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Wikipedia:Meetup/Black History Month Edit-a-thon at Diablo Valley College

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Event information

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  • Sign Up for a Wiki Account If possible, create a Wikipedia account before the event.
  • Date: Thursday, February 22, 2021
  • Time: 4:00-6:00 PM
  • Host: Anne Kingsley
  • Any Questions: email akingsley@dvc.edu (Anne)

Why Participate?

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Become a wikipedia editor, get read by thousands of people, and contribute to Black History online. Faculty, students, administrators, and campus staff are invited to participate in Diablo Valley College's second "Black History Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon". Last year, we focused on Black Histories of the Bay Area. We had 12 people participate, 65 total edits, and 1200 words added to 11 articles. Those articles received 70,100 views! This is an incredible way to document histories that have been previously erased or lost, to learn about research, and to learn about open-sourced or crowd-sourced histories.

This year, we are focusing on Black artists and arts.

How to Participate?

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Before the Event

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Agenda

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Drop in any time, stay as long as you like!

  • 4:00: Wikipedia Editing Basics--get signed up, get started, learn how to contribute ( 1 hr)
  • 5:00: Editing Breakout Groups (1 hr)


List of articles to edit

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Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the 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!


Improve:

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  •   Bill Traylor African American Folk Artist born into slavery
  •   List of African-American visual artists This is a good list for African-American artists. You can click through to see where additions or corrections are needed. You can also add people to the list who are missing.

Example Pages for Inspiration and Direction

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Resources for editing

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Tutorials

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Editing Wikipedia brochure – click link (above) to open PDF
Manual of Style: list of works

Uploading photos

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