Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/EOB/Unforgetting 10
Join us for the next Unforgetting L.A. edit-a-thon at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Margaret Herrick Library on Saturday, October 3!! |
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Who writes the history of art in Los Angeles? You do! Meetup with online magazine East of Borneo for a Wikipedia training workshop and edit-a-thon to build a better online history of Southern California art. This next meetup in the Unforgetting L.A. series will take place at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Margaret Herrick Library. As always, beginners welcome! We'll provide training for new editors with orientations offered every hour on the hour.
When: Saturday, October 3 from 11am–4pm. Where: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Margaret Herrick Library, 333 S. La Cienega Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 (map) Suggested Focus: Los Angeles Filmmakers What to bring: Your laptop, power adapter, and any reference materials you'd like to work from or share. Facebook event page: Website: eastofborneo.org/unforgetting Twitter: @unforgettingLA ♦ @eastofborneo |
Background
[edit]Unforgetting LA is a series of Wikipedia edit-a-thons started in July 2013 by the online art magazine East of Borneo. We meet throughout the year at local museums and art spaces to train new editors and build a better online history of art in Southern California. Previous hosts include the Getty Research Institute, LACMA, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the California African American Museum, and the MAK Center for Art and Architecture.
RSVP
[edit]If you are new to Wikipedia and don't yet have an account, you can RSVP here instead!
To-Do
[edit]Here are a few suggested articles to create or improve during this edit-a-thon, but you are welcome to work on anything you like.
Please note: This is a crowdsourced list. You can help us by adding to it!
To create:
- James Raker, Advertising executive
- Leo K. Kuter, Art director
- Billy Gordon (casting director)
- Isis Mussenden, Costume designer
- Adele Balkan, Costume designer
- Michael Woulfe, Costume designer
- Robert Turturice, Costume designer
- Joe Tompkins (costume designer)
- Ellen Mirojnick, Costume designer
- Richard Hornung, Costume designer
- Riley Thorne, Costume designer
- Donald F. Gledhill, Executive
- Susan Zarate, Illustrator
- Gladys Hall, Journalist
- Jane Ardmore, Journalist
- Frances Richardson, Librarian, 20th Century Fox
- John Truwe, Makeup artist
- Motion Picture Society for the Americas, Organization
- Hollywood Motion Picture and Television Museum, Organization
- Joel Freeman, Producer, Director
- Barry Robison, Production designer
- Edward Pisoni, Production designer
- Roger McDonald (production designer)
- John Robert Lloyd, Production designer
- Gil Kurland, Production manager
- Marty Weiser, Publicist, Warner Bros.
- Jack Atlas (publicist), MGM
- Charles Schlaifer, Publicist
- Harry B. Friedman, Publicist
- Tom Miller (publicist)
- Lincoln Quarberg, Publicist
- Peggy Robertson, Script supervisor
- Harold Adler, Title designer
- Robert Dawson (film title designer)
- Antoinette Cronjager, Wardrobe fitter
- Barbara McCullough, filmmaker
- Panavision Cameras, Technology
- Philip M. Jefferies, Production designer
To improve:
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Organization Errors noted by Academy staff
- Adele Palmer, Costume designer
- Albert Brenner, Art director
- Alexander Mackendrick, Director
- Arianne Phillips, Costume designer
- Arthur Max, Production designer
- Bob Harman, Illustrator
- Brian Froud, Illustrator
- Costume Designers Guild, Organization
- Dennis Gassner, Production designer
- Dorothy Jeakins, Costume designer
- Edward R. Pressman, Producer
- Emile Santiago, Costume designer
- George C. Jenkins, Production designer
- Gloria Gresham, Costume designer
- Gwen Wakeling, Costume designer
- Hans Dreier, Production designer
- Harry Langdon, Comedian
- J. Michael Riva, Production designer
- Jean Negulesco, Director
- John Landis, Director
- Kay Nelson, Costume designer
- Leah Rhodes, Costume designer
- Marjorie Best, Costume designer
- Mark Bridges, Costume designer
- Martin Obzina, Production designer
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, company
- Milton Krims, Screenwriter
- Olga Kaljakin, Graphic designer
- Paul Zastupnevich, Costume designer
- Praxinoscope, Technology
- Renie, Costume designer
- Ruth Morley, Costume designer
- Steve Buscemi, Actor
- Technicolor SA, Company
- Tex Avery, Animator, actor, director
- Theadora Van Runkle, Costume designer
- Arlington Valles, Costume designer
- Wiard Ihnen, Production designer
- William J. Creber, Production designer
- William Tuttle, Makeup artist
- Bessie Loo, talent agent
- Morgan Fisher, filmmaker
- Pat O'Neill, filmmaker
- Jennifer Reeder, filmmaker
- Jennifer West, filmmaker
- Balboa Amusement Producing Company, company
For more pages to improve, see our full list of articles created at previous Unforgetting L.A. meetups: Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/EOB#Outcomes
Outcomes
[edit]For a full list of project outcomes to date: Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/EOB#Outcomes
- Frances Richardson
- Peggy Robertson
- Robert Turturice
- Chan Is Missing
- Barbara McCullough
- William J. Tuttle
- Dorothea Holt Redmond
- Romualdo Tirado
- Patricia Norris
- Ernest A. Batchelder
- Adele Balkan
- Harry Brand
- Leo K. Kuter
- Jane Ardmore
- Olga Kaljakin
Resources
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Please start here:
When in doubt:
- Notability Guidelines for Artists & Creative Professionals
- Notability Guidelines for Organizations
- Conflict of Interest policy
- Image Use Policy
- Article Naming & Disambiguation
Additional Tutorials:
- Basic tutorial
- More detailed tutorial
- Wikipedia Adventure - a silly but easy and effective tutorial!
- Citing sources video tutorials (about two minutes each, very helpful) ------------>