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Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia/WikiSalon 2023-02-11

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Philadelphia WikiSalon
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When and Where
Next dateSaturday, February 11, 2023
Time12:00 noon – 2.00 pm
LocationZoom!
RepeatsThe second Saturday of each month.

Philadelphia WikiSalon, February 11, 2023 This page archives a past event. Do not edit the contents of this page.

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Zoom call link: Join the Zoom Meeting for WikiSalon If you are asked for an ID or password, use Meeting ID: 819-4956-6322 Password: 12345

Agenda for WikiSalon, February 11, 2023: This month will be a work session. Bring your questions or something you want to work on! We may work on uplifting a draft article.

WikiSalon is skills-oriented, and monthly sessions alternate between demonstrations of new skills and work sessions to practice skills. Demonstrations are 5-10 minutes long (with an accompanying tutorial video and pdf) and target a specific skill related to Wikipedia, Wikidata, or Wikimedia Commons. Attendees share what they are working on, ask Questions, and get feedback and support.

Many of our regulars are librarians, archivists, professors or people interested in digital humanities and the sciences, but you don't need to be a scientist or librarian to attend or to work on the tasks or articles that we suggest. You can always work on topics that interest you.

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Attendees

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List your name by adding the following line. * ~~~~

Demonstration

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There will be no demonstration this month.

Special mentions

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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!

Did You Know's

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  • "Did you know... that Sears heiress Edith Rosenwald Stern organized a women's broom brigade against political corruption in New Orleans?" 22 January 2023, 2,973 views, GA status

Articles (new and updated)

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Group Review

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Images

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    Snow Geese in flight
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    Restored Pennsylvania RR caboose
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    Jerry Blavat
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    Rock and Anchor by Morris Blackburn


Events

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Projects

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Resources

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  • Gibson, Connor (2022). Journalist Field Guide: Navigating Climate Misinformation (PDF). Climate Action Against Disinformation.

Questions

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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. Answers to previous questions can be found in our Question archive.

  • Wild question: Could artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT be used to create Wikipedia articles? If so, does the Wikimedia Foundation have a position on this?
    • Been done. Artwork Title
      • Now that it's been done, I wonder if there should be a Wikipedia category for articles created by AI or by ChatGPT in particular?
  • I'd appreciate having an on-going discussion of Wikipedia's sister projects during the WikiSalon meetings.
  • Regarding sister projects, I'd be interested in learning how to use the "sister links" tag in Wikipedia articles, for example: {{sisterlinks|auto=1|d=Q169943|wikt=y|n=y}}

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!

Work To Do!

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

Finding articles that need work

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Suggestions

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Louise Emerson Ronnebeck

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Louise Emerson Ronnebeck was a Smithsonian artist. Her article needs more citations.

Sheila Minor

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Sheila Minor had a 35-year-long career at various federal agencies and was responsible for assessing environmental impact statements. The article is a bit messy and doesn't follow Wikipedia style in formatting.

Ruth Miriam Siems

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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.

Harriet Jacobs

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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.

working on this - I remember reading this memoir in college. I look forward to helping rewrite to article!

Corning Museum of Glass

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Glass pumpkins

In the Corning Museum of Glass art and science meet as equals. The museum is absolutely stunning, but the Wikipedia page about it needs a bit of help -- and lots of citations.

Provincetown Art Association and Museum

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The Art Student

Provincetown Art Association and Museum needs citations and could use better images, possibly including this portrait of an art student.

The Southside Writers' Group

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The South Side Writers Group is an important part of the black renaissance and the Great Migration. Founded in part by Richard Wright, I discovered in my previous editing that this page is merely a "stub" and there is so much that can be said on the group! *NMcNinney (talk) 18:19, 13 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Gas lighting

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Gas lighting needs serious scientific and historical improvement and likely some reorganization.

Suggested articles

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Wrap Up: Thanks and praise

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What did you work on today?

Thank you everyone!

References mentioned

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  1. ^ Calarco, Tom (2008). People of the Underground Railroad: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 120-122. ISBN 978-0313339240.
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