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IndigiWiki goes to the Junos: Indigenizing Wikipedia & Wikidata

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This Wiki editing event co-hosted by York University Libraries and the Toronto Public Library is focused on adding information and content for Indigenous Juno award nominees and winners. Information about nominees to the Indigenous Album of the Year category are underrepresented in comparison to other categories. Participants will engage in adding content to Wikipedia and Wikidata in a collaborative environment.

Event details

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Buffy Sainte-Marie
  • Date: Thursday, March 22nd, 2018
  • Time: 6 pm to 8 pm
  • Location: Learning Centre 2 (LC2),(next to "Book Ends")Toronto Reference Library. Map.
  • Cost: Free, but please register ahead of time by signing up below. Click here if you need to create a Wikipedia account.

Materials needed: none. Computers are available.

Training on working with Wikimedia projects will be available.

During and post event: check out the TALK page to see who is working on which article! Completed ones will be added to this page.

Participants

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Pages needing improvement

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Tanya Tagaq at Interstellar Rodeo, 2015

Pages that need to be created

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  • DJ Shub (currently a "redirect with possibilities" to A Tribe Called Red, but has a Juno Award nomination as a solo artist)
  • Sedna (album)
  • Medicine Songs (album) by Buffy Sainte-Marie
  • PowWowStep (album) by DJ Shub
  • Here & Now (Indian City album)
  • Inuusiq/Life (ᐃᓅᓯᖅ) (2016) (album by the Jerry Cans)
  • Nunavut Sivuniksavut (part of group nominated for Classical Album of the Year)
  • The Shaman & Arctic Symphony (album) (nominated for Classical Album of the Year)
  • J. Hubert Francis and Eagle Feather (nominated twice for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording in 1994)
  • Stoney Park Singers (nominated for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording in 1994)
  • Red Bull (nominated for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording in 1996 and in 2000)
  • Chester Knight and the Wind (nominated for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording in 1997; winner of the same category in 2000) + Chester Knight (nominated for Aboriginal Recording of the Year in 2003) — he and his band should probably be addressed as one article with a redirect from the other title, rather than as two separate articles
  • Up Where We Belong (Album) by Buffy Sainte-Marie (winning album for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording in 1997)
  • Little Island Cree (nominated for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording in 1998 with Clayton Chief)
  • Clayton Chief (nominated for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording in 1998 with Little Island Cree)
  • No Reservations (nominated for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording in 1998)
  • Fara Palmer (nominated for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording in 1998 and in 2000; nominated for Aboriginal Recording of the Year in 2008)
  • The 1997 Aboriginal Women's Voices Group (nominated for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording in 1999)
  • TKO (nominated for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording in 1999)
  • Elizabeth Hill (nominated for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording in 2000)
  • Vern Cheechoo (nominated for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording in 2000; nominated for Aboriginal Recording of the Year in 2003)
  • C-Weed (nominated for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording in 2001)
  • Nakoda Lodge (nominated for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording in 2002)
  • Billy Joe Green (nominated for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording in 2002; nominated for Aboriginal Recording of the Year in 2006 & 2009)
  • Sandy Scofield (nominated for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording in 2002; nominated for Aboriginal Recording of the Year in 2004 & 2008)
  • Randy Wood](nominated for Aboriginal Recording of the Year in 2003; nominated for Aboriginal Album of the Year in 2012)
  • Whitefish Jrs. (nominated for Aboriginal Recording of the Year in 2004)
  • Wayne Lavallee (nominated for Aboriginal Recording of the Year in 2005; nominated for Aboriginal Album of the Year in 2010)
  • Jason Burnstick (nominated for Aboriginal Recording of the Year in 2007)
  • Tracy Bone (nominated for Aboriginal Recording of the Year in 2009)
  • Digawolf (nominated for Aboriginal Album of the Year in 2010)
  • Amanda Rheaume (nominated for Aboriginal Album of the Year in 2014)
  • Desiree Dorion (nominated for Aboriginal Album of the Year in 2014)
  • Nathan Cunningham (nominated for Aboriginal Album of the Year in 2014)
  • Medicine Songs, 2017 album by Buffy Sainte-Marie

Pages edited/updated as of March 22, 2018

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Resources for editing

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Sources for adding authority data

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These sources are useful for finding identifiers that can be added to Wikidata and will populate the authority control area in Wikipedia articles, no matter the language.

Asking for help and resolving disputes

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