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Philadelphia WikiSalon
When and Where
Next dateSaturday, February 13, 2021
Time12:00 noon – 2.00 pm
LocationZoom!
RepeatsThe second Saturday of each month

Philadelphia WikiSalon, February 13, 2021

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Agenda for WikiSalon, February 13, 2021: February's Philadelphia WikiSalon will work on identifying public domain images and uploading them to Wikimedia Commons. If you aren't sure what to look for, try Valentine's Day Cards!

WikiSalon is skills-oriented, and we alternate between monthly sessions where we demonstrate a new skill, and sessions where we develop previously introduced skills. Demonstrations generally involve a short 5-10 minute presentation (with an accompanying tutorial video and pdf) targeting a specific skill related to Wikipedia, Wikidata, or Wikimedia Commons. Attendees share what they are working on, ask questions, and get feedback and support.

Philadelphia's WikiSalon Online has its roots in the in-person WikiSalon at the Science History Institute and the former GLAM Cafe meetup as organized by the PhillyDH digital humanities group. Many of our regulars are librarians, archivists, professors or people interested in digital humanities and the sciences. Tasks and topics often focus on these areas, but you don't need to be a scientist or librarian to attend or to work on the tasks or articles that we suggest. Attendees can always work on topics of their own interest at any session.

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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!

Demonstration edit

This month we will work on skills introduced in last month's demonstration: Adding public domain images to Wikimedia Commons

  • Link to Demonstration Video in Commons:
WikiSalon Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Images
  • Link to PDF tutorial in Commons:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiSalon_Wikimedia_Commons_Adding_Public_Domain_Images_Tutorial.pdf

Additional Activities edit

Task 1 : Add Presidents of the Ecological Society of America to Wikidata edit

  • Use this list of Presidents of the Ecological Society of America to create or expand Wikidata items about people and indicate that they were presidents of this national association. The list of presidents includes links to articles from the society's journal that also could be used as sources to expand Wikidata or Wikipedia.
  • Example: Victor Ernest Shelford
 
Add the office of president to a person's Wikidata item

Task 2 : Interlanguage Link Templates edit

You can watch a Demonstration.

  • Go to this list of Women scientists by nationality or a similar list and look at the subcategories of nationalities. Click through to find articles of interest. Open the article and look for red links (or unlinked names) 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}}

Task 3 : Library Resources Templates edit

You can watch a Demonstration.

  • 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. Since we already know there are online books by these authors, you can search Wikipedia for articles about these authors and add {{Library resources box|by=yes |onlinebooksby=yes|lcheading= |viaf= }} to the bibliography or external links section. Use the author's 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|viaf=6861455}}


Task 4 : Adding Archival Finding Aids to Wikidata edit

You can watch a Demonstration.

The finding aids in these lists have already been added to the external links section of relevant Wikipedia articles, where such articles exist.

 
Wikidata Example Indicating the Archives at property and reference setup

Task 5 : Editing Articles edit

You can use some of the following lists to identify articles to work on, or look at our suggested articles below. We note what needs to be done for each article.

Finding articles that need work edit

Please add your signature with 4 tildes ~~~~ under any article that you work on. Thank you!

Women Scientists edit

Calutron Girls edit
 
Calutron Girls

The Calutron Girls were recruited by the Tennessee Eastman Company to monitor equipment for the isolation of uranium as part of the Manhattan Project. Barely a stub at present, needs expansion.

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.

Florence Merriam Bailey edit

Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey was an American ornithologist and nature writer. This article needs additional sourcing. Doreva has some scans for you to reference if you need.

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 could use some formatting and more sources.

Evelyn J. Fields edit
 
Evelyn J. Fields

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]
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]
Hazel Henderson edit

Hazel Henderson is an author, television producer, and environmental activist who focuses on ethical markets. Her page needs more inline citations. Doreva has at least one source that she can share. (Dorevabelfiore (talk) 03:49, 8 December 2020 (UTC))[reply]

Virginia H. Holsinger edit

Virginia Holsinger was a food scientist who helped develop Lactaid and Beano. Needs sources.

Nancy Hopkins edit
 
Nancy Hopkins

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.

Isobel Wylie Hutchison edit

Isobel Wylie Hutchison was an early arctic explorer, botanist and painter! Her page is fairly long but needs a good read-through and lots more citations.

Amelia Laskey edit

Amelia Laskey was an American amateur naturalist and ornithologist. Her article is sparse and could use some expansion and increased sourcing. Doreva has some scans to share.

Ann Haven Morgan edit

Ann Haven Morgan was an American zoologist and ecologist. Her article could use some expansion and sourcing. Doreva has some scans to share.

Jan Nolta edit

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

Agnes Pockels edit

Agnes Pockels (1862–1935) was a pioneer in the study of surface tension. Her page needs a good read-through and the addition of sources.

Althea Rosina Sherman edit

Althea Sherman was an educator, illustrator and ornithologist. She created the Chimney Swifts' Tower to study the lifecycle of chimney swifts. Her article could use some love and additional sources. Doreva has scans to share.

Ruth Miriam Siems edit

Ruth Miriam Siems invented Stove Top Stuffing, getting the crumb size just right so it would be neither hard nor soggy. This article needs more sources and expansion.

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. Someone could add this one to Commons as it is in the public domain due to lack of copyright renewal. Thanks to John Mark Ockerbloom (JohnMarkOckerbloom) for his work on serial copyright renewals: here - see "J" alphabetically for the Journal of the New York Entomological Society See John's guide here for more information. Dorevabelfiore (talk) 04:32, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe we should consider the Slosson article to be complete and remove it from the list. It has now had lots of upgrades. Nolabob (talk) 16:22, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
 Y} Looks good! Dorevabelfiore (talk) 16:36, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Elke U. Weber edit
 
Elke U. Weber

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.

Hazel Wolf edit

Hazel Wolf was an American/Canadian environmental activist. Her article is a stub that needs sourcing and some expansion. Some sources are listed on the Talk page. Doreva also has at least one print source for a citation that she can share with anyone. (Dorevabelfiore (talk) 03:39, 8 December 2020 (UTC))[reply]

Joan Luedders Wolfe edit

Joan Luedders Wolfe was an American environmental activist. Her article is a stub that needs sourcing and some expansion. Doreva has at least one print source for a citation that she can share with anyone. (Dorevabelfiore (talk) 03:39, 8 December 2020 (UTC))[reply]

More Science edit

Gas lighting edit

Gas lighting desperately needs more inline citation of sources to confirm that what it says is true!

Film preservation edit

Film preservation is a long complicated article which started out with little sourcing. I've worked on the first four sections so far, and found that careful fact checking is needed: some statements appear to be incorrect. Lots more work needs to be done. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 14:59, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

F. Stuart Chapin III edit

The article for F. Stuart Chapin III needs some careful sourcing and detangling- from related generations. He is an Alaskan ecologist; his grandfather F. Stuart Chapin was a sociologist, and I believe his father was F. Stuart Chapin Jr. (1916–2016), a social scientist and urban planner.

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.

William and Lawrence Knox edit

William Jacob Knox Jr. and his brother Lawrence H. Knox were African American chemists who worked on the Manhattan Project. Their pages need some careful reading and reorganization. (I hear the voice of a high-school student when I read William's.)

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.

Ellen Schulz Quillin edit

The botanist and museum director Ellen Schulz Quillin already has a decent article, but more sources are available to expand it. While no images are obvious to use, there may be some public domain images to be found with research.

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 (see below).

  • Finding aid to archival collections containing Grutzka's works Dorevabelfiore (talk) 23:13, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think Grutzka is an excellent subject and a good article to upgrade. Since he was an artist, the article would greatly benefit from having images of his artwork. Do any of you know of any Grutzka artwork that is in the public domain and free of copyright restrictions? Nolabob (talk) 12:27, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Harriet Jacobs edit

Harriet Jacobs wrote an influential account of slavery after her escape. Formerly a B-class article, this has been tagged as having inappropriate tone; it needs a thoughtful read-through for possible tone and bias. Then we can take off the flags.

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.

Josefina Plá edit

Josefina Plá had an amazingly diverse and influential career as an artist and writer in Paraguay. A fraction of her life is represented on the Wikipedia page, which needs expansion and citations. Watch out for errors: whoever wrote it initially equated "artist" (she was) and "painter" (she wasn't).

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]

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.

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

Suggested topics for future sessions: If you are interested in hearing about a particular project, or can talk about one, sign here to let us know!

  • WikiVoyage - Jim Henderson volunteers to talk about Wikivoyage
  • Wiki Loves Monuments - ask Kevin Pyravi, Superhamster?
  • WikiQuotes - ?
  • Project, speaker ~~~~

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

Yes, there are tools for uploading bulk data points to Wikidata. The WikiSalon will be working on these for presentation later in 2021 for those interested.

Here are SNAC and NAF examples if anyone wishes to add data manually to Wikidata. Those identifiers are then pulled automatically from Wikidata into Wikipedia when one enters the Authority Control template ({{authority control}}) on an article.

  • 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 often use archived newspaper articles to research my Wikipedia projects. Is there a newspaper database that you'd recommend (and hopefully is low cost?) edit

Wrap Up: Thanks and praise edit

Poll link

What did you work on today?

Thank you everyone!

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