Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndCommunity/Ithaca/Cornell2021

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ART+COMMUNITY

ART & COMMUNITY[edit]

During this edit-a-thon taking place on April 5th, 2021, we will be adding and updating articles for artists, activists, and organizers with a sustained involvement in cultural production, community building, and intersectional dialogs.

Who are we focusing on?[edit]

Artists, activists, and organizers with a sustained involvement in cultural production, community building, and intersectional dialogs. Although the additions and edits will be far from comprehensive, it is one step towards a more diverse archive. Art & Community aims to add diverse practitioners and communities to the wikipedia archive. New articles will be chosen through a series of discussions with students and organizer Jaret Vadera.

List of Artists, Activists, and Organizers[edit]

New Articles Added:[edit]

Updated Articles:[edit]

The Process: Step-by-Step[edit]

1. Create your account[edit]

Decide on a username

  1. Click on the blue link "Create Account" in the top right corner.
  2. Click on the blue link "Create One" in the sign in box.
  3. Fill out the information on the page (email is not necessary) and click the "Create Account" button.
  4. Your username will now appear in red in the top right corner.

2. Create your userpage[edit]

Creating a user page will be your first time editing in Wikipedia!

  1. Make sure you're signed in.
  2. Click on your user name, which is a red link, in the top right corner.
  3. Click the “Edit” tab (located between “Read” and “View History”) to make several edits to your userpage.
  4. Include as little or as much information about yourself as you would like. It's often a good idea to state your interests and what you'll be working on, including any declarations of possible conflicts of interest (for example, where you work, if you're comfortable sharing.)
  5. Tell edit-a-thon organizer your username so they can add it to the ART+COMMUNITY Meetup Page
  • The “Creating a userpage” document will walk you through the steps involved in setting up your userpage. your edits.

3. Create a draft in sandbox[edit]

A sandbox is a subpage of your userpage that can be used for drafting articles.

  1. When you are logged-in, look in the upper-right hand corner and you will see a link to your sandbox.
  2. When you click on this link, it will bring up the Edit box. You can type something in here and click Save, which will create your draft page. You can use this space for testing and practice.
  • These pages are not live articles, so they do not have to meet all of the Manual of Style requirements.

4. Artist/Activist/Organizer Template[edit]

Use skeleton template to cut and paste into your sandbox

5. Read[edit]

It is important that you read about the Five Pillars of Wikipedia.

  1. Neutral Point of View Policy
  2. No Original Research Policy
  3. Verifiability Policy
  4. Notability Policy

6. Choose artist page to create or edit from the list above or feel free to suggest a page you would like to work on[edit]

7. Research / Write / Share with other participants[edit]

8. Tell edit-a-thon organizer when you are close to done so you can upload together[edit]

Partipants[edit]

  • SENIOR ADMINS! We would love if you could participate remotely! Please contact JVadera if you are able to, and please add your Wikipedia username to the "Remote Participants" section below

Confirmed participants[edit]

  1. JVadera (talk · contribs)
  2. YerkeA (talk · contribs)
  3. May.Srini. (talk · contribs)
  4. Mimilicornell (talk · contribs)
  5. Toforsure (talk · contribs)
  6. Jia.Hioe (talk · contribs)
  7. Jellioti (talk · contribs)
  8. Bellavistan (talk · contribs)
  9. Bello Na'im (talk · contribs)

Remote participants[edit]

History[edit]

ART & COMMUNITY is part of an ongoing series of edit-a-thons originally developed by Uzma Rizvi and Jaret Vadera aimed at adding diverse practitioners and communities to the wikipedia archive. It was first hosted in the Social Science and Cultural Studies Department at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York

Past events[edit]

Wikipedia editing resources[edit]

Wikipedia Meetups
   May 2024 +/-
Auckland 22 May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04)
Leeds 6 May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04)
London 204 May 12, 2024 (2024-05-12)
US Mountain West online May 14, 2024 (2024-05-14)
Bay Area WikiSalon May 16, 2024 (2024-05-16)
Oxford 100 May 19, 2024 (2024-05-19)
San Diego 111 May 20, 2024 (2024-05-20)
Montreal: Canadian Centre
for Architecture edit-a-thon
May 22, 2024 (2024-05-22)
BLT Office Hours May 26, 2024 (2024-05-26)
   June 2024 +/-
Exeter June 8, 2024 (2024-06-08)
BLT Office Hours June 23, 2024 (2024-06-23)
Full Meetup Calendar • Events calendar on Meta
For meetups in other languages, see the list on Meta

N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources

  • Images and photos:
Introduction and Guide 1: Getting Started! – Why Edit Wikipedia?, Using the WikiD Guides and Getting Started.
Guide 2: Selecting and Researching a Topic/Subject – Choosing a Subject, References and Sources and Images.
Guide 3: Writing an Entry – Tone and Style, Content and Structure, Building an Argument, Precedents and Article Titles.
Guide 4: Navigating the Wikipedia Interface – Editing Interfaces, Creating a New Article, Editing Existing Pages and Disambiguation
Guide 5: Troubleshooting – Deleted Pages, Flagged Pages and Talk Pages

Tools and templates[edit]