Wikipedia talk:Wiki Ed/Northeastern University/Online Communities (Fall 2018)

Proposed Topics

Topic: Boston Gay Men's Chorus

Sources:

• http://www.worcestermag.com/2016/04/07/gay-mens-chorus-holy-cross-revolutionary-achievement
• http://baywindows.com/BGMC-Honored-for-Communications-Strategy
• https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2018/05/31/boston-gay-men-chorus-carries-hopeful-tune-south-africa/XQCEF4lkUij3A82woFNn4M/story.html
• http://bostonspiritmagazine.com/2018/06/boston-gay-mens-chorus-to-sing-at-us-conference-of-mayors-annual-meeting/
• https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/08/23/states-largest-performing-arts-organizations.html

Related Wikipedia pages:

• Gay_Men's_Chorus_of_Los_Angeles
• Gay_Men's_Chorus_of_Washington,_D.C.
• Gay_Men's_Chorus_of_San_Diego
• List_of_gay_men's_choruses

- Dipilato.k (talk) 01:54, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

@Dipilato.k: good, looks like you have decent sources of good exemplars. BTW: Note how I fixed your links to other articles. -Reagle (talk) 16:51, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

@Dipilato.k:, I'm so glad someone will be doing an article on this group! I'd just add that if you want more of a historical view, there are also quite good articles on the Boston Gay Men's Chorus in the library's subscription to the backfiles of the Boston Globe. This one, from 1991, for example: http://ezproxy.neu.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.neu.edu/docview/294610360?accountid=12826 AmandaRR123 (talk) 16:31, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

@Dipilato.k:, in addition to the online Boston Globe backfiles that Amanda mentioned, we also have the records of the Boston Gay Men's Chorus in our library archives if you really feel like getting your hands dirty! LibrarianBTeam (talk) 14:32, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

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Topic: Rena Margulies Chernoff

Sources:

• https://observer.com/2014/04/a-polish-town-wiped-off-the-map/
• https://www.cnn.com/2015/01/27/opinion/chernoff-holocaust-remembrance/index.html
• https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/6061860-journalist-and-holocaust-survivor-give-voice-to-small-jewish-town/

Wikipedia：

• Allan_Chernoff
• List_of_Holocaust_survivors
• Holocaust_victims
• Nazi_Germany

--Hsienhsienlee (talk) 17:28, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Hsienhsienlee, those are good sources, I wonder if you can find more or will have enough content? Perhaps you'll be able to find info in reviews of her books, or contacting the The Brookline Holocaust Project? I recommend working with User:AmandaRR123 and User:LibrarianBTeam. -Reagle (talk) 14:11, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Hsienhsienlee, I'd also add that the fact that she's a published author helps, so looking for titles on Amazon and listing those are her publications would be a good idea. She's also covered in a lot of sources as Rena Margulies (a pitfall of researching women, the change to married names!), so try that search in places like the library's general database search. AmandaRR123 (talk) 16:38, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

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Topic: Tracy Heather Strain

Tracy Heather Strain is an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker and professor of the practice at Northeastern University.

Outside Sources:

• http://thefilmposse.com/storytellers/tracy-heather-strain/
• https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833177/
• https://camd.northeastern.edu/mscr/people/tracy-heather-strain/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9AtXlWhNYU (interview with NOW Magazine)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4X4ZIE1H7U (interview with Chicago-Sun Times)
• http://magazine.wellesley.edu/spring-2018/filmmaking-%E2%80%8B-journey
• https://womenandhollywood.com/tiff-2017-women-directors-meet-tracy-heather-strain-sighted-eyes-feeling-heart-40fa9d1392f/

Related Wikipedia topics:

• Lorraine_Hansberry -- Strain produced the first ever feature-length documentary about Lorraine Hansberry.
• American_Masters and American_Experience -- PBS documentary programs for which Strain has produced
• Documentary_film -- Strain is a documentary filmmaker
• Toronto_International_Film_Festival -- Strain's work has appeared at TIFF
• Northeastern_University -- Strain teaches at Northeastern
• List_of_directors_and_producers_of_documentaries -- Strain's article could be added to this list which is full of links to exemplar articles
• Amy_Serrano -- a similar documentary filmmaker, exemplar article

Casey.ha (talk) 19:26, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Casey.ha, Looks good. I think the Youtube videos should serve as acceptable sources. Also, you must be careful of WP:COI given you are from the same university. -Reagle (talk) 17:15, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

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Topic: The Bechdel Cast

• https://www.bechdelcast.com
• https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/the-bechdel-test-podcast/
• http://www.laweekly.com/event/the-bechdel-cast-8900051
• https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/02/the-olympics-stole-my-twitter-and-im-salty-about-i.html Moreno.ci (talk) 17:36, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Moreno.ci, you should find additional external sources (bechdelcast.com wouldn't count toward your minimum of four) . Podcasts are frequently critiqued for lack of notability, so you'll need strong sources.. Also, what of similar articles that you can use as exemplars? -Reagle (talk) 17:15, 18 September 2018 (UTC)