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Anacostia Community Museum Edit-a-thon

#ACMWiki - a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to improve and create Wikipedia articles about Anacostia and other neighborhoods south of the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C.

Organizers: Jennifer Morris, Archivist, Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Baasil Wilder, Librarian, Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum Library, Diane Shaw, Smithsonian Libraries Cataloger, and Wikimedia DC.

All are welcome, lunch and coffee provided.

  • Check out the to-do list of article suggestions, handpicked by Smithsonian staff.
  • Resources from the Anacostia Community Museum Archives and the Smithsonian Libraries will be utilized, offline and online.
  • Contribute to existing articles or write new articles in whatever language.
  • Help your fellow contributors out - lend a hand when needed and help out new editors!
  • Even if you don't feel like writing about something on our to-do list, we welcome you to come.
  • Participants must be in good standing in the Wikimedia community.
  • Check out our Etherpad

When

Saturday, August 13, 2016, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Where

Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place SE, Washington, DC 20020

A map and directions for driving, Metrorail and bus are available on the museum's website

There is also a free weekend shuttle from the National Mall (with stops at the Ripley Center, the Air and Space Museum, the Anacostia Metro Station, the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, and the Anacostia Arts Center); for route information and departure times see the schedule here


Sign up!

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I'll be there in person!

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20 person limit. Please note your skill level at Wikipedia editing.

  1. Km31284: Enthusiastic beginner editor! MLIS candidate with bibliographic research skills
  2. Jssm77: Beginner editor. Looking forward to learning from experienced Wikipedians!
  3. econterms (talk): almost for sure
  4. Uncommon fritillary (talk) 14:22, 8 August 2016 (UTC) (co-organizer of the event)[reply]
  5. --S1m5t22 (talk) 17:37, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  6. --Baasilt (talk) 17:41, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be there online and in spirit!

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Can't make it to the event? You can participate online! Here's how it works:
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On the day of the event, check in with your Wikipedia username.
Don't have a username yet? It's easy to create one.
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Choose an article to edit from the list on this page.
Want to work on an article that's not on the list? You're welcome to choose any topic you like!
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Have questions during the event? Chat with us!
Some events also include a video or audio conference. You can find more details on this page.

Please sign up here if you will join us remotely.

  1. [sign up here]

Schedule

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  • 10:00 am-10:30 am: Coffee and introductions
  • 10:30 am-11:30 am: Docent-led tour of the exhibition Twelve Years that Shook and Shaped Washington: 1963-1975
  • 11:30 am-12:15 pm: Wikipedia introduction + training
  • 12:15 pm-1:00 pm: Lunch break
  • 1:00 pm-3:00 pm: Write/edit Wikipedia articles

What to bring

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  • A laptop
  • A government issued ID
  • You're welcome to bring your camera and take pictures
  • A Wikipedia user name and password for the login (if possible, sign up for your Wikipedia account before the event, but if you want help, we'll show you how to create an account once you get to the Museum)

Articles to work on

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Existing articles to improve:

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Neighborhoods:

Points of interest:

People:

Articles to create:

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See also the list of potential articles and reference resources from the event page of a recent Howard University Meetup: https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Howard_2016#Articles_to_work_on

Research resources

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Smithsonian websites, library catalogs, & databases

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Books available from the Anacostia Museum Library

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  • George Washington University. Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Old Anacostia: a planning study (1973) NA108 .W3G349 1973 ANAC
  • Washington, D.C. Office of Planning. The Anacostia waterfront: imagine, act, transform, Washington, D.C. (2003) HT177.W3A53 2003 ANAC
  • Rice, William Stantley. Community control of schools: a change strategy for altering the lifestyle and improving educational opportunities for inner city residents of Anacostia, a Washington, D.C. community (dissertation; 1980). LC221.3 .W3R497 1980 ANAC
  • Muller, John. Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.: the lion of Anacostia (2012) E449 .D75M85 2012 ANAC
  • Beauchamp, Tanya Edwards. Anacostia historic district, Washington,D.C. (2006) F202 .A5B43 2006 ANAC
  • Lowe, Gail S. (editor). East of the river: continuity and change (2010) F202 .A5E27 2010 ANAC Urban Waterways Shelf
  • Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. The evolution of a community. (1972?) F202 .A5A53 ANAC / ANAC REF
  • United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works). Anacostia River and tributaries (1996) QH76.5 .W18U55 1996 ANAC Urban Waterways Shelf
  • African American desk reference: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the New York Public Library (1999) E185 .A37 19999 ANAC REF
  • Savage, Beth L. (editor). African American historic places (1994) E185 .A2534 1994X ANAC REF
  • Lapp, Joe. Kenilworth: a DC neighborhood by the Anacostia River (2006) F202 .K46L37 2006 ANAC REF
  • Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. The Frederick Douglass years: a cultural history exhibition (1970) E185.53 .W3A53 ANAC
  • The Barnett-Aden collection (exhibition catalog from the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, 1974) N6538 .N5B37X ANAC REF
  • The black Washingtonians: the Anacostia Museum illustrated chronology (2005) F205 .N4B55 2005 ANAC REF
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Citation tools

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Sample wording for adding information about ACM archival finding aids to relevant articles, for example in "Further reading" or "External links":

Anacostia story: 1680-1930 exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution. Collection ID: ACMA.M03-039.

Archival material related to Ellis Haizlip is housed at the Anacostia Community Museum Archives, ACMA.M06.005. The Ellis B. Haizlip Papers

Wikipedia Resources

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Some Relevant Categories

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[Category:African-American history of Washington, D.C.] [Category:Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.]

Outcomes

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  1. Expanded article on Kenilworth, Washington, D.C. Uncommon fritillary (talk) 18:03, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. New article and category for Community museums -- econterms (talk)
  3. Expanded article on Anacostia Community Museum--Baasilt (talk) 18:23, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Resources for after the event

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