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Black History Month First Edit at NPR

NPR staff and experienced Wikipedians made edits on Wikipedia in honor of Black History Month.

NPR Black History Month editathon in Washington DC, with Wikimedia DC

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when

Friday, February 12, 2016 at 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

where

NPR Headquarters
Seminar North
1111 North Capitol St, Washington, DC 20002
NoMa or Union Station on Red Line

your hosts

Veronica Erb

Sign up![edit]

RSVPing is required for all non-NPR-employees; there is limited room for guests. Include your name, so we can let security know you're coming.

NPR employees, please create a Wikipedia account before coming to the event.

Attending[edit]

  1. Verbistheword (talk) 20:39, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Duckduckstop (talk) 21:36, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Dgorsline (talk) 16:27, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Geraldshields11 (talk) 21:20, 8 February 2016 (UTC) and I will likely take photographs. My real name is Gerald Shields.[reply]
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Maybe[edit]

  1. Kirill Lokshin (talk) 15:48, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Fuzheado | Talk 03:58, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies[edit]

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Schedule[edit]

This event will take place in Seminar North at NPR Headquarters.

If you are an experienced editor from outside NPR, please arrive by 12:15 pm so you can move through security.

Time Activity
12:30pm
Welcome to the Edit-a-thon!
12:35pm
Intro to Wikipedia
12:45pm
Library Resources Overview
1:00pm
Let's edit!

FAQ[edit]

Where is the event?

We'll be in Seminar North at NPR Headquarters. If you're a guest, tell security you're here to help with the Wikipedia tutorial, and they'll help you sign in.

What should I bring?

* A laptop, especially if you're a not an NPR employee
* An interest in black history and editing Wikipedia!

Do I have to register to attend, or can I just arrive on the day?

If you are NOT an NPR employee, you'll need to sign up above with your Wikipedia username and your real name. If you don't feel comfortable listing your real name above, just send Veronica a note with it. It will be on your security badge, but we don't mind you wearing that backwards. :)
NPR employees are encouraged to RSVP above, but can just show up.

You didn't answer my question!

Feel free to ask on this project's talk page. We welcome suggestions on the development and progress of this meetup.

Editing Wikipedia[edit]

Articles to work on[edit]

If you're new to Wikipedia, you'll want to work items from the first lists. If you have some experience, feel free to dive into the intermediate and advanced items.

Add citations[edit]

These articles need to be more clearly linked to reliable sources that provide the information. Check out the Wikipedia article on Citing Sources for help with citations.

Fix citations[edit]

The format for this citation needs to be tidied up.

Intermediate: Expand article[edit]

Write more about this subject, and make sure your sources are cited.

Intermediate: Revise to neutral viewpoint[edit]

It's possible that someone affiliated with the subject wrote the article.

Advanced: Review and refine[edit]

These articles need less obvious improvements. Review the article carefully and find places where the subject could be better explained or better cited.

Advanced: New articles to write[edit]

Before starting to write, make sure that the subject meets Wikipedia's notability requirements!

Research resources[edit]

As an NPR employee, you have access to lots of:

As a DC library cardholder, you also have access to lots of:


When looking on the public internet, you might also check out:

  • Google Books, which allows full-text search. (It's open to all!)

Outcomes[edit]

If you notice that edits you made have already been listed below, please feel free to "claim" them by putting three tildas at the end of the line.

  1. Corrected two references in International Civil Rights Center and Museum -- Dgorsline (talk) 17:57, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Documented event to fight systemic bias under Category:Black History Month First Edit at NPR 2016. Geraldshields11 (talk) 20:12, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Updated tags for American Beach, Florida
  4. Removed some promotional wording and added citations to Howard University Hospital —Verbistheword (talk)
  5. Added content, a citation, and an external link to Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial
  6. Minor copy edit to Apollo Theater
  7. Minor copy edit and tag revision for Berbice Slave Uprising
  8. Added citations to Levi Coffin House
  9. Added citations and merged materials into American Beach, Florida

Resources for after the event[edit]

  • N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help during, before, or after the event:
Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help

External links[edit]

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