Wikipedia:Meetup/Game changers

The Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is hosting an edit-a-thon focused on gender and sport Game Changers: Women athletes
When: Thursday, March 30, 2017 from 4:00-6:00 PM Where: Radcliffe Room, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Yard

Event Details

This event will take place in the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America (3 James Street) at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Refreshments will be provided. Free and open to the public.

No previous experience writing Wikipedia entries is necessary. Wikipedia experts and research librarians from Harvard libraries, including the Schlesinger, will be available to help you write and edit your entries. A list of possible subjects, printed reference materials, and online resources will be provided to support the work. New ideas and resources are also welcome. If you cannot join us in person, you can also participate remotely. A behind-the-scenes tour of the Schlesinger Library will be open to those attending the edit-a-thon.

This event is part of the Radcliffe Institute's conference Game Changers: Sports, Gender, and Society.

Boston YWCA girls' track and field team at a meet at Harvard Stadium, June 10, 1921. (23773804674)

Schedule

• 4:15 Welcome!
  • Jenny Gotwals and Susan Ware
• 5:15 Schlesinger Library tour

Logistics

• Locations, directions, maps:
  • Schlesinger Library is located in Radcliffe Yard, 3 James Street, Cambridge, MA. Directions, a map, and parking information is available here.
• Twitter: Hashtags #WikiWomen
• WiFi: Harvard Guest
• What to Bring: laptop and extension cord
• Food: Light refreshments will be served
• Questions? Contact the organizer:

Sign Up and Guest List

If you do not have a Wikipedia account, please create one in advance of the event. It should take less than five minutes:User Login

Attending

Jen W. Kristen O. Hannah W. Samantha White Julia B. Cosima L. Annika G. Yesenia O. Daria R. Dominique A. Rachel Chiu Arc-en-ciel Katie T. Chris C. Chloe Belle Hooton Hannah Babcock Sophia Lee Gene T. Nadya Okamoto Julia Carstens Julia Biedry Yvenna Chen Ian Saum Max Moulton Bree Lalor Rachel Star Nell Shea

Maybe

Ellen M. Shea Kate Loosian Deniz Ozturk-e Honor Moody

Suggested Topics

Biographies Needing Improvement

• Beth Anders Stub; needs expansion
• Lizzie Arlington baseball player; needs changes in tone, more sources
• Jill Bakken
• Ann Curtis Stub; needs expansion
• Camille Duvall Stub; needs expansion
• Mae Faggs Stub; needs expansion
• Vonetta Flowers Stub; needs expansion
• Jenny Fish Stub; needs expansion
• Janet Guthrie Additional citations needed, insufficient inline citations
• Nell Jackson
• Kathryn Kusner Stub; needs expansion
• Marion Ladewig Stub; needs expansion
• Donna Lopiano Stub; needs expansion
• Melissa Ludtke
• Leslie Marx Stub; needs expansion
• Alice Milliat Stub; needs expansion
• Tidye Pickett Needs expansion
• Pam Postema Stub; needs expansion
• Dot Richardson Article needs to be cleaned up
• Bernice Sandler
• Eva Shain Stub; needs expansion
• Louise Stokes
• Toni Stone Needs inline citations
• Theresa Weld Stub; needs expansion
• Stephanie Wheeler Stub; needs expansion

New Entries to be Written (Organizations)

• Radcliffe Crew

New Entries to be Written (People)

• Annie Ware Winsor Allen
  • Papers
• Louise Armaindo professional bicyclist
• Willa McGuire Cook Water Skier
• Anita L. DeFrantz
• Margaret Dunkle
• Gussie Freeman 19th century American female boxer
• Massport Jets East Boston girls ice hockey team
  • Massport Jets Records finding aid
• Hattie Leslie 19th century American female boxer
• Floretta McCutcheon Bowler
• Irene Monroe
  • Finding aid for Monroe's papers at the Schlesinger Library
• Theresa Manuel Tuskegee student who competed in the 1948 Olympics in javelin and hurdles
• Carole Oglesby
• Gina Satriano Baseball Player for Colorado Silver Bullets
• Hattie Stewart 19th century American female boxer

Research & Wikipedia Help

These are just to get you started -- feel free to add to this list.

• Encyclopedia of Title IX and sports
• International encyclopedia of women and sports
• Playing nice and losing : the struggle for control of women's intercollegiate athletics, 1960-2000
• Game, set, match : Billie Jean King and the revolution in women's sports
• General list of women's history resources

Wikipedia & the Gender Gap

Wikipedia logo with feminist symbol.

• If you care about women, you should edit Wikipedia differently
• The Never-ending Night of Wikipedia’s Notable Woman Problem
• Wikimedia Foundation: Gender Gap
• Unlocking the Clubhouse: Five Ways to Encourage Women to Edit Wikipedia
• Wikimedia Foundation: Gender Gap Manifesto
• Wikipedia's gender gap and the complicated reality of systemic gender bias
• How To Be A Woman On The Internet
• The heart work of wikipedia: Gendered, emotional labor in the world's largest online encyclopedia
• Some of all human knowledge: Gender and participation in peer production
• Conflict, criticism, or confidence: An empirical examination of the gender gap in wikipedia contributions
• Passing on: Reader-sourcing gender diversity in Wikipedia
• First women, second sex: Gender bias in Wikipedia

About Wikipedia

• Five Pillars of Wikipedia
• GLAM Beginners Guide
• Wikipedia Tutorial
• Wiki Project: Women's History

Article Examples

• Wikipedia quality scale

• Here is an article that Wikipedia rated as "good" Lowell Mill Girls
• Here is another article that Wikipedia rated as "good" Feminism
• Here is a "featured" article List of First Ladies of the United States
• Example articles about Native American women -- note categories at bottom --
  • Gladys Tantaquidgeon
  • Diane Humetewa

Formatting Shortcuts

• Help:Cheatsheet
• Starting an Article
• Citation Guide
• Wiki Markup Quick Reference
• Text Formatting
• Section Headers, Indents, and Lists
• Links
• Infobox templates
• Create Citations from Google Books

Public Domain Images

• Schlesinger Library: Public Domain images on Flickr Commons
• Finding Public Domain Images
• Creative Commons Image Search
• Wikimedia Commons
• Use of non-free images on Wikipedia
• Uploading Images - Fair Use
• Upload image from Flickr Commons

Results

Expanded and cleaned up Jenny Fish. Added sections, info, and 4 more references. - Ian Saum

Added some in line citations for Toni Stone and corrected some text.

Expanded and reorganized Donna Lopiano. Work in progress. -Dominique A.

Expanded and reorganized Kathryn Kusner. Added sections, info, more references. - Sophia Lee

Entries improved

• Keiko Fukuda Needs links to Schlesinger material - added link

Stephanie Wheeler

• Bernice Gera Needs links to Schlesinger material - added link
• Pam Postema added divisions, added more details, reworded some things: in progress
• New Meckles work in progress, sent via email to Honor Moody
• Tidye Pickett There is a lot of controversy about her legal first name. I spent a lot of time trying to figure this out, sorting through the various mispellings and linking to some census data. This stub still needs a lot of work, though.

New articles created

Theresa Manuel

Hattie Leslie

Other work completed - including research

I added a link; I will continue at home..