Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/05-2016-YaleDayService-Houston

Houston Yale Black Alumni Association
Yale Day of Service
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
When and Where
Date	Saturday, May 7, 2016
Time	10:00 am − 2:00 pm
Address	Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church; 1900 Bering Drive; San Felipe St & Westheimer Rd; Room 206
City, State	Houston, TX 77057

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Houston Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church in Houston, Texas.

In recognition of the Yale Day of Service, the Houston Yale Black Alumni Association is holding a Houston Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church in Houston, Texas

Wikipedia is a well-known and widely used global resource, yet content is skewed by the lack of diversity in race, ethnicity, and gender of average Wikipedia contributors. This event is modeled after culture and software movements that aim to help close the multicultural and gender gaps in Wikipedia such as Art+Feminism and AfroCROWD.

On Saturday, May 7, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Room 209 of the Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church at 1900 Bering Drive get free training on becoming a Wikipedia editor. Bring your laptop, power cord, and enthusiasm! We'll be editing articles on Houston. Taking 42 seconds (yes I timed it) to create a Wikipedia account before Monday is recommended.

No experience is necessary and don't worry if you can't attend for the entire time. Also, this event is kid-friendly! More information about articles for editing will be added soon.

Event details edit

When: Saturday, May 7, 2016
Time: 10:00 am − 2:00 pm
Where: Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church, 1900 Bering Drive (San Felipe Street & Westheimer Road), Room 206, Houston, TX 77057 29°44′49″N 95°28′57″W / 29.7470386°N 95.482628°W / 29.7470386; -95.482628
RSVP: Eventbrite

Proposed articles lists edit

AfroCROWD: AfroCROWD list − African Diaspora
Black Lunch Table: Black Lunch Table list − Black Artists
WikiAfrica: WikiAfrica lists
Schomburg Center: Schomburg list
Jgo Sandbox
Carl Hampton -- The Death of Carl Hampton
Houston History Magazine -- on the Third Ward] -- add info and cite to Third Ward, Houston
Fighting Gentrification With Money In Houston

Attendees edit

Sign-in edit

Enter 4 tildes below

Outcomes edit

New articles created edit

People edit

alphabetical by last name

Subjects edit

alphabetical by first letter

Articles improved edit

People edit

alphabetical by last name

Subjects edit

alphabetical by first letter

Images added to Wikimedia Commons edit

Editing Wikipedia resources edit

Wikipedia Adventure (interactive game; learn to edit in an hour)
Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
Five Pillars of Wikipedia (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
Tutorial
How to Edit a Page
Wiki Markup Quick Reference (PDF version of printed handout)
Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
Article Development
Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
Manual of Style
Citation templates
Infobox templates
Bookshelf (additional "getting started" resources)
Art+Feminism – Video training
Art+Feminism – Training Lesson Plan
wikiD Guides for Wikipedia Editing:

Introduction and Guide 1: Getting Started! – Why Edit Wikipedia?, Using the WikiD Guides and Getting Started.

Guide 2: Selecting and Researching a Topic/Subject – Choosing a Subject, References and Sources and Images.

Guide 3: Writing an Entry – Tone and Style, Content and Structure, Building an Argument, Precedents and Article Titles.

Guide 4: Navigating the Wikipedia Interface – Editing Interfaces, Creating a New Article, Editing Existing Pages and Disambiguation

Guide 5: Troubleshooting – Deleted Pages, Flagged Pages and Talk Pages

Tools and templates edit

N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help:

Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help

#wikipedia-en-help ^connect

External links edit

Houston Yale Black Alumni Association
AfroCROWD
Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)
Wikimedia New York City

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