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Philadelphia WikiSalon, November 14, 2020
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Agenda for WikiSalon, November 14, 2020: Feel free to add to sections of the following proposed agenda before and during the meeting. We will archive each agenda after the event.

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Expectations edit

If you are new to Wikipedia, we hope you will create an account and make at least one edit during this session. If you have experience already, we hope you will share what you're doing or learn something new. Let us know in the Chat or during introductions what your goals are.

Attendees edit

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Special mentions edit

If you want to talk about something that you're working on, or you've created a new article or had a "Did You Know" featured lately, add that here!

  • Mexican-American botanist Ynes Mexia collected at least 145,000 plant specimens during her career, 500 of which were new species. Most were from Mexico, Peru, and Colombia. Her Wikipedia article needs a lot of help, both organizationally and due to copyright issues. You can see possible copyright violations needing rephrasing at this Copyvio detection report.
 Y After many revisions to remove copyvio and add new sources, it is done! Dorevabelfiore (talk) 03:53, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've completed significant upgrades to the article on fiction writer / entomologist Annie Trumbull Slosson. I expect to add a photograph of her to the article in the New Year when copyright restrictions on the photograph expire. Nolabob (talk) 02:29, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Demonstration edit

  • Demonstration to occur in real-time: Adding your own photo to Wikimedia Commons
  • Link to Demonstration Video in Commons:


Questions edit

Add questions that you have about Wikipedia or Wikipedia projects (Encyclopedia articles, Wikimedia Commons images, Wikidata) either here or in the Chat. Also feel free to suggest resources in response, and discuss during WikiSalon.

In Wikidata, is there a way to import any existing data such as NAF / SNAC or has that already been done as baseline bio data? edit

  • SNAC (Social Networks and Archival Context)
  • NAF example: LC control no. n 80153256 authority control for Hetzel, Pierre-Jules, 1814-1886
  • Wikipedia page: Pierre-Jules Hetzel
  • Wikidata item: Q552619
  • Wikidata has an item Library of Congress Name Authority File (Q18912790). It also has a property Library of Congress authority ID (P244) which is accepted as an identifier on Wikidata items.

In Wikidata, is there a controlled list of "types" for archives, such as finding aid, digital collection, online exhibition? What are the type choices? edit

I'd appreciate having an on-going discussion of Wikipedia's sister projects during the WikiSalon meetings. edit

  • If you're interested in learning (or talking about) a particular project, let us know!
  • Perhaps WikiQuotes would be a good one to discuss soon. It strikes me as being particularly useful, if it ever catches on. Nolabob (talk) 11:20, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Maybe another one to discuss is WikiVoyage. Nolabob (talk) 18:00, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Finding articles that need work edit

Women Scientists edit

Lochie Jo Allen edit

Among other things, Lochie Jo Allen was a pioneer in the scientific publication and inclusion of women in fisheries. Needs expansion.

Julie Arblaster edit

Julie Arblaster is one of many women who are climate scientists. Her article needs sources and an infobox scientist template.

Merav Ben-David edit

Merav Ben-David could be supplemented with information from Draft:Merav Ben-David.

 Y Cleaned up. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 01:53, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Margarita Colmenares edit

Margarita Colmenares is an American environmental engineer and activist and the first woman to serve as President of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, More could be said about her and her work using the sources currently cited on the Wikipedia page. Newer sources would also be helpful.

Verona Conway edit

Verona Conway is a behavioral ecologist. Her article needs an infobox scientist.

Marty Crump edit

Marty Crump is a behavioral ecologist. Her article needs an infobox scientist.

Evelyn J. Fields edit

Evelyn J. Fields was a hydrographer and a leader in NOAA and with the NOAA Corps. Her page is not cited well and her accomplishments need clarification and to be listed in chronological order.

Will be working on this one Drlauraguertin (talk) 17:08, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Christiana Figueres edit

Christiana Figueres is a Costa Rican diplomat involved in developing the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The page needs to be rewritten in a more objective manner and properly sourced.

 Y I spent a day reviewing all the sources and filling out citation information. A bunch of other people have done cleanup work as well. Check out her TED talk on optimism in the face of climate change! Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 04:02, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Rosemary Gillespie edit

Rosemary Gillespie is an evolutionary biologist. The page about her needs sources.

I will start working on this one - I look forward to learning more about her! *NMcNinney (talk) 16:14, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nancy Hopkins edit

Nancy Hopkins is a molecular biologist at MIT who has worked on gene expression, viruses, and zebrafish. The article has a lot of unsourced sections and there are materials available.

Laura Huenneke edit

Laura Huenneke, president of the Ecological Society of America. Needs expansion and sourcing.

Jan Nolta edit

Jan Nolta works on stem cell-related regenerative medicine. The page about her needs a careful review and better sourcing.

Annie Trumbull Slosson edit

Annie Trumbull Slosson was an American author and entomologist. The references need cleaning up and the article contents need better sourcing.

Do you think it would be possible to find a photograph or other image of Slosson that could be used on the Wikipedia? She died in 1926. Nolabob (talk) 14:51, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I found this one from 1926. In January 2021 someone could add this one to Commons as it will then be in the public domain. The photo was taken in 1913, and if we could find it published elsewhere in 1925 or prior, then we can release it sooner.

Elke U. Weber edit

Elke U. Weber is a Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University where she studies the ways in which we think about risk. Stubby article needs a little love.

More Scientists edit

William A. Haseltine edit

William A. Haseltine is an HIV/AIDS and human genome researcher. The page about him is extensive but needs inline citations to support the information given. Medical information needs medically-credible sources, not just anything.

Saul Hertz edit

 
Saul Hertz

Saul Hertz was an innovator in medical uses of radioactive iodine. His article needs a careful review for accuracy of claims, and solid sourcing.

Bob Burch is working on this one. Nolabob (talk) 11:32, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Walter Lear edit

Walter Lear. medical doctor and health activist. Lots of archives with info, but almost no text in the article so far.

Ralph E. Oesper edit

Ralph E. Oesper was a chemist and historian of chemistry. The article about him needs sourcing.

Otto Schott edit

Chemist Otto Schott invented borosilicate glass. His article needs sourcing.

Visual Artists and Writers edit

Barbara Chase-Riboud edit

 
Malcolm X Complete by Barbara Chase-Riboud

Barbara Chase-Riboud is an African-American visual artist, sculptor (The Malcolm X Steles), novelist (Sally Hemings: A Novel), and poet. There's a lot of unsourced information on the page about her, and a long list of further readings that are potential sources.

Anita Cornwell edit

Anita Cornwell wrote the first collection of essays by an African-American lesbian. Her article needs inline sources and expansion.

Iole de Freitas edit

Iole de Freitas is a Brazilian sculptor, engraver, and installation artist. The page about her has quite a lot of information but desperately needs sources. There do seem to be online sources available, but most are in Spanish. This could be a good candidate for testing the interlanguage links as demonstrated in the session.

Klaus Grutzka edit

Industrial artist Klaus Grutzka spent much of his working life in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The page about him has no sourcing. He may have a PACSCL entry.

Maria Martinez edit

 
Pot by Maria Martinez

Maria Martinez was a Native American artist who was known internationally for her pottery. There's a lot of unsourced information on her page, and a lot of quotations need to be checked against their sources if anyone has access to print copies.

Ealy Mays edit

 
Death of an American Boom Town by Ealy Mays

Ealy Mays is an African-American artist based in Paris. The article about him has a lot of information and some good sources but lots of paragraphs need citations.

Ada "Bricktop" Smith edit

Ada "Bricktop" Smith was an American dancer, jazz singer, and vaudevillian, who owned the nightclub Chez Bricktop in Paris. Lots of interesting material and possible sources, but it needs a good cleaning up and solid citations (as so many do...)

Sylvia Snowden edit

Sylvia Snowden is an African American abstract painter. The page about is written too much like a resume; it lists a lot of possible resources but doesn't say much. Searching google with the "Books" option suggests quite a few published sources that mention her.

Isabella Tree edit

Isabella Tree is a British author and travel journalist. Her page may have conflict of interest issues and needs sourcing.

Richard Wright edit

 
Richard Wright

American author Richard Wright (author) has an extensive article but it is missing a lot of citations. Plenty of material is available, someone just needs to do some searching for sources.

  • NMcNinney (talk) 18:06, 8 August 2020 (UTC) is going to take a stab at this as my first project![reply]

it appears someone has been making edits and citations already

Other Activities edit

You can review these skills by watching the Demonstrations. Here are some ideas for things to do:

Women Presidents of the Ecological Society of America edit

 
Add the office of president to a person's Wikidata item

Adding archival finding aids to Wikipedia edit

Natalie Hinderas and Leota Palmer papers, African American Museum in Philadelphia

Adding archival finding aids to Wikidata edit

 
Wikidata Example Indicating the Archives at property and reference setup

Interlanguage Link Template edit

  • Got to this list of Women scientists by nationality and look at the subcategories of nationalities. Click through to find articles of interest. Open the article and look for red links and search for the red-linked text on Wikidata or google to see if there are Wikipedia articles in English or other languages. Add ills as needed.
  • Go to almost any list of foreign-language writers (c.f. List of Spanish women writers) and click on an article. Look for red links and search for the red-linked text on Wikidata or google to see if there are Wikipedia articles in English or other languages. Add ills as needed.
  • Example: {{ill | La sonrisa vertical |ca| Premi La Sonrisa Vertical |es| Premio La sonrisa vertical}}
  • Example: {{ill |Andityas Soares de Moura |WD=Q98276700}}

Library Resources Templates edit

  • Consult this list of women science writers and add a library resources box to their page. Use the author namestring (e.g. Faye Flam) to look up the appropriate viaf ID (e.g. VIAF ID: 6861455) on viaf and fill it in.
    • Example: {{Library resources box|by=yes|viaf=62289315}}
  • Many of the editions at A Celebration of Women Writers were created before there were Library Resources Templates. You can search Wikipedia for articles about these authors and add {{Library resources box|by=yes |onlinebooksby=yes|others= |lcheading= |viaf= }}. Use the author namestring (e.g. Adami, J. George (John George), 1862-1926) to look up the appropriate viaf ID (e.g. VIAF ID: 62289315) on viaf and fill it in.
    • Example: {{Library resources box|by=yes |onlinebooksby=yes|others= |viaf=6861455}}

Thanks and praise edit

What did you work on today?

Thank you everyone!

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