Main Page | Resources | Tasks | Outcomes | AfricaCROWD | AfroLatinoCROWD | HaitiCROWD | Press | Event Archive | About |
When and Where | |
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Date | Saturday, February 25, 2017 |
Time | 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm |
Address |
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture New York Public Library 515 Malcolm X Blvd |
City, State | New York City, New York 10037 |
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, working with the AfroCROWD initiative, is proud to host Black Power! Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, our third year initiative in which we invite members of the community and general public to contribute content related to black history on Wikipedia for the national Black WikiHistory Month outreach campaign. For the first time, via video satellite, we'll be able to unite with Wikipedia editors in Africa who will edit alongside us.
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, written collaboratively by the people who use it (crowdsourced). At this event, you will learn how Wikipedia works and how to add content to it. Take advantage of the rich resources of the Schomburg library to write and edit entries on black history and culture. Volunteer Wikipedians, the experts, will also be on hand to provide support and instruction on working in Wikipedia.
The Wikipedia training and Edit-a-thon will be held in the Aaron Douglas Reading Room of the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division on the C-level (lower level) of the Schomburg Center. Stay for the entire afternoon or drop in any time between 12pm and 5pm.
Bring your own laptop if possible. Laptops will also be available to check out with your NYPL library card.
Wiki editing experience not required.
Passion for black history and culture is highly recommended!
A reception will follow the event at 5:00 pm.
@SchomburgCenter #BlackPower50
If you have a laptop, please bring it with you!
And add four ~~~~ at the bottom of this numbered list
✓ Please check with a WikiFacilitator before starting new pages – recommend beginners start by editing existing pages vs. starting new pages
Black Power – Subjects NOT in Wikipedia, a list curated by the Schomburg :-)
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Alphabetical by first letter
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General task list
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Alphabetical by first letter
"Stubs" - very short articles in need of expansion: |
16 African Women Translatathon Challenge
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About the translate-a-thon / A propos du translate-a-thon
List of articles to be translated
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Quick + easy! Infoboxes, stubs, obits with tons of biographical info, Wikidata, etc.
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It's fun, not super hard, and improves Google search results! Plus you don't need citations for infoboxes!
Clean up existing citations, add a new citation, add a selected works and publications section for published authors
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!
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Wikipedia editing resources
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NYPL editing resources
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Outreach Dashboard metrics (as of 26 Feb 2017 @ 4:01 am)
Alphabetical by first letter
denotes Infoboxes were added #yay!
New pages created in other languages – Translation! :-)
Please send all press inquiries (photo, video, interviews, audio-recording, etc) at least 24-hours before the day of the program to Ayofemi Kirby at ayofemikirby@nypl.org.
Main Page | Resources | Tasks | Outcomes | AfricaCROWD | AfroLatinoCROWD | HaitiCROWD | Press | Event Archive | About |
When and Where | |
---|---|
Date | Saturday, February 25, 2017 |
Time | 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm |
Address |
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture New York Public Library 515 Malcolm X Blvd |
City, State | New York City, New York 10037 |
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, working with the AfroCROWD initiative, is proud to host Black Power! Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, our third year initiative in which we invite members of the community and general public to contribute content related to black history on Wikipedia for the national Black WikiHistory Month outreach campaign. For the first time, via video satellite, we'll be able to unite with Wikipedia editors in Africa who will edit alongside us.
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, written collaboratively by the people who use it (crowdsourced). At this event, you will learn how Wikipedia works and how to add content to it. Take advantage of the rich resources of the Schomburg library to write and edit entries on black history and culture. Volunteer Wikipedians, the experts, will also be on hand to provide support and instruction on working in Wikipedia.
The Wikipedia training and Edit-a-thon will be held in the Aaron Douglas Reading Room of the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division on the C-level (lower level) of the Schomburg Center. Stay for the entire afternoon or drop in any time between 12pm and 5pm.
Bring your own laptop if possible. Laptops will also be available to check out with your NYPL library card.
Wiki editing experience not required.
Passion for black history and culture is highly recommended!
A reception will follow the event at 5:00 pm.
@SchomburgCenter #BlackPower50
If you have a laptop, please bring it with you!
And add four ~~~~ at the bottom of this numbered list
✓ Please check with a WikiFacilitator before starting new pages – recommend beginners start by editing existing pages vs. starting new pages
Black Power – Subjects NOT in Wikipedia, a list curated by the Schomburg :-)
|
---|
Alphabetical by first letter
|
General task list
|
---|
Alphabetical by first letter
"Stubs" - very short articles in need of expansion: |
16 African Women Translatathon Challenge
|
---|
About the translate-a-thon / A propos du translate-a-thon
List of articles to be translated
|
Quick + easy! Infoboxes, stubs, obits with tons of biographical info, Wikidata, etc.
|
---|
It's fun, not super hard, and improves Google search results! Plus you don't need citations for infoboxes!
Clean up existing citations, add a new citation, add a selected works and publications section for published authors
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!
|
Wikipedia editing resources
|
---|
|
NYPL editing resources
|
---|
|
Outreach Dashboard metrics (as of 26 Feb 2017 @ 4:01 am)
Alphabetical by first letter
denotes Infoboxes were added #yay!
New pages created in other languages – Translation! :-)
Please send all press inquiries (photo, video, interviews, audio-recording, etc) at least 24-hours before the day of the program to Ayofemi Kirby at ayofemikirby@nypl.org.