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Wikipedia:Meetup/WW1 and Dissent

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WW1 and Dissent is a series of Wikipedia editathons during November 2014 that aims to improve Wikipedia pages about World War I and dissent; topics might include peace attempts, conscience objectors, neutrality during the war, literature and artwork critical of the war, protests and much more. Most of the events will be held in partnership with local GLAM partners, so will also include topics related to their collections and WWI.

Tavistock square memorial

Background edit

2014 is the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the first world war. Wikimedia UK has been approached by historians and librarians in London and Birmingham who want to work with our editing community to improve our coverage of these areas.

History edit

In May 2014, Wikimedia UK was approached by Senate House Library and library of Birmingham with a view to running wikipedia editing events on WW1 and dissent. After discussion on the cultural partners mailing list we decided to open this up to enable global participation.

Interested in organizing an event? edit

  1. Read Wikipedia:How to run an edit-a-thon if you haven't run an editathon yourself.
  2. You can run your event on any day, but if you can do it on the 22nd November 2014 get in touch and we will coordinate some sort of Skype link.
  3. create an event page, something like this might work
  4. Link your event to the target list, and add any of your targets there
  5. Include your event in the list below
  6. Include your event in the category WW1 and Dissent
  7. Take photographs and upload them to Commons in the category WW1 and Dissent

What if I can't show up? edit

Contribute online! Check out the resources below, and lists of pages that could be expanded! If you need help getting oriented on Wikipedia check out WP:TWA or http://editathon.org.

WikiMania 2014 edit

Some of the organisers will be at Wikimania 2014 where we may do some coordination

Upcoming WW1 and Dissent events edit

Target list edit

 
LoB staff uploaded this high-resolution image.
 
The Senate House Library has a collection of this magazine which was banned during the war and allowed us to photograph it.

New articles edit

Articles to work on edit

The below list includes a list of different content that could be expand or created during the editathons. References on the item link to scholarship that might be useful in writing or expanding the topic.

General topics edit

  • Anti-war movement#World War I – The World War I anti-war movement section is rather weak, could use significant expansion. (More resources in Senate House Library Historic Collections: World War One Era Pamphlets MS1152)
  • Dada – Anti-war implications of the movement could be expanded. Multiple scholars place the Dada Movement within the Anti-War reaction[1][2]
  • International Congress of Women – Could be expanded, currently several meetings of the congress uncovered in the article. Pacifist organization, international peace movement, women activists

People edit

Literature edit

  • "You Have No Country" – Important collection of anti-war essays published by socialists, including *Mary Marcy
  • Die Waffen nieder or Lay Down Your Arms! – Could be expanded, as an antiwar novel prominent in German circles before. Moreover, 1914 adaptation as protest of the WWI[3]
  • American antiwar literature

Groups edit

United Kingdom topics edit

United States topics edit

Where else to look for gaps edit

Main page: Category:Opposition to World War I

Sources to pull from edit

American edit

Many of these sources address Dissent in WWI directly and were discovered through a google scholar search of works citing Over Here: The First World War and American Society

British edit

Global edit

Images uploaded edit

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    Catherine Marshall

References edit

  1. ^ http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/dada/arthistory_dada.html
  2. ^ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8365.00312/abstract
  3. ^ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0130.1991.tb00567.x/abstract;jsessionid=B043E1AAF0F1F48B9E97C0259F042792.f01t04?deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=&userIsAuthenticated=false
  4. ^ http://www.scs.illinois.edu/~mainzv/HIST/bulletin_open_access/v27-2/v27-2%20p128-135.pdf

Resources edit

WW1 and Dissent edit

  • World War One goes Twitter
    Events, developments and the everyday life of the Great War told in real-time via tweets, referring to a wide range of source databases (newspapers, maps, photo&film, letters, poems...).

Wikipedia editing edit

Wikipedia movement edit

References edit

 
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