Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Truth-a-Thon

Truth-a-Thon
@ Nathan Cummings Foundation
When and Where
Date	Saturday, February 3, 2018
Time	12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Address	Nathan Cummings Foundation; 475 Tenth Ave. 14th Floor
City, State	New York City, New York 10018

[[Category:Wikipedia meetups in February 2018]

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The Truth-a-Thon is an edit-a-thon being held on Saturday February 3, 2018 at Nathan Cummings Foundation in Manhattan, as part of the exhibition Hold These Truths.

Please bring a laptop!

See possible list of articles to work on.

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Event information edit

Date: Saturday February 3, 2018
Time: 12:00-6:00pm
Location: Nathan Cummings Foundation, 475 Tenth Ave (14th Floor), Manhattan, New York, NY 10018
Subway: to 34th Street–Hudson Yards
Bus:
External link: Hold These Truths (exhibition)

Event Description edit

Artists Heather Hart from Black Lunch Table (BLT), Sara Clugage from Art+Feminism and members of Wikimedia NYC will host a "Truth-a-Thon" as part of the Truth Be Told program series for the exhibition Hold These Truths with No Longer Empty. Workshop leaders will lead a training and will be available throughout the event to guide participants on the editing process for articles of their choosing. Come learn about the work of these collectives and how to transform public discourse in real time! Bring your laptop and a friend.

Agenda edit

Early session of truth-a-thon

Preparation edit

Bring your laptop: Editing Wikipedia is easier with a keyboard.
Bring a published source to cite: Suggested books and papers will be available at the event. If you like, bring an academic paper or other reliable source of information to cite, to support your addition to Wikipedia. You will use Wikipedia to distribute information from this source. Try to bring the highest quality most reputable source you can find for the information.
Create a Wikipedia account, if you do not have one already.
If you wish, take Wikipedia's own 30-minute online training and tour at The Wikipedia Adventure.

With all this, you can take maximum advantage.

List of articles to create/edit edit

Articles created edit

Articles improved edit

Sign up edit

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Remote attendees edit

--PatienceFortitude (talk) 16:05, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Possible attendees edit

Napplicable (talk) 16:08, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Likely attendees edit

Pharos (talk) 19:31, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Heathart (talk) 17:02, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nwhysel (talk) 01:47, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dilettante Army (talk) 19:49, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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ohmyerica (talk) 17:53, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mozucat (talk) 19:16, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Aude (talk) 02:34, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hannah Silverman (talk) 17:10, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Jim.henderson (talk) 19:58, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Louize5 (talk) 18:27, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Greensubmarine (talk) 18:27, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Jordegern (talk) 18:27, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rdeanda (talk) 18:27, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Micalejohn (talk) 18:27, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Feministkilljoy (talk) 18:27, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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