Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/APA
Welcome! The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association are sponsoring a Wikipedia edit-a-thon. |
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![]() When: Saturday, May 10, 2014, 10am-4pm Where: Junipero Serra Branch of LAPL (4607 S. Main St, 90037) What to bring: Your laptop, power adapter, and any reference materials you'd like to work from or share. Focus: The Asian Pacific American experience, particularly in Southern California. As always, you do not need to be an experienced Wikipedia editor in order to attend. Website: smithsonianapa.org/wiki ♦ Hashtag: #WikiAPA ♦ Facebook: event page |
Background
The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center is organizing Wikipedia APA, an editing event for improving and increasing the presence of cultural, historic, and artistic information on Wikipedia pertaining to Asian Pacific American (APA) experiences. The first Wikipedia edit-a-thon dedicated to APA content, this project will occur as physical events on May 10, 2014 in New York City, Washington DC, and Los Angeles, as well as online.
RSVP
Attending
Please add your name if you plan to attend:
- Calliopejen1 (talk) - possibly! will try to make it
- Penny Richards(talk) - coming from the South Bay if anyone's looking to carpool
- Shadow symbol (talk) - interested. I'll try to make it to this
Regrets
- RightCowLeftCoast (talk) -Unfortunately I have work until 1600 that day in Sorrento Valley, San Diego and will be unable to attend.
To-Do
Discrete task ideas
- Asian American
- Little Seoul- expand using materials in further reading and elsewhere
- - write missing article using these or other references
- Hsi Lai Temple - add references, revise accordingly (currently very poorly referenced)
- Mako Idemitsu - Tokyo-born artist, lived in Southern California before 1974[1][2]
- Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles - add references, revise accordingly (marked as needing more references since 2009)
- Thai Town, Los Angeles - expand, add references (marked as needing more references since 2008)
- Little Tokyo, Los Angeles - add references, revise accordingly (marked as needing more references since 2006!)
- Akira (Roy) Shimatsu (1919-1945), Torrance WWII casualty, posthumously awarded Bronze Star[3]
Other articles to check out
Articles with banners at the top noting problems are good candidates for improvement!
- Film: Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Lang Van, Vietnamese International Film Festival, Noor Iranian Film Festival, Silent River Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival, James Hong, Haing S. Ngor
- News and radio:
- Other media: Korean Music Festival, Saigon Broadcasting Television Network, Andisheh TV, Lian Ensemble, Love Is in the Heir, National Iranian Television (US), Persian Broadcasting Company, Shahs of Sunset, Yolk magazine, Tyrus Wong, Anime Expo, Hyphen (magazine), Disgrasian, KoreAm, Center for Asian American Media, Giant Robot (magazine), Journal of Asian American Studies, Amerasia Journal, Kaya Press
- Neighborhoods: Little Seoul
- Religion: Thien Hau Temple, Los Angeles, Koyasan Buddhist Temple, St. Louis Jain temple, Zen Center of Los Angeles, Deer Park Monastery, Sarang Community Church of Southern California, Jain Center of Southern California, St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral (El Cajon, California), Seminary of Mar Abba the Great, First Chinese Baptist Church of Fountain Valley, Malibu Hindu Temple, Japanese Union Church of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple
- Museums and cultural centers: Chinese American Museum, Bowers Museum, Japanese American National Museum, Pavilion for Japanese Art, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, USC Pacific Asia Museum
- Arts (Theatre, Comedy, Music and Dance: Korean Music Festival, Mista Cookie Jar
- Gardens and monuments: National Japanese American Veterans Memorial Court, Korean Bell of Friendship, Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, Go for Broke Monument, Hannah Carter Japanese Garden, Japanese Friendship Garden (Balboa Park), Storrier-Stearns Japanese Garden, The Japanese Garden, Aoyama Tree
- Other places:
- History: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- People: The Fung Brothers, AJ Rafael, Roy Choi, Frank Buckley (journalist), Parvesh Cheena, Warren Furutani, Mark Takano, Sammy Lee (diver), Grace Lee Boggs, Karin Higa, Shizu Saldamando, Ed Lin, Awkwafina, Mike Gin, Ted Lieu, Al Muratsuchi
- Organizations: Visual Communications (non-profit organization), Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation, Asian American Journalists Association, Association for Asian American Studies
- Chinese-American banks: Omni Bank (California), Tomato Bank, Universal Bank
- Food: Sam Woo Restaurant, 99 Ranch Market, Kogi Korean BBQ, Los Angeles Tofu Festival, Shun Fat Supermarket, Korean taco, Mikawaya, Mitsuwa Marketplace, Hong Kong Supermarket, Marukai Corporation U.S.A., Nijiya Market, 626 Night Market, King's Hawaiian, Yogurtland, Korean-Mexican fusion, Lee's Sandwiches, Huy Fong Foods, Sriracha sauce (Huy Fong Foods), Lollicup Coffee & Tea, Beard Papa's, L&L Hawaiian Barbecue
Results
- New entries
- 40 Families Project
- Chizuko Judy Sugita de Queiroz
- Little India, Artesia
Resources
- Wikipedia Markup Cheatsheet
- Basic tutorial
- More detailed tutorial
- Wikipedia Adventure - a silly but easy and effective tutorial!
- Citing sources video tutorials (about two minutes each, very helpful) ------------>
References
- ^ Brooklyn Museum: Feminist Art Database: Mako Idemitsu
- ^ Annette Leddy, "Treasures from the Vault: Sam Francis and Mako Idemitsu," The Getty Iris (August 26, 2011).
- ^ Torrance Historical Society list of names on the Torrance Memorial Wall
- ^ Jeff Gottlieb, "Old Palos Verdes Peninsula sparks a quest and pulls a community together," Los Angeles Times (January 1, 2010).
- ^ 40 Families Project website