Wikipedia:Meetup/Toronto/LGBTQ+ Artists (September 21, 2016)
< Wikipedia:Meetup | Toronto
| When and Where | |
|---|---|
| Date | Wednesday, September 21, 2016 |
| Time | 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tutorial from 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm |
| Address | Art Gallery of Ontario Library & Archives 317 Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario CANADA M5T 1G4 |
Event details edit
- Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2016
- Time: 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Tutorial from 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
- Venue: Co-hosted by the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives at the Art Gallery of Ontario Library & Archives, 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario CANADA M5T 1G4
- Cost: Free
- Participants: No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers.
- Please sign in with your username below! If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.
- What to Bring: Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords.
Confirmed attendees edit
- AlwaysAlice (talk) 21:16, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
- MissAmethyst (talk) 21:17, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
- Orangeprint21 (talk) 21:23, 21 September 2016 (UTC)Orangeprint21
- Artchivist1 (talk) 21:31, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
- Seazzy (talk) 22:01, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
- Bygul (talk) 22:18, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
- Nicholas Matte (talk) 22:25, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
- Crystalmars (talk) 22:25, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
- Maudecarne (talk) 23:19, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
- Randomwriterperson (talk) 23:23, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
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- Place at the top of a new article to protect it from undue speedy deletion: Template:New_page
- Place next to a name on the list of artists to avoid editing conflicts: Template:inprogress
- Wikipedia Infobox template Template:Infobox person
- Wikipedia artist Infobox template Template:Infobox_artist
- Simple Bio Template
- Artist Biography Template
- Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons
Research resources edit
Articles to work on edit
This is a suggested list of topics to work on. You are welcome to write on other topics too, and please feel free to add to this list. Links in blue are existing articles which can be improved and/or expanded. Links in red are articles that do not yet exist and can be created.
- Maddie Alexander
- Tania Anderson
- Stephen Andrews (Artist)
- Joe Average
- Bambitchell
- Cecilia Berkovic
- Michael Bidner
- Anthea Black
- Persimmon Blackbridge
- Sandra Brewster
- Guillermina Buzio
- Michele Clarke
- Wendy Coburn
- Keith Cole
- Colour Me Queer
- Aidan Cowling
- Alvis Choi aka Alvis Parsley
- Randy Lee Cutler
- Erika DeFreitas
- Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan
- Jess Dobkin
- Lukayo Estrella
- Evergon
- Brendan Fernandes
- Sky Gilbert
- Andil Gosine
- Amy Gottlieb
- Amita Handa (aka DJ Amita)
- Ayesha Hameed
- Grant Heaps
- Inamorata Dance
- Xanthra Phillippa MacKay
- Del Newbigging
- Morgan M. Page
- Queer Arts Festival
See also WP:CANQUEER, Wikipedia's internal project page for LGBT topics in Canada, where several additional artists are listed under "Potential new articles" and several who need improved sourcing are listed under "Sourcing issues".