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Black Life Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Library building
When and Where
Date	Saturday, February 6, 2016
Time	12:00 pm – 4:30/5:00 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, hosted a successor to last year's Black Life Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Saturday February 6, 2016, to contribute to articles on Wikipedia for the national Black WikiHistory Month outreach campaign.

The Wikipedia training and Edit-a-thon took place in the Aaron Douglas Reading Room of the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division with a following reception in the Langston Hughes lobby on the first floor of the building.

• Event PDF
• Wikipedia vs. American National Biography - Task List

• Date: Saturday, February 6, 2016
• Time: 12:00 pm – 4:30/5:00 pm
• Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd (Lennox Avenue) between 135 and 136th Streets, New York, NY 10037 40°48′51″N 73°56′27″W / 40.81417°N 73.94083°W / 40.81417; -73.94083
• NYPL page: Black Life Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 2016 Edition
• Note:
  • The Wikipedia training and editathon will take place in the Aaron Douglas Reading Room of the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, with a reception following in the Langston Hughes Lobby on the first floor at 5:00 pm.
• Subway:
  • ​ ​ (not A and B, C only!) to 135th St. (exit at 135th and St Nicholas)
  • ​ to 135th St. (exit at 135th Street and Malcolm X Avenue)
• Bus: Bx33, M1, M2, M3, M7, M10, M102
• Who should attend: Everyone with an interest in Black history and expanding the diversity of knowledge on Wikipedia, and regardless of experience. We are happy to teach you the basics of editing Wikipedia. The public is welcome to this event.
• Snacks: TBD
• Hashtag: #WikiSchomburg [UPDATE LINK - this is tentative]
• Meetup link: WikimediaNYC @ Meetup
• Facebook event page:

If you have a laptop, please bring it with you!

Attendees

Regrets

1. kosboot ( talk) 22:45, 19 January 2016 (UTC) - but have already created Frederick Douglass (Ulysses Kay opera) and will do more during the month reply
2. I have a scheduling conflict on this date. Sorry! Best wishes for a great event. Newyorkbrad ( talk) 21:13, 1 February 2016 (UTC) reply

New articles created

People

Alphabetical by surname

1. Cecelia Adkins -- Seanpatrickcain ( talk) -- stub, needs additional content
2. Johari Amini -- Seanpatrickcain ( talk) -- stub, needs additional content
3. James Madison Bell -- Margotellen ( talk) -- stub, needs additional content
4. Madeline Bunch -- Seanpatrickcain ( talk) -- stub, needs additional content
5. Warren Clay Coleman -- Gjone1 ( talk) -- stub, 2 bare URLs cites could be converted to full cites
6. William "Billy" Costin -- Bjhillis ( talk) -- was in DRAFT form
7. Frederick Douglass (Ulysses Kay opera) -- Kosboot ( talk)
8. John Patterson Green -- Gow esq ( talk)
9. Herukhuti aka H. Sharif Williams -- StevenFullwood ( talk)
10. G. Winston James -- StevenFullwood ( talk) !!! HAS BEEN FLAGGED AfD !!! -- please help if you can!
11. Fannie Pennington -- Pharos ( talk)
12. Ruth Logan Roberts -- Lange.lea ( talk)
13. Edward Augustine Savoy -- Livrosparasiempre ( talk)
14. Moranda Smith -- Jennifer.Tamayo ( talk)

Draft

1. Draft:Cheryl Boyce Taylor -- StevenFullwood ( talk) -- NEEDS REVIEW
2. Draft:John Albert Burr -- HaloLisa17 ( talk)
3. Draft:Rex Goreleigh -- Whmiftahi9 ( talk)

Sandbox

1. Afripedia in User:Teddygoitom/sandbox -- Teddygoitom ( talk)
2. Lucille Mason Rose in User:Lewisph4/sandbox -- Lewisph4 ( talk)

Subjects

Alphabetical

1. List of African-American cemeteries in New York -- WindingRoad ( talk)
2. List of Melvin Van Peebles songs -- Tduk ( talk)

Articles improved

People

Alphabetical by surname

1. Cecelia Adkins -- JTtheOG ( talk), Pharos ( talk)
2. Charles Alston -- Rcamilled ( talk)
3. Johari Amini -- MrX ( talk)
4. Romare Bearden -- Pbkauf ( talk)
5. James Madison Bell -- Pharos ( talk)
6. Madeline Bunch -- Eastfrisian ( talk), Blythwood ( talk) -- stub, needs additional content
7. Octavia E. Butler -- photo added to Wikimedia Commons for use in entry that was provided by owner via email -- Mozucat ( talk), Doctorxgc ( talk)
8. Gwen Cherry -- Seanpatrickcain ( talk)
9. Darcel Clark -- Ruspeaks ( talk)
10. Warren Clay Coleman -- Pharos ( talk) -- stub, 2 bare URLs cites could be converted to full cites
11. William "Billy" Costin – DRAFT status, reworked and got to article status #yay -- BrillLyle ( talk), Margotellen ( talk)
12. Marion Vera Cuthbert -- Jskarlin ( talk)
13. Frederick Douglass (Ulysses Kay opera) – Put Further reading section into {{ cite journal}} format & added parameters -- Peaceray ( talk)
14. David Fagen -- added further reading suggestion to article -- Megaugust ( talk)
15. Jessie Redmon Fauset -- Rcamilled ( talk)
16. Sarah J. Garnet -- added photo -- Cakelover216 ( talk)
17. Nelson George -- IKeepItRealerThanMostIKnowYouFeelingIt ( talk)
18. Draft:Rex Goreleigh -- Schetm ( talk), Pharos ( talk), BrillLyle ( talk)
19. Blanche Grambs -- Rcamilled ( talk)
20. Lester Granger -- references added and formatting updated -- Lange.lea ( talk)
21. John Patterson Green -- UkPaolo ( talk)
22. Dream hampton -- IKeepItRealerThanMostIKnowYouFeelingIt ( talk)
23. Herukhuti aka H. Sharif Williams -- Melcous ( talk)
24. Jean Blackwell Hutson -- Cfeliciano86 ( talk)
25. G. Winston James -- Melcous ( talk)
26. Catherine Allen Latimer -- Cfeliciano86 ( talk)
27. Maritcha Remond Lyons -- will try to add more content, etc. as follow up to last year -- BrillLyle ( talk)
28. Asa Mader -- Theredproject ( talk)
29. Joan Morgan (author) -- IKeepItRealerThanMostIKnowYouFeelingIt ( talk)
30. Lyda D. Newman -- HaloLisa17 ( talk)
31. George Wells Parker -- BCCLeoF ( talk)
32. Fannie Pennington -- DGG ( talk)
33. Mary Ellen Pleasant -- Seanpatrickcain ( talk)
34. Florence M. Rice -- Adjoajo ( talk)
35. Ruth Logan Roberts & Talk:Ruth Logan Roberts - tweaked article, put references into {{ cite book}} formats & added parameters, & created talk page with WikiProject banners -- Peaceray ( talk)
36. Edward Augustine Savoy -- Livrosparasiempre ( talk), Mokshjuneja ( talk)
37. Hilda Simms -- Theorizedfuzzball ( talk)
38. Carole Simpson -- Seanpatrickcain ( talk)
39. Danyel Smith -- IKeepItRealerThanMostIKnowYouFeelingIt ( talk)
40. Moranda Smith -- Jennifer.Tamayo ( talk)
41. Pamela Sneed -- StevenFullwood ( talk)
42. Lester Sterling -- DR. LUV JA ( talk)
43. Elliott Wilson (journalist) -- IKeepItRealerThanMostIKnowYouFeelingIt ( talk)

Subject

Alphabetical

1. The Covenant with Black America -- Doctorxgc ( talk)
2. List of African-American cemeteries in New York - tweaked article & created the talk section with the appropriate WikiProject banners -- Peaceray ( talk)
3. National Urban League -- references and archival materials link added -- Lange.lea ( talk)
4. Studio Museum in Harlem -- Cakelover216 ( talk), Etlib ( talk)
5. The Apple Stretching -- Tduk ( talk)
6. Waltz of the Stork -- Tduk ( talk)

Finding aid project

• Adding templates to collection NYPL Schomburg Subject List -- BrillLyle ( talk), could use a lot of help! This will be ongoing work in progress this month

Images added to Wikimedia Commons

1. Octavia Butler photo by Leslie Howle.JPG -- Mozucat ( talk)
2. Sarah J. Garnet.jpg -- Cakelover216 ( talk)

Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon.

Need to be created

• Catherine Allen Latimer (c. 1895-1948), first Black professional librarian at NYPL - SCRBC
• Glory Van Scott (b. 1947), dancer and educator [1]
• Charles A. Smythwick, novelist [2] [3]
• Molefe Pheto, South African political prisoner [4] [5]
• Mogorosi Motshumi (b. 1955), South African cartoonist [6]
• Dumile Feni (b. 1942), South African sculptor [7]
• Charles Cyrus Thomas (1909–1988) (died in California)
• Harlem bookstores ( Young's Book Exchange, Liberation Bookstore, Frederick Douglass Book Center, National Memorial African Bookstore owned by Lewis H. Michaux)
• Ruth Logan Roberts (1891–1968), Harlem salon host, suffragist, activist -- created!
• Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders (1883–1966), Harlem YWCA leader
• George Washington Ellis, [8]
• Greater Calvary Baptist Church, Harlem - possible reference
• Miriam Duchess Harris
• Francesca Harper, dancer and choreographer
• Kathleen Stanford Grant A Pilates Elder & Master Teacher; certified by Joseph Pilates, the creator of the method.
• Edward Augustine Savoy Worked for 21 secretaries of state through 14 presidencies from Grant to FDR - See more at: [9]
• Charles William Anderson (28 Apr. 1866-28 Jan. 1938) NYC politician and public official
• Charles Banks (25 Mar. 1873-1923) Banker and businessman from Mound Bayou
• Thomas Bayne (1824-1889) Dentist and politician born into slavery
• James Madison Bell (3 Apr. 1826-1902) Poet
• William Alexander Brown (fl. 1817-1823) Manager of African Grove Theater, playwright
• John Edward Bush (15 Nov. 1856-11 Decv. 1916) Publisher, insuranceman, politician, founder of Mosaic Templars of America
• Cesar (c. 1682-?) Slave and medical practitioner
• George William Cook (7 Jan. 1855-20 Aug. 1931) Educator and civil rights leader
• John Wesley Cromwell (5 Sept. 1846-14 Apr. 1927) Lawyer and historian
• Warren Clay Coleman (25 Mar. 1849-31 Mar. 1904) Founder of Coleman Manufacturing Company (textiles)
• Isom Dart (1848-3 Oct. 1900) cowboy and rustler
• Cornelius Nathaniel Dorsette (1852-7 Dec. 1897) Doctor, Alabama's first licensed Black physician
• H. Ford Douglas (1831-11 Nov. 1865) Abolitionist and military officer
• John Patterson Green (2 Apr 1845-30 Aug 1940) Lawyer and politician
• Henry Alexander Hunt, Jr. (10 Oct. 1866-1 Oct. 1938) Educator and government official
• John Jasper (4 July 1812-30 Mar. 1901) Baptist preacher and orator
• Thomas Jeremiah (?-18 Aug.1775) Free Black pilot, fisherman, executed for allegedly forementing a slave uprising
• John Jones (3 Nov 1816-21 May 1879) Civil rights activist and Chicago county commissioner
• Andrew Marshall Cox (c. 1756-11 Dec 1856) Pastor and businessman
• James Julius McClendon (16 Mar. 1898-20 Apr. 1982) Physician and civil rights activist
• James Carrol Napier (9 June 1845-21 Apr. 1940) Politician, lawyer, businessman
• Berry O'Kelly (c. 1860-14 Mar. 1931) Businessman
• Benjamin B. Pelham (1862-7 Oct. 1948) Newspaper publisher, municipal official, political leader
• Henry Vinton Plummer (31 July 1844-8 Feb. 1906) Baptist clergyman and U.S. Army chaplin
• Rex Goreleigh (1902-1986) African American painter
• Middleton A. “Spike” Harris Founder of the Negro History Associates [10]
• Albert Alexander Smith Artist and musician
• Edwin Henry Hackley (1859-1940) Attorney and activist
• Marco Ramirez Playwright and TV writer; wrote Lincoln Center Theater’s upcoming play, The Royale.
• Ademola Olugebefola Artist [11]
• Vy Higgensen Radio personality, producer, writer
• Duma Ndlova South African composer and writer
• Sonny Jim Gaines a.k.a. G.E. Gaines Playwright and actor
• Marcus Jackson poet and not the athlete for whom there is a wikipedia page [12]
• Martha Minerva Franklin, (29 Oct. 1870-26 Sept. 1968) Nurse - Founded National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN).Schomburg has the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses records
• Frances Mary Albrier (21 Sept. 1898-21 Aug. 1987) Civil rights activist and community leader, was born in Mount Vernon, NY
• Eva Bowles Secretary for colored work for the YWCA
• Frances Elliott Davis Nurse and community advocate
• Emma L. Bowen Community Activist [13]
• Jamila Woods Poet and vocalist [14]

Biographies

• Xenobia Bailey
• Jean Blackwell Hutson, Schomburg curator, 1948–1980
• Mae Virginia Cowdery
• Aaron Douglas
• Donovan Drayton
• Ronny Drayton
• Sarah J. Garnet , created this article 5 years ago during Women's History month. Need picture!!, and expansion.
• dream hampton
• John Henrik Clarke
• Annie B. Martin
• Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí
• Lawrence D. Reddick, curator of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature, 1939–1948
• Lloyd Sealy, NYPD officer/commander and CUNY professor
• Miriam Tlali
• Claudia Lennear, singer
• Red links in Harlem Renaissance - Notable figures (especially poets)

Organizations

• Harlem bookstores
• Schomburg Honor Roll, 1939-1947
• Studio Museum in Harlem
• West Harlem Art Fund

See also pages relating to the Harlem Renaissance

Other lists with articles that need to be created

• African-American artists
• missing entries from the Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
• Caribbean poets
• missing entries from Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia
• missing entries from Writing African-American Women
• missing entries from Black Women Scientists in the United States
• missing entries from the Dictionary of African Biography
• Timeline of New York City (existing article to be expanded)
• African American city/state/regional histories, e.g. more examples like in {{ African Americans by location}}
• Seneca Village was a GA 10+ years ago, now C-class

Stubs!

"Stubs" - very short articles in need of expansion:

• Category:African diaspora stubs
• Category:African American stubs
• Category:Africa stubs
• Category:Caribbean stubs
• Other stub types

• NYPL Guide: Black Life Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: How You Can Help
• Digital Schomburg: Links and Resources
• Digital Schomburg: Online Exhibitions
• Digital Schomburg: Online Books
• Digital Schomburg: Images & Illustrations
• Digital Schomburg: Africana Heritage Newsletters
• Digital Collections @ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division

• NYPL Archives & Manuscripts
• NYPL Digital Collections

{{NYPL Archives & Manuscripts|id|division|link label}}

An example with division:

{{NYPL Archives & Manuscripts|22986|scm|Maya Angelou papers}}

displays

Maya Angelou papers at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division at the New York Public Library

Note:

• 'id' is the last numbers of the URL, e.g. http://archives.nypl.org/xxxxxx, xxxxxx being the ID number.
• 'division' is option, but to add to the external link, these are the abbreviations (3 letter string in bold below) to trigger the inclusion of the collection

scl: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division

scm: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division

• 'link label' is an override field, it will default to the page title.

• 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 to Wikipedia Editing

Tools and templates

• Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
• Infobox template - person
• Biographies of living persons
• Writing an article
• About the Sandbox
• Determining Notability of Creative Professionals
• Conflict of Interest in Wikipedia Editing
• Verifying Reliable Sources

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

Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help

• #wikipedia-en-help ^connect

• Grigas, Victor and Ed Erhart. " #BlackLifeMatters edit-a-thon bolsters Wikipedia’s coverage of black history." Wikimedia Blog. February 21, 2016.
• Allum, Cynthia. " Women leading movements to champion equality on Wikipedia: Frustrated by Wikipedia’s male-dominated culture, women are spearheading efforts to record history fairly, and take control of their own stories." The New York Times. February 29, 2016.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2016 Black Life Matters @ Schomburg.

• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
• Digital Schomburg
• Schomburg Tumblr
• AfroCROWD
• Event page at New York Public Library
• Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)
• Wikimedia New York City