Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/2017-01 HGF Lenny


Her Girl Friday + Lenny Letter
Women Journos
Wiki Unconference and Editathon
When and Where
When:Saturday, January 28, 2017
Time11:00 am – 4:00 pm
(doors open at 10:30 am)
Where:ThoughtWorks
99 Madison Avenue (29th Street)
15th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (646) 412-5200
co-sponsors:
Her Girl Friday
and
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Please join us for a Women Journos Unconference and Editathon, a Her Girl Friday Tackles the Gender Gap: The Wikipedia Editing Brunch event co-sponsored by Her Girl Friday and Lenny Letter on Saturday, January 28, 2017, at ThoughtWorks New York.

The all-day event will be an Unconference / Hackathon-style event with the goal of getting more notable women represented with pages on Wikipedia. #gender gap #PostInauguration

Strategies to address Post-Truth and Alternative Facts will be part of the conversation. Make a difference at a grass roots level by improving facts on Wikipedia! #Empowerment!

Event information

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  • Date: Saturday, January 28, 2017
  • Time: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm (doors open at 10:30 am)
  • Location: ThoughtWorks. 99 Madison Avenue (29th Street), 15th Floor, New York, NY 10016 Phone: (646) 412-5200 40°44′41″N 73°59′6.1″W / 40.74472°N 73.985028°W / 40.74472; -73.985028
  • Who should come: Women-identifying journalists, women-identifying non-journalists, allies, humans alike!
  • What to bring: Please remember to bring a laptop and power cord! We are unable to provide computers, but there will be plenty of outlets and wifi
  • Food: There will be coffee, nosherai, and brunch provided to power our work throughout the day!
  • Hashtag: #WomenJournosUnite
  • Etherpad: HGF-Lenny-2017-01
  • Meetup: Meetup
  • RSVP:

Agenda

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Time Activity Details
10:30 am Doors
11:00 am – 11:30 am Welcome • Jackie Snow: Welcome from Her Girl Friday: Who We Are and Why This Matters
11:30 am – 12:00 pm Lightning talks • Short presentations
• Group tutorial
• Demo: Adding an Infobox
• Intro to today's tasks
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Join a table and edit! • Join a beginning or intermediate table and try these tasks!
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Share-out • Share-out by each table: What was done, what needs to be done next
4:00 pm Happy Hour @ TBD

Editing agenda

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  1. Wikipedia – 15 minute overview: 5 pillars, Conflict of Interest policies, self guided introduction, Intro with videos etc. (example COI)
  2. Wikipedia – 5 minute register for Wikipedia account
  3. Wikipedia – 40 minute make one edit: add infobox, citation, etc.

Lightning talks

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A lightning talk is a short presentation

  1. Women in Tech Who Should Be on Wikipedia – Deepthi Welaratna  
  2. Women in the Arts Who Should be on Wikipedia – Kat Griefen
  3. Journalism, Ethics & Wikipedia – Karen Zraick  
  4. The Black Lunch TableHeather Hart aka Heathart      
  5. Why and How We Edit Wikipedia: Cool Entries We’ve Done Related to the News – Erika Herzog aka BrillLyle    Example before and after

Attendees

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In addition to adding your Wikipedia user name below, please also sign up via Outreach Dashboard

WikiFacilitators
  1. BrillLyle (talk) 09:35, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Heathart (talk) 16:22, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Jim.henderson (talk) 01:12, 26 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Mozucat (talk) 18:48, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Her Girl Friday
  1. Atjackiesnow (talk) 14:11, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Karenzraick (talk)
  3. T onethousand (talk) 04:46, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Attendees
  1. Arianatobin (talk) 17:23, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Belangerly (talk) 17:15, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Benson22 (talk) 17:26, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Drapered (talk) 17:24, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Frankrina.84 (talk)
  6. Gkduggan (talk) 17:26, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Hannah Silverman (talk) 17:19, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Jbrockington (talk) 18:04, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  9. JohnCharles007 (talk) 17:32, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  10. LennyHops (talk)
  11. Milnesk (talk) 17:15, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Nwhysel (talk) 16:45, 8 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Ospaghettibrain (talk)
  14. SamNYC (talk) 18:44, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Srwerth (talk) 17:27, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Stale quail (talk) 17:22, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Vchan23 (talk) 20:35, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Vote4promqueens (talk) 19:56, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Xthatsxcoolx (talk) 17:28, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Yeewei12 (talk)

Wikipedia editing resources

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Wikipedia editing resources

Task lists

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Please check with a WikiFacilitator before starting new pages – recommend beginners start by editing existing pages vs. starting new pages

General task list
 Alphabetical by first letter

    denotes Infobox is needed

Pages to improve
Pages to create
Lenny Letter task list
 Alphabetical by first letter

 Note:   denotes Lenny article is linked, but that article could use cleanup, improvement, and expansion (from Lenny and other sources)
    denotes Infobox is needed

Improve pages

Follow COI guidelines by adding resources referenced within articles (or used to write articles) as well as Lenny Letter links

Create pages

For advanced editors, or as a possible ongoing group project

Example page
  • Adeola Fayehun, Nigerian journalist who produces online web series, Keeping It Real with Adeola
A Woman to Know task list
 Alphabetical by first letter

    denotes Infobox is needed

Pages to improve
Women in Red task list
Quick + easy! Infoboxes, stubs, obits with tons of biographical info, Wikidata, etc.
 
Add an infobox!

It's fun, not super hard, and improves Google search results! Plus you don't need citations for infoboxes!

Improve an existing stub article!

Clean up existing citations, add a new citation, add a selected works and publications section for published authors

Add citations to articles that have none!
Other easy ideas

Obituaries are a great starting point, have tons of biographical info!

Are you into more tech-based data? Are you a librarian? Add Authority Control info to Wikidata!

 
Wikidata + AuthorityControl
Update Wikidata using Virtual International Authority File (VIAF.org)
  1. Go to VIAF.org
  2. Search for person (last name, first name)
  3. At bottom of page, where it says History of VIAF, expand section. See Werner Herzog example
  4. Add each listed Authority to Wikidata if its info is not already populated in Wikidata
  5. Add {{Authority control}} after External links section above Categories
  6. Refresh Wikipedia page

Outcomes

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Alphabetical by first letter
  Infobox was added

Pages improved
  1. Alexander Abian -- LennyHops (talk)
  2. Betty Kenward -- Atjackiesnow (talk)  
  3. Charlotte Wilson -- Atjackiesnow (talk)  
  4. Death of Sandra Bland -- Vote4promqueens (talk), BrillLyle (talk)
  5. Gharida Farooqi -- Vchan23 (talk)  
  6. Ginny Ruffner -- Gkduggan (talk)  
  7. Hairstyling product -- Arianatobin (talk)
  8. Hetty Green -- SamNYC (talk)
  9. Helga Ochoterena Booth -- DRAFT -- Nwhysel (talk)
  10. Joyce J. Scott -- Gkduggan (talk)
  11. Katie Stelmanis -- JohnCharles007 (talk), BrillLyle (talk)
  12. Linda Rosenthal -- Jbrockington (talk)
  13. List of African-American visual artists -- Heathart (talk)
  14. Marina Elali -- Atjackiesnow (talk)  
  15. Marta Rojas -- Belangerly (talk)  
  16. Mary Karr -- BrillLyle (talk)  , Drapered (talk), Mozucat (talk)
  17. Mary Pilon -- T onethousand (talk)  , Atjackiesnow (talk)
  18. Mary TallMountain -- Nwhysel (talk)  
  19. Minerva Hamilton Hoyt -- SamNYC (talk)  
  20. Phyllis Harrison-Ross -- Belangerly (talk)  
  21. Ruth E. Carter -- Belangerly (talk)  , BrillLyle (talk)
  22. Sisters in Islam -- Benson22 (talk)  
  23. Sylvia Mendez -- Drapered (talk)
  24. Tami Sagher -- Benson22 (talk)
  25. Tomohiro Kojiri -- Vchan23 (talk)  
  26. West Area Computers -- XthatsXcoolX (talk)
  27. Where We At -- Heathart (talk)
Pages created
  1. Kiran Gandhi -- Drapered (talk) -- very short, needs work so isn't deleted
  2. Mickaella L. Perina -- Drapered (talk) -- very short, needs work so isn't deleted
Wikidata items improved
  1. Katie Stelmanis (Q14622512) -- BrillLyle (talk)
  2. Ruth E. Carter (Q3942970) -- BrillLyle (talk)
Wikidata items created
  1. Kiran Gandhi (Q28545688) -- BrillLyle (talk)
Wikimedia Commons images uploaded
  1. Joyce Scott 2016.jpg -- Gkduggan (talk)
  2. Lana Shea.jpg -- JohnCharles007 (talk)
  3. Sisters in Islam.jpg -- Benson22 (talk)
  4. Women's March.jpg -- JohnCharles007 (talk)
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