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Join us for Open Access / Wikipedia Loves Libraries Week!
We will work to improve Wikipedia's coverage of underrepresented groups in Massachusetts and U.S. history. All participants, in-person and remote, are welcome.

When: Wednesday October 22nd, 2014, 3:30-8:30pm

Where: Digital Scholarship Commons in the Northeastern University Libraries. Make a right as you come out of the main library stairwell on the second floor.
Street address: Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.

Focus: Massachusetts History and Social Justice

Snacks? Yes! We will provide refreshments.

You do not need to be an experienced Wikipedia editor in order to attend, just bring a willingness to learn.

Shortcut to this page: bit.ly/NUOA14

Event Details

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Interested in the history of activism? Want to learn some basics of creating new Wikipedia articles? Join us to increase Wikipedia's coverage of people, places, events, and organizations important to Massachusetts history and activism in the U.S., in honor of Open Access and Wikipedia Loves Libraries Week.

Northeastern's campus is near the Ruggles stop on the Orange Line or the Northeastern stop on the Green Line E Branch. More driving and parking directions are available here.

Please either RSVP below, or email the organizer so we know how many to expect. If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature. Or, sign up on the Meetup page.

About Us

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Since 1998, the Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Department locates, secures, and makes accessible the most important and at-risk historical records of Boston's African American, Chinese, GLBTQ, and Latino communities, preserving the records of Boston-area social justice organizations that serve under-represented communities. The Digital Scholarship Group, also part of the library, opened in January 2014 and develops new tools and methods in representation, analysis, and dissemination of scholarship, teaching researchers at all levels about those new techniques, while also strengthening Northeastern’s expertise in research methods that engage and question the effects of the digital medium on culture and communication

Schedule

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If possible, create your Wikipedia account ahead of time. If you can't, that's not a problem: we will help you at the Edit-a-thon. On the day of, you will just need to bring a laptop and power supply.

3:30pm - 4:00pm: Check-in and welcome.

  • Cookies and coffee somewhere in here.

4:00pm - 4:30pm: Beginner intro to Wikipedia editing and special collections

4:30pm - 4:45pm: Self-organize and choose article topics

4:45pm - 8:15pm: Edit party!

  • Pizza somewhere in here.

8:15pm - 8:30pm: Wrap-up and thanks

Logistics

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  • Location and directions
  • Twitter: @ClubSnell or @Snell_Research
  • WiFi: Use NUWave-guest -- we will give out an access code in person
  • What to Bring: Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords, and will need a photo ID to sign into the library. Just let the front desk staff know you are here for the edit-a-thon.
  • Contact the organizers: If you have questions ahead of time, contact Amanda Rust. For directions and help finding the building on the day of, call the library's Circulation Desk at (617) 373-8778.

Sign Up and Guest List

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Attending

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  1. AmandaRR123 (talk) 21:40, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  2. WritingTeacherC (talk) 20:17, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Samirluther (talk) 20:17, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Vonioni (talk) 20:19, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Dgcliff (talk) 20:21, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Sarahjeansweeney (talk) 20:21, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Kalpert94 (talk) 20:22, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Hjc24 Hjc24 (talk) 20:24, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Narc617 (talk)
  10. JulDonn (talk) 20:28, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Abrooski (talk) 22:22, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Francislarch (talk) 23:38, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  13. GorillaWarfare (talk) 23:40, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Participating Remotely

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Regrets

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Suggested Topics

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Suggested articles for improvement and new articles to create, focused on Massachusetts and U.S. activism, but of course you are not limited to this list! Developed with help from the Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections.

Articles to improve (Boston/MA history)

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Articles to create (Boston/MA history)

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Wonderful WikiProjects and more to-do lists (U.S. history and beyond)

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WikiProject LGBT Studies: Things you can do

WikiProject African Diaspora: Current goals

WikiProject United States/Hispanic and Latino Americans: Open tasks

WikiProject Indigenous Peoples of North America: Articles requested

WikiProject Feminism: Open tasks

Greater Boston and Massachusetts history sources

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Through NU Libraries

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Free on the Web

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Results

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New articles created

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National Association of Black and White Men Together

Articles expanded or improved

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Added citations, photo, cleaned up sections on Muriel S. Snowden

Cleaned up references and added photo portrait of Byron Rushing

Added categories to Zipporah Potter Atkins

Added references to medieval use of Terence, additional info on Aqueduct (water supply), increased incoming links to La Alianza Hispana

Added a few groups to Timeline of Boston

Event Photos

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