Join us for an edit-a-thon at Occidental College on Saturday, September 26!! |
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![]() Occidental College and LA as Subject will be hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon dedicated to creating, updating, and improving articles about the Artists of the Arroyo Seco region in Los Angeles. This area has been home and inspiration to artists form LA’s boom years of the 1800s to present day. This free event is open to the public, but please RSVP! No specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will provide research resources, WiFi, snacks, and a list of suggested topics. We will also have some extra laptops available for use by participants. This is as an Archives Bazaar Pre-program event celebrating the 10th Annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar and 20th Anniversary of LA as Subject.
When: Saturday, September 26 from 11am–5pm Where: Brown Lab, Occidental College Library, Mary Norton Clapp Library, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, LA 90043 Directions and Parking: Enter at Campus Rd. & Alumni Ave. and make a right into the parking lot. You can walk up to campus from there. Pass the fountain, walk up the steps to the Quad and make a right. You will see the Academic Commons (Library) building straight ahead. See directions on the Library page. Suggested Focus: Artists of the Arroyo Seco region in Los Angeles What to bring: Your laptop, power adapter, and any reference materials you'd like to work from or share. Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/913275452096923/ RSVP by email: specialcollections@oxy.edu |
RSVP
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Attendants
editRyanawoman (talk) 18:46, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
Hopsib (talk) 18:46, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
Mar archivist (talk) 18:48, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
Oxy-Librarian (talk) 18:50, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
CarolMSiu (talk) 18:49, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
Dcharbach (talk) 18:50, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
ArchivistAnna (talk) 18:52, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
AnitaConchita (talk) 18:53, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
Mdcrosby (talk) 19:45, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
Anotherarchivist (talk) 19:46, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
illuminatedpast (talk) 8:34, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
To-Do
editHere are a few suggested articles to create or improve during this edit-a-thon, but you are welcome to work on anything you like.
Please note: This is a crowdsourced list. You can help us by adding to it!
To create:
- Margaret Collier Graham - writer
- Alice Millard - bookseller, collector, cultural promoter
- Elmer Wachtel - painter
- Jean Mannheim - painter
- William Lees Judson - painter, stained glass maker (there's entry for Judson Studios)
To improve:
- Ward Ritchie - printer, book designer, publisher
- Idah Meacham Strobridge - writer, bookbinder, publisher
- Charles Fletcher Lummis - writer, editor, librarian
- George Wharton James - writer, editor
- Franz Bischoff - painter
- Alson S. Clark - painter
- Ernest A. Batchelder - painter
- Marion Wachtel - painter
- Olive Percivel - photographer, toymaker, writer
- Clyde Browne - printer, book designer
Outcomes
edit- Created: The "Artists of the Arroyo Seco" article is a stub upon which to build a description of the artistic and cultural life of the community over time. We have begun with the early arrivals who settled along the Arroyo. We anticipate developing an overview of the 20th thru the 21st century.Oxy-Librarian (talk) 00:06, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
New Stub:
- Clyde Browne - printer, book designer
- Alice Millard - bookseller, collector, cultural promoter
- Elmer Wachtel - painter
- William Lees Judson - painter, stained glass maker (there's entry for Judson Studios)
- Grace Channing
Improved
- Ward Ritchie - printer, book designer, publisher
- Idah Meacham Strobridge - writer, bookbinder, publisher
- Charles Fletcher Lummis - writer, editor, librarian
- George Wharton James - writer, editor
- Franz Bischoff - painter
- Alson S. Clark - painter
- Ernest A. Batchelder - painter
Resources for research
editArticle on Idah Meacham Strobridge
Periodicals
editDocument that links to The Land of Sunshine volumes.
Academic Databases
editNewspaper Databases
editOther
editResources for publishing on Wikipedia
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Please start here:
- Unforgetting L.A.: Getting Started (step-by-step instructions + links)
- Wikipedia:GLAM/Beginner's guide to Wikipedia
When in doubt:
- Notability Guidelines for Artists & Creative Professionals
- Notability Guidelines for Organizations
- Conflict of Interest policy
- Image Use Policy
- Article Naming & Disambiguation
Additional Tutorials:
- Basic tutorial
- More detailed tutorial
- Wikipedia Adventure - a silly but easy and effective tutorial!
- Citing sources video tutorials (about two minutes each, very helpful) ------------>