Wikipedia:Meetup/Aphra Behn Society Editathon
Join us for the Aphra Behn Society Editathon at the Grand Summit Hotel on Wednesday, November 4, 2015! |
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The editors of ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830 with Karen Gevirtz, President of the Aphra Behn Society, will host a five-hour Aphra Behn Society Editathon as a pre-conference event in honor of Adrianne Wadewitz. On the day of the event, we will meet in the hotel (room: Morris Suite), and provide wifi, on-site support, and an introduction to Wikipedia editing for interested participants. We will also be live tweeting the event to our ABO followers to promote awareness of:
We will create a community of the participants from the event to encourage the ongoing use of Wikipedia and Wikipedia editing in the classroom. A panel/workshop on using Wikipedia and Wikipedia editing in the classroom is scheduled for later in the conference. This event is supported by a Wikimedia Project and Event Grants (PEG) from the Wikipedia Inspire Campaign to increase the representation of women and female editors on Wikipedia. |
Event information
- What: Aphra Behn Society Editathon
- When: Wednesday, November 4, 2015
- Time: 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- Where: The Grand Summit Hotel, 570 Springfield Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901 (map) 40°42′53.7″N 74°21′59.1″W / 40.714917°N 74.366417°W
- Morris Suite (see floor plan)
- What to bring: Your laptop, power adapter, and any reference materials you'd like to work from or share
- Email: aboeditathon2015@gmail.com
- Facebook: Event page
- Conference website: Aphra Behn Society Conference 2015
- Twitter: @ABOwomeninarts for ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830
- Hashtag: #ABOedit2015
Information from Conference website:
Pre-Conference Event at the Grand Summit Hotel
12:00 – 5:00pm: Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Morris Suite
The editors of ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830 in concert with the Aphra Behn Society, will host a five-hour Aphra Behn Society Editathon as a pre-conference event in honor of Adrianne Wadewitz. We will provide wifi, on-site support, and an introduction to Wikipedia editing for interested participants. (Bring your laptops and gear.)
All conferees are encouraged to attend. The event aims to promote:
- Women in the arts 1640-1830
- ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830
- Wikipedia feminist activism
The event will launch a community of participants to support the ongoing use of Wikipedia and Wikipedia editing in the classroom. A panel and workshop on using Wikipedia and Wikipedia editing in the classroom is scheduled for later in the conference.
This event is supported by a Wikimedia Project and Event Grants (PEG) from the Wikipedia Inspire Campaign to increase the representation of women and women editors on Wikipedia.
Attendees
Add your name to this list if you can make it to our meeting. Online participants as well as local are encouraged! Please add your name. If you are registered, type four tildes
Likely attendees
- LLRungegordon (talk) 19:42, 28 July 2015 (UTC) (organizer)
- Cchilds930 (talk)
- Ktsaxton (talk)
- Greenfielda3 (talk)
- Pharos (talk) 20:55, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
- BrillLyle (talk)
- Martha&Davys (talk) 17:19, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
- Jim.henderson (talk)
- Ahult12 (talk) 18:26, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
- Karen Gevirtz (talk) 19:56, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
Possible attendees
Regrets
- I would love to participate and my week is pretty flexible except for this Wednesday afternoon where I have three appointments. Rats! Liz Read! Talk! 19:54, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
- This means so much to me since I grew up in Summit. However ... I have things to attend to in my current hometown today, so I do not think it likely that I can come down there . Daniel Case (talk) 16:49, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
Remote participants
If you are a remote participant and would like to participate in our research measuring the success of the edit-a-thon, please email us at aboeditathon2015@gmail.com so that we can send you a link to our post-event survey.
- Penny Richards (talk) 20:10, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
- Beachmirage (talk) 17:18, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
- PCFleming05 (talk) 11:58, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
- SLCarlile (talk) 13:08, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
- LesBrooks (talk) 14:52, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
- Dlaitinen (talk) 19:50, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
- lkuliyeva (talk) 11:35, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
- Zpeopleheart (talk) 08:57, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
- Tiffanie.hope (talk) 11:47, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
- Mayaphillips (talk) 20:06, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
- Hbg68 (talk) 16:32, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
- Rosiestep (talk) 15:15, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
- Mistykrueger (talk) 11:19, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
- Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:45, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
- Emdowd-arrow (talk) 18:16, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
- Kellyvolland21
- LinhMao94
List of articles to create
Alphabetized by surname, which starts after "de" or "du"
- Antonia de Alarcón -- see es:Antonia de Alarcón
- Maria Alberti -- see de:Maria Alberti, ca:Maria Alberti
- Marie-Anne Barbier -- see de:Marie-Anne Barbier, fr:Marie-Anne Barbier (English page is currently a "redirect" -- start from this link and press edit)
- Anne-Marie du Boccage -- see fr:Anne-Marie du Boccage
- Titia Brongersma -- see fr:Titia Brongersma, nl:Titia Brongersma
- Marguerite Buffet -- see fr:Marguerite Buffet
- María Rosa Gálvez de Cabrera -- see es:María Rosa Gálvez de Cabrera
- Zulma Carraud -- see es:Zulma Carraud, fr:Zulma Carraud, pt:Zulma Carraud
- Mariana de Carvajal y Saavedra -- see es:Mariana de Carvajal y Saavedra
- Marie-Angélique de Coulanges -- see fr:Marie-Angélique de Coulanges
- Catherine Descartes -- see fr:Catherine Descartes
- Feliciana Enríquez de Guzmán -- see es:Feliciana Enríquez de Guzmán
- Magdalena del Espíritu Santo -- see es:Magdalena del Espíritu Santo
- Anne Ferrand -- see fr:Anne Ferrand
- María de Guevara -- see es:María de Guevara
- Margarita Hickey -- see es:Margarita Hickey
- Bárbara María Hueva -- see es:Bárbara María Hueva
- Marianne Kraus -- see de:Marianne Kraus, nl:Marianne Kraus
- Sœur de La Chapelle -- see fr:Sœur de La Chapelle
- Madame de La Guette -- see fr:Madame de La Guette
- Ana Caro de Mallén -- see es:Ana Caro de Mallén
- Lizinska de Mirbel -- see fr:Lizinska de Mirbel
- Luisa de Morales -- see es:Luisa de Morales
- Faraona Olivieri -- see es:Faraona Olivieri
- Jeanne-Michelle de Pringy -- see fr:Jeanne-Michelle de Pringy
- Elena Riccoboni -- see es:Elena Riccoboni, fr:Elena Balletti
- Sor Tadea de San Joaquín -- see es:Sor Tadea de San Joaquín
- Isabel de Santiago -- see es:Isabel de Santiago, also known as Isabel de Cisneros
- Úrsula Suárez -- see es:Úrsula Suárez
- Stéphanie de Virieu -- see fr:Stéphanie de Virieu, es:Stéphanie de Virieu, it:Stéphanie de Virieu
Wikidata queries to identify additional missing articles
- Wikidata queries for female subjects born pre-1800 without an article on en.wikipedia.org but with an article in another language Wikipedia
- To do these searches, press execute, then click the number in the "item" category to get the Wikidata page then scroll to the bottom of the page for the links to the other language Wikipedia article(s)
List of articles to improve
List of new articles created
Alphabetical order
Works
- Almyna: or, The Arabian Vow. A Tragedy -- play by Manley -- Tiffanie.hope (talk)
- The Czar of Muscovy -- play by Pix -- Greenfielda3 (talk)
- The Lost Lover - play by Manley -- Cchilds930 (talk)
People
- Titia Brongersma -- Rosiestep (talk)
- Agnes Campbell -- Penny Richards (talk)
- Juana de la Concepción -- Calliopejen1 (talk)
- Louisa Dresser -- Penny Richards (talk)
List of articles improved
Alphabetical order
Works
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland -- PCFleming05 (talk)
- The Fair Jilt -- Ahult12 (talk)
- The Forc'd Marriage -- LLRungegordon (talk)
- The History of the Nun -- Ahult12 (talk)
- The Lost Lover -- LLRungegordon (talk)
- Oroonoko -- Mayaphillips (talk)
- The Reform'd Coquet -- Martha&Davys (talk)
People
- Penelope Aubin -- Mistykrueger (talk)
- Jane Barker -- Karen Gevirtz (talk)
- Aphra Behn -- Ahult12 (talk), LLRungegordon (talk)
- Lady Mary Chudleigh -- Dlaitinen (talk)
- Catherine Crowe -- Ktsaxton (talk)
- Mary Davys -- Martha&Davys (talk)
- Eliza Haywood -- LesBrooks (talk), Emdowd-arrow (talk)
- Delarivier Manley -- Mistykrueger (talk), Cchilds930 (talk)
- Mary Pix -- Greenfielda3 (talk)
- Elizabeth Singer Rowe -- LesBrooks (talk)
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu -- LesBrooks (talk)
Other
- Penicuik -- Penny Richards (talk)
Editing Wikipedia resources
Listed here for quick reference.
N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources
See Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources
- Tutorial: Getting Started Guide (Presentation in DC)
- Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
- Five Pillars of Wikipedia (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
- Tutorial
- How to Edit a Page
- Wiki Markup Quick Reference (PDF version of printed handout)
- Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
- Article development
- Your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
- Manual of Style
- Citation templates
- Infobox templates
- Bookshelf (additional "getting started" resources)
- Art+Feminism - Video training
- Art+Feminism - Training Lesson Plan
Tools and templates
- Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
- Infobox template - person
- Biographies of living persons
- Writing an article
- About the Sandbox
- N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help:
- Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help
- #wikipedia-en-help connect
- Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help