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SAAM Black History Month Edit-a-thon

Join the Smithsonian American Art Museum in honoring Black History Month with a Wikipedia edit-a-thon. Learn how to edit and create new Wikipedia articles highlighting the breadth and depth of artworks and the lives of Black artists in America. All levels of technological proficiency welcome.

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Livestream

Zoom link upon registration

When

Friday, February 26, 2021 at 10:00am - 3:00pm

Where

Virtual

Details

No background in art history is required.


Schedule

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  • 10am-10:05am: Welcome
  • 10:05am-10:30am: Overview with Docent Joele Michaud
  • 11:30am-3pm: Open editing time

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2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes' or 'Save changes'.
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Presentation PDF

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FAQ

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Articles to work on

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Please use this shared ETHERPAD document[1] to share what you are currently editing. This will help to prevent cross-editing (two more more editors working on the same article simultaneously). Cross-editing can result in the loss of your edits.


Use the sortable table below to identify missing articles and determine where to devote your time. This table was adapted from a Smithsonian exhibition checklist PDF evaluated by American University students at an Edit-a-thon in 2016. Column 3 the contains the assessments made by students in 2012. Column 4 is the output of the Rev score meta:Objective_Revision_Evaluation_Service.


This content is also available in a Google Spreadsheet. [2]


Name Wikipedia Link Wikipedia Score Rev Score
Allan Crite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Crite C GA
Alma Thomas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Thomas B B
Beauford Delaney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauford_Delaney B C
Benny Andrews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Andrews Start GA
Bob Thompson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Thompson_%28painter%29 Start C
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 B
Ellis Wilson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Wilson Stub C
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 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=925062009 Unassessed Start
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 B
Hale Woodruff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hale_Woodruff Start GA
Herbert Gentry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Gentry Start B
Horace Pippin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Pippin Start GA
Hughie Lee-Smith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Lee-Smith Start C
Jacob Lawrence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Lawrence C GA
James A. Porter https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_A._Porter&oldid=688482429 B GA
James Hampton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hampton_(artist) C GA
James Van Der Zee https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Van_Der_Zee&oldid=704748893 B C
John Scott https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Scott Unassessed C
John T. Biggers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Biggers Start GA
Joseph Delaney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Delaney_(artist) Start Start
Keith Anthony 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 FA
Lonnie Holley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Holley Start C
Lynette Youson No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Malvin Gray Johnson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvin_Gray_Johnson Unassessed C
Marilyn Nance https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=997032384 Unassessed C
Mel Edwards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Edwards Start B
Norman Lewis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Lewis_(artist) Start GA
Renee Stout https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renee_Stout Start C
Richard Hunt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hunt_(sculptor) Stub C
Richmond Barthé https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Barthé Start B
Robert McNeill https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1000314430 Unassessed C
Romare Bearden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romare_Bearden C C
Ronald L. Freeman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Freeman Unassessed C
Roy DeCarava https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_DeCarava Start C
Sam Gilliam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Gilliam Start GA
Sargent Claude Johnson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargent_Claude_Johnson C C
Selma Burke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Burke C GA
Thornton Dial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_Dial Start C
Leo Antony Gleaton https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=972225699 C C
William H. Johnson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnson_(artist) Unassessed FA
Nelson A. Primus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_A._Primus B C
Harvey Tristan Cropper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Tristan_Cropper Unassessed Start
Willie Cole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Cole Unassessed C
Bill Hutson No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Clifford Jackson No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Sam Middleton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Middleton Unassessed GA
Haywood Bill Rivers No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Katie S. Mallory No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Che Baraka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Baraka Unassessed Start
M. Scott Johnson No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Joe Overstreet No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Sam Middleton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Middleton Unassessed GA
Stanley Whitney No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Richard Wyatt, Jr. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wyatt_Jr. Unassessed Start
Richard Yarde https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Yarde Unassessed Start
Jeff Sonhouse https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Yarde&oldid=1003377403 Unassessed Start
Emmett Wigglesworth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Wigglesworth Unassessed Start
Ellsworth Ausby No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Dindga McCannon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dindga_McCannon Unassessed C
Derrick Adams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Adams Unassessed C
Ulysses David No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Walter Ellison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Ellison Unassessed Start
Trenton Doyle Hancock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton_Doyle_Hancock Unassessed GA
David Huffman No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Raymond Steth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Steth Unassessed Start
Gilda Snowden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilda_Snowden Unassessed C
William Simpson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Simpson Unassessed Stub
Charles Sebree https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sebree Unassessed C
Charles Sallee No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Lezley Saar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lezley_Saar Unassessed C
Sandra Rowe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Rowe Unassessed Start
Rose Piper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Piper Unassessed GA
Herbert Singleton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Singleton Unassessed C
Jacob Getlar Smith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Getlar_Smith Unassessed Start
C. W. F. Dare Company No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Scipio Moorhead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scipio_Moorhead Unassessed Start
Maudelle Bass Weston https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maudelle_Bass_Weston Unassessed Start
William Artis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Artis Unassessed Start
G. W. Hobbs No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Julien Hudson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_Hudson Unassessed Start
Kenneth Victor Young No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Lucelia Artist Award No Wikipedia Article N/A N/A
Earle Wilton Richardson https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earle_Wilton_Richardson&oldid Unassessed Start
Palmer Hayden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Hayden Unassessed C

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