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Date and Time | June 6, 2015 (Saturday), 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. |
Address | 14th St and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20001 ( directions here) |
City, State | Washington,_D.C. |
Wiki Loves Pride is an opportunity to write about LGBT culture and history, in the context of Washington, D.C. and the American experience. Join museum curator Katherine Ott and archives specialist Franklin A. Robinson Jr. for special behind-the-scenes tours and a chance to edit Wikipedia among friends. No previous Wikipedia editing experience is required (the day includes a short introduction to editing), but please create your account before the edit-a-thon begins.
If you are interested in participating, please sign up below and/or share the results of your work during the month of June 2015.
When
Where
Time | Activity |
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10:00-10:30 am | Arrivals. Participants should gather in the National Museum of American History's Constitution Avenue lobby, near the visitor services desk, for staff escort to edit-a-thon location |
10:30-11:00 am | Welcome by Smithsonian staff, and introductory training session on editing Wikipedia |
11:00 am -12:00 pm | Behind-the-scenes tour of the LGBT collections in the Museum and the Archives Center |
12:00-1:00 pm | Lunch (provided) |
1:00-5:00 pm | Wikipedia editing |
Below is a list of articles which could be created or expanded using information from the National Museum of American History's collections. This list is not exhaustive and you may edit or expand any additional Wikipedia articles.
Citation format for citing the NMAH Archives Center finding aid:
Wikipedia citations are done in-line with the text, and are automatically aggregated as footnotes at the bottom of pages. Citation templates are an easy way for beginners to begin inserting citations.
See Portal:LGBT/Categories_(box)
Do not copy-paste text from a website directly into Wikipedia. Paraphrasing and citation is necessary.
Most of Wikipedia's text and many of its images are co-licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).
Every image has a description page which indicates the license under which it is released or, if it is non-free, the rationale under which it is used.
![]() | This page is an archive. Do not edit the contents of this page. Please direct any additional comments to the current main page. |
![]() | |
When and Where | |
---|---|
Date and Time | June 6, 2015 (Saturday), 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. |
Address | 14th St and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20001 ( directions here) |
City, State | Washington,_D.C. |
Wiki Loves Pride is an opportunity to write about LGBT culture and history, in the context of Washington, D.C. and the American experience. Join museum curator Katherine Ott and archives specialist Franklin A. Robinson Jr. for special behind-the-scenes tours and a chance to edit Wikipedia among friends. No previous Wikipedia editing experience is required (the day includes a short introduction to editing), but please create your account before the edit-a-thon begins.
If you are interested in participating, please sign up below and/or share the results of your work during the month of June 2015.
When
Where
Time | Activity |
---|---|
10:00-10:30 am | Arrivals. Participants should gather in the National Museum of American History's Constitution Avenue lobby, near the visitor services desk, for staff escort to edit-a-thon location |
10:30-11:00 am | Welcome by Smithsonian staff, and introductory training session on editing Wikipedia |
11:00 am -12:00 pm | Behind-the-scenes tour of the LGBT collections in the Museum and the Archives Center |
12:00-1:00 pm | Lunch (provided) |
1:00-5:00 pm | Wikipedia editing |
Below is a list of articles which could be created or expanded using information from the National Museum of American History's collections. This list is not exhaustive and you may edit or expand any additional Wikipedia articles.
Citation format for citing the NMAH Archives Center finding aid:
Wikipedia citations are done in-line with the text, and are automatically aggregated as footnotes at the bottom of pages. Citation templates are an easy way for beginners to begin inserting citations.
See Portal:LGBT/Categories_(box)
Do not copy-paste text from a website directly into Wikipedia. Paraphrasing and citation is necessary.
Most of Wikipedia's text and many of its images are co-licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).
Every image has a description page which indicates the license under which it is released or, if it is non-free, the rationale under which it is used.