Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon TSU USF 2024

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WP:TSUUSF2024

Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon presented with support from Wikimedia DC

When

February 15, 2024

Registration

Private

Event Dashboard

Dashboard

Safe Space Policy

Safe Space Policy

Presentation

Create Wikipedia username, log-in and check in for the event

Step 1:

Create a Wikipedia username if you don't already have one (top right)
Already have an account? Simply log-in (top right)
Usernames are public. You do not have to use your real name.

Step 2:

Check-in for this event using the blue button below. This helps us to track editing progress during the edit-a-thon.

1) Select 'Check in'

2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes'. DO NOT ADD TEXT TO THE FIELD.

Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees.

Articles to create or edit

Red drafts = New drafts articles that can be created

Blue = Existing articles

Blue drafts = Draft articles that have been created, but need more content before moving to Wikipedia 'mainspace'.

Instructions

Use this Google sheet to reserve the article you plan to edit or create
In the sheet, reserve the article you'd like to work on by adding your name or username next to the article
Return here to the event page and select your article's red or blue link. Red links will open blank pages.
Select 'Create' (for new articles), and 'Edit' for existing articles
For new articles, start by adding a 'References' header at the bottom. Return to the top and start writing.

Draft:David Stephens (sculptor)[1][2]
Draft:Rex Goreleigh [3][4][5] - Artist
Jumbo's [6] [7][8]
Draft:Alphoso Sumner [9][10] - Teacher
Draft:Black Bob Renfro [11] [12] [13] [14] - Business owner
Draft:Jack Macon [15] [16] - Doctor
Draft:Dry Tortugas National Park [17] [18] [19] - To do: Add history of slave labor in the section about the fort within the park. This information already exists in the Fort's own alone
Dry Tortugas National Park [20] [21] [22] - Add history of slave labor in the section about the fort within the park. This information already exists in the Fort's own along
Abraham Lincoln Lewis [23] [24] - Add section about museum named in his honor
Draft:Adebunmi Gbadebo [25][26] [27]
Draft:Sia Baker-Barnes [28] [29] [30]
Draft:Doris Ison [31] [32][33]
Draft:Sherman Line Rosenwald School [34][35] [36]
Draft:Pasquo School [37][38][39]
Draft:Annie E. Colbert Rosenwald School [40] [41]
Draft:Sweet Home Vocational and Agricultural High School [42] [43]
Fire Station No. 23 (Seattle) - [44]
Draft:God's Little Acre Cemetery - [45][46]
Draft:Mount Zion Baptist Church (Athens, Ohio) - [47][48]
Draft: Palmer Pharmacy - [49][50][51]
Isham F. Norris [52] - Expand

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