Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/Oct2016-BPL

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AfroCROWD New York Black Librarians Caucus
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
@ Brooklyn Public Library
When & Where
DateSunday, October 2, 2016
Time1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
AddressBrooklyn Public Library
Central Library
Info Commons Room
10 Grand Army Plaza
City, StateBrooklyn, NY 11238
AfroCROWD at the Black Life Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in Harlem, New York City, on February 6, 2016

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

The New York Black Librarians' Caucus Wikipedia Editing Seminar will focus on editing, improving and adding references and articles to Wikipedia. The focus of the event will be noted librarians, historians 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, October 2, 2016
  • Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
  • RSVP: Eventbrite
  • 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 librarians, historians and other people and places in black history, including black women in the African Diaspora dedicated to African affairs.
    • 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 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 a babysitter on premises
    • 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. Arthur.frick (talk) 22:40, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Dispenser (talk) 18:32, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Jim.henderson (talk) 12:25, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Shanluan (talk)
  5. Mozucat (talk) 18:21, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Uniajumppage (talk) 19:29, 2 October 2016 (UTC);[reply]
  7. Karimajoy (talk) 19:31, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Fsonenation (talk) 19:30, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Aliceba (talk) 19:32, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Marie Overton (talk) 19:34, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Mister Intensity (talk) 19:33, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Donald Peebles (talk) 19:34, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Sealesad (talk) 19:35, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Fpbryant (talk) 19:36, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  15. JoneilJames (talk) 19:38, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  16. sheridanford (talk) 19:45, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Bettyd (talk) 19:38, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Geribh66 (talk)
  19. Opal meeks (talk)
  20. Othia white (talk)

Outcomes edit

Alphabetical by first letter

Pages improved edit

  1. Dennis Jones -- Arthur.frick (talk)
  2. Hip hop -- SheridanFord (talk)
  3. Issa Rae -- BrillLyle (talk)
  4. Jamaica Kincaid -- Karimajoy (talk)
  5. Leah D. Daughtry -- Uniajumppage (talk)
  6. Otto Neals -- Bettyd (talk)
  7. Timmy Regisford -- Mister Intensity (talk)
  8. Toni Morrison -- Karimajoy (talk)
Other
  1. Help:Using Wikipedia for mathematics self-study -- JoneilJames (talk)

Pages created edit

  1. ブラック・ライブズ・マター = Black Lives Matter -- Karimajoy (talk) -- Japanese
  2. Herbert Daughtry -- Uniajumppage (talk)
  3. Rosalind Jeffries -- Donald Peebles (talk)

Wikidata edit

  1. Black Lives Matter (Q19600530) -- Karimajoy (talk)

Possible articles to edit edit

List of articles

Resources edit

See Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources
If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.

Editing Wikipedia resources edit

Listed here for quick reference.
N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources

Tools and templates edit

External links edit