Wiki Loves Pride 2016
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Organized by Wikimedia LGBT+
When and Where
Date	Saturday, June 18, 2016
Time	11 am – 5 pm CST
Address	Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall
City, State	Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon was held on Saturday, June 18, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm at the Minneapolis Central Library.

• Date: Saturday, June 18, 2016
• Time: 11 am – 5 pm
• Location: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401. Second floor, Doty Board Room (N-280) and N-270.
• Train: Blue Line or Green Line to Nicollet Mall Station & Platform; stop is a 2–3 block walk away from the library.
• Bus: 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 25, 59, 61, 141, 568 buses
• Hashtag: #WikimediaLGBT

Please bring your laptop, power cord, ideas, and enthusiasm! We will provide refreshments, tutorials, and lots of help. The library has a few laptops to loan; please indicate on the sign up sheet if you will need one.

The Minneapolis Central Library is part of the Hennepin County Library system. All Hennepin County public libraries are committed to providing safe space for LGBTIQ individuals. Gender neutral bathrooms are available on site.

• Gobonobo
• Ben the Bos
• RachelWex
• Nsteffel
• Margitaw (talk) 00:55, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
• Skvader
• Bobamnertiopsis
• QLibrarianK
• slapper690
• Mplswwlf

• Silent sovereign
• Phil wink
• Add your name here!

Can't participate in person? Participate remotely!

• Jonathunder (talk) - won't be there, but perhaps can suggest resources and work on things outside of the event.
  • Sure Jonathunder! If you do any LGBT article edits/additions on the day let me know and I will add them to the list of whatever got worked on. :) If you have any resources that you feel should be added to the resource list I provided on the Wiki Loves Pride page feel free to add them.
• McGhiever (talk) - Sad to say I will be out of town then.
• paul2520 I was really hoping to make it, but I will be out of town. I'm definitely up for future events in the Twin Cities!

• Please see this page for ideas about articles to edit or add to Wikipedia: Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride/Tasks.
• See this page for more information about how to participate in the photography aspect of Wiki Loves Pride, and upload your photos to Wikimedia Commons: Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride/HowTo

Here are some Minnesota-specific LGBTIQ topics that need articles or edits:

Here are other LGBTIQ topics that need articles or edits: Check out the WikiProject LGBT Studies cleanup listing for articles that need work, or Women in Red's LBT Women's redlist or List of LGBT Jews, as well as these:

• New York Public Library Gay and Lesbian Collections – AIDS/HIV Collections
• Rainbow History Project
• Washington Post Historical Database
• OutHistory founded by Jonathan Ned Katz and John D'Emilio

N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources

• St Cloud State University Wikipedia Subject Guide (created by RachelWex)
• 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)

• Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
• Infobox template - person
• Biographies of living persons
• Writing an article
• About the Sandbox

• Please add the names or accounts of the other actual attendees .
• Gobonobo
• Phil wink
• Ben the Bos
• RachelWex
• Nsteffel
• Margitaw (talk) 00:55, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
• Skvader
• Bobamnertiopsis
• QLibrarianK
• slapper690
• Mplswwlf

• slapper690

• Clement Haupers
• Amal El-Mohtar
• Margaret Cruikshank
• Gaylaxicon
• Lavender (magazine)

• Alyssa Wong
• James Chalgren
• Andrea Jenkins
• Anthony D'Augelli
• 2006 GLBT ALMS Conference (still in draft)
• List of LGBT Bookstores (still in draft)
• Catherine Roma
• Tim Campbell (still in draft form)
• Twin Cities Pride
• Quatrefoil Library

• Category:Minneapolis rally in support of the victims of the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting

As part of the global Wiki Loves Pride campaign, the Minneapolis Central Library is hosting a Wiki Loves Pride edit-a-thon, located in Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis. Space is limited so please RSVP on this page. All others are encouraged to participate remotely through this wiki-page.

Wiki Loves Pride aims to increase the number of people and perspectives contributing to LGBT information on Wikipedia, as well as encouraging institutions to add their authority information, research and images to the public domain. Contributions to information about LGBT topics in politics and policy, medicine, topics in identity sexuality, and society, rights and attitudes, history, culture, and institutions will vastly affect the ways in which these topics are researched and understood internationally. In the past, Wikipedia articles on these topics have been riddled with a lack of scholarly sources and lack of perspectives, skewing public perceptions and affecting research and decisions in public policy, science and medical practice, and community acceptance.