Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/2017-01 HGF Lenny
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When and Where | |
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When: | Saturday, January 28, 2017 |
Time | 11:00 am – 4:00 pm (doors open at 10:30 am) |
Where: | ThoughtWorks 99 Madison Avenue (29th Street) 15th Floor New York, NY 10016 Phone: (646) 412-5200 |
co-sponsors: Her Girl Friday and ![]() |
Please join us for a Women Journos Unconference and Editathon, a Her Girl Friday Tackles the Gender Gap: The Wikipedia Editing Brunch event co-sponsored by Her Girl Friday and Lenny Letter on Saturday, January 28, 2017, at ThoughtWorks New York.
The all-day event will be an Unconference / Hackathon-style event with the goal of getting more notable women represented with pages on Wikipedia. #gender gap #PostInauguration
Strategies to address Post-Truth and Alternative Facts will be part of the conversation. Make a difference at a grass roots level by improving facts on Wikipedia! #Empowerment!
Event information
[edit]- Date: Saturday, January 28, 2017
- Time: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm (doors open at 10:30 am)
- Location: ThoughtWorks. 99 Madison Avenue (29th Street), 15th Floor, New York, NY 10016 Phone: (646) 412-5200 40°44′41″N 73°59′6.1″W / 40.74472°N 73.985028°W
- Who should come: Women-identifying journalists, women-identifying non-journalists, allies, humans alike!
- What to bring: Please remember to bring a laptop and power cord! We are unable to provide computers, but there will be plenty of outlets and wifi
- Food: There will be coffee, nosherai, and brunch provided to power our work throughout the day!
- Hashtag: #WomenJournosUnite
- Etherpad: HGF-Lenny-2017-01
- Meetup: Meetup
- RSVP:
- Don't have a Wikipedia account? Go to Outreach Dashboard to create a Wikipedia account
- Have a Wikipedia account? Please sign up via Outreach Dashboard
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- Please also add your user name to the Attendees list below
Agenda
[edit]Time | Activity | Details |
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10:30 am | Doors | |
11:00 am – 11:30 am | Welcome | • Jackie Snow: Welcome from Her Girl Friday: Who We Are and Why This Matters |
11:30 am – 12:00 pm | Lightning talks | • Short presentations • Group tutorial • Demo: Adding an Infobox • Intro to today's tasks |
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Join a table and edit! | • Join a beginning or intermediate table and try these tasks! |
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Share-out | • Share-out by each table: What was done, what needs to be done next |
4:00 pm | Happy Hour @ TBD |
Editing agenda
[edit]- Wikipedia – 15 minute overview: 5 pillars, Conflict of Interest policies, self guided introduction, Intro with videos etc. (example COI)
- Wikipedia – 5 minute register for Wikipedia account
- Wikipedia – 40 minute make one edit: add infobox, citation, etc.
Lightning talks
[edit]A lightning talk is a short presentation
- Women in Tech Who Should Be on Wikipedia – Deepthi Welaratna
- Women in the Arts Who Should be on Wikipedia – Kat Griefen
- Journalism, Ethics & Wikipedia – Karen Zraick
- The Black Lunch Table – Heather Hart aka Heathart
- Why and How We Edit Wikipedia: Cool Entries We’ve Done Related to the News – Erika Herzog aka BrillLyle
– Example before and after
Attendees
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- WikiFacilitators
- BrillLyle (talk) 09:35, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
- Heathart (talk) 16:22, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- Jim.henderson (talk) 01:12, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
- Mozucat (talk) 18:48, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- Her Girl Friday
- Atjackiesnow (talk) 14:11, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
- Karenzraick (talk)
- T onethousand (talk) 04:46, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
- Attendees
- Arianatobin (talk) 17:23, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- Belangerly (talk) 17:15, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- Benson22 (talk) 17:26, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- Drapered (talk) 17:24, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- Frankrina.84 (talk)
- Gkduggan (talk) 17:26, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- Hannah Silverman (talk) 17:19, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- Jbrockington (talk) 18:04, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- JohnCharles007 (talk) 17:32, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- LennyHops (talk)
- Milnesk (talk) 17:15, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- Nwhysel (talk) 16:45, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
- Ospaghettibrain (talk)
- SamNYC (talk) 18:44, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- Srwerth (talk) 17:27, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- Stale quail (talk) 17:22, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- Vchan23 (talk) 20:35, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- Vote4promqueens (talk) 19:56, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- Xthatsxcoolx (talk) 17:28, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- Yeewei12 (talk)
Wikipedia editing resources
[edit]Wikipedia editing resources
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Task lists
[edit]✓ Please check with a WikiFacilitator before starting new pages – recommend beginners start by editing existing pages vs. starting new pages
General task list
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Alphabetical by first letter
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A Woman to Know task list
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Alphabetical by first letter
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Women in Red task list
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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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Outcomes
[edit]Alphabetical by first letter
Infobox was added
- Pages improved
- Alexander Abian -- LennyHops (talk)
- Betty Kenward -- Atjackiesnow (talk)
- Charlotte Wilson -- Atjackiesnow (talk)
- Death of Sandra Bland -- Vote4promqueens (talk), BrillLyle (talk)
- Gharida Farooqi -- Vchan23 (talk)
- Ginny Ruffner -- Gkduggan (talk)
- Hairstyling product -- Arianatobin (talk)
- Hetty Green -- SamNYC (talk)
- Helga Ochoterena Booth -- DRAFT -- Nwhysel (talk)
- Joyce J. Scott -- Gkduggan (talk)
- Katie Stelmanis -- JohnCharles007 (talk), BrillLyle (talk)
- Linda Rosenthal -- Jbrockington (talk)
- List of African-American visual artists -- Heathart (talk)
- Marina Elali -- Atjackiesnow (talk)
- Marta Rojas -- Belangerly (talk)
- Mary Karr -- BrillLyle (talk)
, Drapered (talk), Mozucat (talk)
- Mary Pilon -- T onethousand (talk)
, Atjackiesnow (talk)
- Mary TallMountain -- Nwhysel (talk)
- Minerva Hamilton Hoyt -- SamNYC (talk)
- Phyllis Harrison-Ross -- Belangerly (talk)
- Ruth E. Carter -- Belangerly (talk)
, BrillLyle (talk)
- Sisters in Islam -- Benson22 (talk)
- Sylvia Mendez -- Drapered (talk)
- Tami Sagher -- Benson22 (talk)
- Tomohiro Kojiri -- Vchan23 (talk)
- West Area Computers -- XthatsXcoolX (talk)
- Where We At -- Heathart (talk)
- Pages created
- Kiran Gandhi -- Drapered (talk) -- very short, needs work so isn't deleted
- Mickaella L. Perina -- Drapered (talk) -- very short, needs work so isn't deleted
- Wikidata items improved
- Wikidata items created
- Wikimedia Commons images uploaded
- Joyce Scott 2016.jpg -- Gkduggan (talk)
- Lana Shea.jpg -- JohnCharles007 (talk)
- Sisters in Islam.jpg -- Benson22 (talk)
- Women's March.jpg -- JohnCharles007 (talk)
Gallery
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99 Madison Avenue
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99 Madison Avenue
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Lightning Talk:
Welcome from Her Girl Friday: Who We Are and Why This Matters –
Jackie Snow -
Lightning Talk:
Journalism, Ethics & Wikipedia –
Karen Zraick -
Lightning Talk:
Heather Hart from Black Lunch Table -
Lightning Talk:
Heather Hart from Black Lunch Table -
Lightning Talk
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Lightning Talk:
Women in Tech Who Should Be on Wikipedia –
Deepthi Welaratna -
Lightning Talk
Women in Tech Who Should Be on Wikipedia –
Deepthi Welaratna -
Lightning Talk
Women in Tech Who Should Be on Wikipedia –
Deepthi Welaratna -
Wiki training and skillshare
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Black Lunch Table + new Wikipedia editors
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Sustenance
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Sustenance
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Sustenance
See also
[edit]External links
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- Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)
- Her Girl Friday
- Lenny Letter
- ThoughtWorks New York