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Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia/WikiSalon 2023-08-12

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Philadelphia WikiSalon
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When and Where
Next dateSaturday, August 12, 2023
Time12:00 noon – 2.00 pm
LocationZoom!
RepeatsThe second Saturday of each month. Click on the Zoom link. If you are asked for an ID or password, use

Meeting ID: 819-4956-6322

Password: 12345

Philadelphia WikiSalon, August 12, 2023 on Zoom

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If something is wrong on Wikipedia, you can report it and help us fix it!

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.

Attendees

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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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Articles (new and updated)

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Images

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    Cabrini Church in New Orleans, with bent steeple
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    Herbert Couper Wilson

Group Review

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Memoriam

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Events

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  Women in Red 8th Anniversary
In July 2015 around 15.5% of the English Wikipedia's biographies were about women. As of July 2023, 19.61% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women. That's a lot of biographies created in the effort to close the gender gap. Happy 8th Anniversary! Join us for some virtual cake and add comments or memories and please keep on editing to close the gap!
  • Wikimania Singapore : 16–19 August 2023
  • Wikipedia NYC Events: Great North American Wiknic NYC, August 27, 2023
  • September WikiSalon - Tool demonstration + Wikimania recap (September 9)
  • Newark -- Possible event for October
  • Philadelphia -- Possible in person event for October WikiSalon (October 14)
  • WikiConference North America, Toronto, Ontario, Canada — 9-12 November 2023
  • Smithsonian Events
  • Wikimedia DC Events

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

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!

  • Have any of you done DYK reviews? If so, what has been your experience? Is there a template to follow?

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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Artificial reef

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Artificial reef can be improved.

Bambooworking

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Bambooworking can be improved.

Hildegard Peplau

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Hildegard Peplau needs more sourcing, mostly in terms of her work.

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.

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]

I have been keeping my eyes open for books and articles on this group and have yet to find any. I will contine to keep my eye out for anything on the subject. NMcNinney (talk) 15:09, 8 July 2023 (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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