Wikipedia:Meetup/Kansas City/February 2022 KC Black History Wikipedia Events

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Event information

  • Event Title: February 2022 KC Black History Wikipedia Events
  • Dates: Every Thursday in February (Feb. 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th)
  • Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
    CDT
  • Location: Virtual event
  • Free with registration. To register for the following events, see below:


  • Wikipedia 101: Context, History, & More

Thurs. Feb. 3rd / 12PM – 1PM (Today!) Register at: [1]


  • Wikipedia 101: Creating an Account & Editing

Thurs. Feb. 10th / 12PM – 1PM Register at: [2]


  • Wikipedia Meetup

Tues. Feb. 15th / 12PM – 1PM Register at: [3]

  • Recurring meeting on the third Tuesday of every month


  • Wikipedia 101: Wikidata Basics

Thurs. Feb. 17th / 12PM – 1PM Register at: [4]


  • Wikipedia 101: Uploading Images to Wikimedia Commons

Thurs. Feb. 24th / 12PM – 1PM Register at: [5]

Details

An event series hosted by the Kansas City Public Library and the Black Archives of Mid-America for Black History Month 2022. Source material for Wikipedia examples and editing will come from the award-winning 2021 KC Black History publication created in partnership with the Black Archives of Mid-America, the Local Investment Commission (LINC), and the Kansas City Public Library.

No Wikipedia experience necessary.To participate you don’t need specialized knowledge of these topics or of Wikipedia.

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Participants

List your name by adding the following line. * ~~~~

Work list

Articles to improve

Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon:

Articles to create

Note: Editors must have accounts that "autoconfirmed" (four days old and have made more than ten edits) in order to create a page. During the edit-a-thon, editors brandnew to Wikipedia are encouraged to expand existing articles to develop Wikipedia know-how. Those interested in working on a new article for Wikipedia can prepare the article in a sandbox draft space.

Resources

Resources to use to expand articles

All of the individuals selected for this Edit-a-Thon except for Sarah Rector are listed in the 2021 KC Black History Booklet, created by the Black Archives of Mid-America, the Local Investment Commission, and the Kansas City Public Library. Access the booklet here. [[6]]

  • KCBlackHistory Website [[7]]

Kansas City Public Library Databases to use to expand articles

  • Newsbank [[8]]
  • Newspaper Source [[9]]
  • KC History [[10]]

Getting a KCPL card: [[11]]

Mid-Continent Public Library Databases to use to expand articles

  • Kansas City Star [[12]]
  • Newspapers.com [[13]]

Getting a MCPL card: [[14]]

Resources to learn about editing Wikipedia

  • Introduction
  • Art+Feminism's QuickGuides for Editing in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French [[15]]
  • Adding Images to Wikimedia Commons: Dos & Don'ts [[16]]

Articles created

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