMillan Education Center in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, located at 8th and G Streets NW, Washington, DC 20004 (the building that is shared with the National Portrait Gallery).
    • WMATA Metrorail stops:
      • Gallery Place/Chinatown (green/yellow/red lines): from the 9th & G entrance, the Museum is right outside
      • Metro Center (red/orange/blue/silver lines): use 11th & G exit, walk two blocks east on G, and the Museum will be on your right.
    • Bus: Take the DC Circulator or any of the following WMATA bus lines to the Museum: 42, 64, 70, 74, 80, D6, P6, S2, S4, X2
    • See also: WMATA trip planner (mobile version)
  • If arriving after the museum opens at 11:30 a.m., ask information desk or the security officers to direct you to the MacMillan Education Center. It is at the west end of the building, closer to the F Street entrance, near the hallway with the "Experience America" and Folk Art galleries.

Sign up!

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This event is open to up to 45 in-person participants, and an unlimited number of remote participants, of all Wikipedia experience levels, from beginner to expert. Due to tour and room capacity, prior registration is required. To register, please write your username below, or send an email to linthicumr [at] si.edu.

I'll be there in person!

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  1. Fuzheado | Talk
  2. AU students (16)
  3. Duckduckstop (talk)
  4. your name here

I'll be attending virtually!

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  • your name here

Regrets

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(Add your name here.) If you can't make it in person or even remotely, you can still help by sharing the info with your friends and colleagues, and/or helping flesh out the To-do list!

Photos

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To-do list

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Articles

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Feel free to add your own!

Notable African American artists

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RED links have no entries! Links to reliable sources for citations have been provided, when possible.

Harlem Renaissance artists

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Table of articles on Harlem Renaissance artists showing which articles need added or updated.

Information taken from this 2012 Smithsonian exhibition checklist PDF

Column 3 is the assessment showed by hand (talk page), and Column 4 is the output of the Rev score.

Name Wikipedia Link Wikipedia Score Rev Score
Allan Crite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Crite C C
Alma Thomas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Thomas B GA
Beauford Delaney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauford_Delaney B B
Benny Andrews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Andrews Start Start
Bob Thompson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Thompson_%28painter%29 Start Start
Charles Searles No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Claude Clark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Clark Start C
Clementine Hunter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine_Hunter C B
Earlie Hudnall, Jr. No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Eldzier Cortor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldzier_Cortor Start C
Elizabeth Catlett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Catlett Start GA
Ellis Wilson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Wilson Stub Start
Emilio Cruz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Cruz C C
Felrath Hines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felrath_Hines Unassessed Start
Frank E. Cummings iii No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Frederick Brown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_J._Brown Stub C
Frederick Eversley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Eversley Unassessed Start
Gordon Parks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Parks C GA
Hale Woodruff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hale_Woodruff Start C
Herbert Gentry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Gentry Start C
Horace Pippin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Pippin Start B
Hughie Lee-Smith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Lee-Smith Start C
Jacob Lawrence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Lawrence C C
James A. Porter https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_A._Porter&oldid=688482429 B B
James Hampton (artist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hampton_(artist) C C
James Van Der Zee https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Van_Der_Zee&oldid=704748893 B Start
John Scott https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Scott Unassessed C
John T. Biggers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Biggers Start C
Joseph Delaney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Delaney_(artist) Start Stub
Keith Anthony Morrison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Anthony_Morrison Stub B
Keith Morrison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Anthony_Morrison Stub B
Kenneth Victor Young No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Lois Mailou Jones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Mailou_Jones C C
Lonnie Holley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Holley Start Start
Lynette Youson No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Malvin Gray Johnson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvin_Gray_Johnson Unassessed Start
Marilyn Nance No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Mel Edwards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Edwards Start C
Norman Lewis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Lewis_(artist) Start C
Renee Stout https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renee_Stout Start C
Richard Hunt (sculptor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hunt_(sculptor) Stub Start
Richmond Barthé https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Barthé Start B
Robert McNeill No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Romare Bearden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romare_Bearden C GA
Ronald L. Freeman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Freeman Unassessed Start
Roy DeCarava https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_DeCarava Start Start
Sam Gilliam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Gilliam Start C
Sargent Claude Johnson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargent_Claude_Johnson Unassessed C
Selma Burke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Burke C C
Thornton Dial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_Dial Start C
Tony Gleaton No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
William H. Johnson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnson_(artist) Unassessed GA

Sources

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Resources

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Outcomes

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TBD