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AfroCROWD Elected Officials of the African Diaspora
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
@ Brooklyn Public Library
When & Where
DateSunday, December 18, 2016
Time1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
AddressBrooklyn Public Library
Central Library
Info Commons Room
10 Grand Army Plaza
City, StateBrooklyn, NY 11238
2016 Dec 18
Teaching new editors
Panorama shot during Google Hangout with Wikimedia Ghana User Group!

Please join us for the next AfroCROWD gathering @ Brooklyn Public Library!

The AfroCROWD end of year celebration! focused on Elected Officials of the African Diaspora @ Brooklyn Public Library Wikipedia Editing Seminar will focus on editing, improving and adding references and articles to Wikipedia. The focus of the event will be noted elected officials of the African diaspora and other people and places in black history, but participants can write about whatever they like. The aim is to add at least one sentence to the Wiki Lexicon and make at least one reference. This is also part of the Wikimedia global One Librarian 1 Reference Project.

Event information edit

  • Date: Sunday, December 18, 2016
  • Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
  • RSVP: Eventbrite
  • Meetup: Meetup RSVP
  • Location: Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Info Commons Room
  • Address: 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238 40°40′20″N 73°58′05″W / 40.672359°N 73.968146°W / 40.672359; -73.968146
  • Subway:
  • Bus: B41, B69 buses
  • Hashtag: #AfroCROWD
  • Twitter: #AfroCROWD
  • Details:
    • Help write her digital history!
    • Join AfroCROWD to receive free training on becoming a Wikipedia editor.
    • The event will encourage editing entries about notable elected officials in the black history from both the United States and around the world.
    • Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD) is a new initiative which seeks to increase the number of people of African Descent actively editing Wikipedia. Become a part of the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture and software movements and help close the multicultural and gender gaps in Wikipedia.
    • We have held monthly editathons in Brooklyn, Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens since February 2015.
    • Beginners welcome.
    • All languages welcome including English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, French, Yoruba, Twi, Woloff and other languages spoken in the African Diaspora. Wikipedia comes in 285 languages and you are welcome to edit it in any of them or translate from one language to another.
    • Please contact alice@afrocrowd.org if you need more information.
    • Light Refreshments will be available.

Attendees edit

Please RSVP at Eventbrite!
Please also add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below.

Confirmed edit

  1. BrillLyle (talk) 17:11, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Pharos (talk) 15:23, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Jim.henderson (talk) 03:21, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  4. WikimedianRomel (talk)
  5. Gjone1 (talk) 19:40, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Shiloh320 (talk) 19:55, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Wcora (talk) 20:14, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Stacydash (talk) 20:57, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Shanluan (talk)
  10. Aliceba (talk) 21:10, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  11. BNU8449 (talk) 21:13, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Aude (talk)

Outcomes edit

Alphabetical by first letter

Pages improved edit

  1. Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute -- BrillLyle
  2. Keith Rowley -- Shiloh320
  3. Marta Moreno Vega -- BrillLyle

Pages created edit

  1. Gail Reed-Barnett -- Aliceba
DRAFT
  1. Brooklyn Literary Union -- Gjone1

Wikidata item created edit

  1. Gail Reed-Barnett (Q28034239) -- BrillLyle

Possible articles to edit edit

List of articles

Resources edit

See Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources
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