Dear wikiboston,
Phoebe is coming to visit at the end of the month, and Nicole and I have been talking about getting together for a reference day at the BPL, focused on BLPs and [other] disputed topics.
In particular, I would like to see [[List of people from Boston]] improved and expanded to include modern people, so that it look more like lists from other major cities (e.g., [[List of people from Chicago]] and [[List of Austinites]]).
Modern writers, musicians, and educators might be a place to start. A Reference Challenge with a list of 100 peeps to begin with would be interesting. (does someone want to start putting this together?)
I would start with * [[Category:People_from_Boston,_Massachusetts]] * Older unref'ed BLPs from [[Category:Unreferenced_BLPs]] * Topic searches of the BLP noticeboard's archives: http://tinyurl.com/blpsearch
And at the end of the day we could have a new and improved list of Bostonians (with a special marker for BLPs? for those who have been through BLP review?) and wrap up with comments on the en:wp policies... [[Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons]]
SJ, who can bring a 12-plug power strip.
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Nicole Willson artisticaltruist@gmail.com wrote: < So, do we want to do BLP at BPL? Also is there a
specific area of BLP that could use help, like people in a certain area of the humanities (authors, artists etc.)? Another idea would be researching disputed articles.
What time should this be? I just remembered that the BPL opens at 9 on Saturdays, but I think it'd be better that this start around 1 or 2.
I know Hasty and Janet were interested, so that's two people right there. I can also email Evan to see if he can make it.
SJ: Could you post this to the meetup group and the mailing list? I can do some sort of write-up, but can't post things to the meetup group. Thanks!
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 2:18 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.ayers@gmail.com wrote:
Sounds like the humanities area is the way to go, and someone should bring a power strip.
Can you guys publicize it to wpians? I can put together a quick how to reference page. Doing boston history articles would also be sweet, but maybe too hard.
If we even get one or two people it will be a fun way to spend an afternoon.
P.
This will be Saturday March 28th, in the afternoon (around 1pm). We will have a wikipedia sign. Bring your referencing problems if you like and we can all work on them. I can also give short wikipedia referencing and/or library research tutorials if anyone wants. Bring your BPL card if you have one!
-- phoebe
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com wrote:
Dear wikiboston,
Phoebe is coming to visit at the end of the month, and Nicole and I have been talking about getting together for a reference day at the BPL, focused on BLPs and [other] disputed topics.
In particular, I would like to see [[List of people from Boston]] improved and expanded to include modern people, so that it look more like lists from other major cities (e.g., [[List of people from Chicago]] and [[List of Austinites]]).
Modern writers, musicians, and educators might be a place to start. A Reference Challenge with a list of 100 peeps to begin with would be interesting. (does someone want to start putting this together?)
I would start with * [[Category:People_from_Boston,_Massachusetts]] * Older unref'ed BLPs from [[Category:Unreferenced_BLPs]] * Topic searches of the BLP noticeboard's archives: http://tinyurl.com/blpsearch
And at the end of the day we could have a new and improved list of Bostonians (with a special marker for BLPs? for those who have been through BLP review?) and wrap up with comments on the en:wp policies... [[Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons]]
SJ, who can bring a 12-plug power strip.
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Nicole Willson artisticaltruist@gmail.com wrote: < So, do we want to do BLP at BPL? Also is there a
specific area of BLP that could use help, like people in a certain area of the humanities (authors, artists etc.)? Another idea would be researching disputed articles.
What time should this be? I just remembered that the BPL opens at 9 on Saturdays, but I think it'd be better that this start around 1 or 2.
I know Hasty and Janet were interested, so that's two people right there. I can also email Evan to see if he can make it.
SJ: Could you post this to the meetup group and the mailing list? I can do some sort of write-up, but can't post things to the meetup group. Thanks!
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 2:18 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.ayers@gmail.com wrote:
Sounds like the humanities area is the way to go, and someone should bring a power strip.
Can you guys publicize it to wpians? I can put together a quick how to reference page. Doing boston history articles would also be sweet, but maybe too hard.
If we even get one or two people it will be a fun way to spend an afternoon.
P.
maybe one of the artistic jobs can be to create BLP cards for everyone.... "this editor has passed the BLP entrance examination..." SJ
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:11 PM, phoebe ayers brassratgirl@gmail.com wrote:
This will be Saturday March 28th, in the afternoon (around 1pm). We will have a wikipedia sign. Bring your referencing problems if you like and we can all work on them. I can also give short wikipedia referencing and/or library research tutorials if anyone wants. Bring your BPL card if you have one!
-- phoebe
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com wrote:
Dear wikiboston,
Phoebe is coming to visit at the end of the month, and Nicole and I have been talking about getting together for a reference day at the BPL, focused on BLPs and [other] disputed topics.
In particular, I would like to see [[List of people from Boston]] improved and expanded to include modern people, so that it look more like lists from other major cities (e.g., [[List of people from Chicago]] and [[List of Austinites]]).
Modern writers, musicians, and educators might be a place to start. A Reference Challenge with a list of 100 peeps to begin with would be interesting. (does someone want to start putting this together?)
I would start with * [[Category:People_from_Boston,_Massachusetts]] * Older unref'ed BLPs from [[Category:Unreferenced_BLPs]] * Topic searches of the BLP noticeboard's archives: http://tinyurl.com/blpsearch
And at the end of the day we could have a new and improved list of Bostonians (with a special marker for BLPs? for those who have been through BLP review?) and wrap up with comments on the en:wp policies... [[Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons]]
SJ, who can bring a 12-plug power strip.
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Nicole Willson artisticaltruist@gmail.com wrote: < So, do we want to do BLP at BPL? Also is there a
specific area of BLP that could use help, like people in a certain area of the humanities (authors, artists etc.)? Another idea would be researching disputed articles.
What time should this be? I just remembered that the BPL opens at 9 on Saturdays, but I think it'd be better that this start around 1 or 2.
I know Hasty and Janet were interested, so that's two people right there. I can also email Evan to see if he can make it.
SJ: Could you post this to the meetup group and the mailing list? I can do some sort of write-up, but can't post things to the meetup group. Thanks!
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 2:18 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.ayers@gmail.com wrote:
Sounds like the humanities area is the way to go, and someone should bring a power strip.
Can you guys publicize it to wpians? I can put together a quick how to reference page. Doing boston history articles would also be sweet, but maybe too hard.
If we even get one or two people it will be a fun way to spend an afternoon.
P.
Sorry, I won't be able to make it- we have an NYC meeting that Sunday, so it's pretty tight.
But let me know how things go, and maybe someone would be interested in guest-blogging the BPL event for Boston for http://wikinortheast.blogspot.com/
We can't shamelessly copy your events if you don't share the details. And we do want to copy you :)
BTW, I see that the meetup.com thing is expiring- let let me if you want to shift the organizing on-wiki, because I could help with that.
Thanks, Pharos
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:11 PM, phoebe ayers brassratgirl@gmail.com wrote:
This will be Saturday March 28th, in the afternoon (around 1pm). We will have a wikipedia sign. Bring your referencing problems if you like and we can all work on them. I can also give short wikipedia referencing and/or library research tutorials if anyone wants. Bring your BPL card if you have one!
-- phoebe
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com wrote:
Dear wikiboston,
Phoebe is coming to visit at the end of the month, and Nicole and I have been talking about getting together for a reference day at the BPL, focused on BLPs and [other] disputed topics.
In particular, I would like to see [[List of people from Boston]] improved and expanded to include modern people, so that it look more like lists from other major cities (e.g., [[List of people from Chicago]] and [[List of Austinites]]).
Modern writers, musicians, and educators might be a place to start. A Reference Challenge with a list of 100 peeps to begin with would be interesting. (does someone want to start putting this together?)
I would start with * [[Category:People_from_Boston,_Massachusetts]] * Older unref'ed BLPs from [[Category:Unreferenced_BLPs]] * Topic searches of the BLP noticeboard's archives: http://tinyurl.com/blpsearch
And at the end of the day we could have a new and improved list of Bostonians (with a special marker for BLPs? for those who have been through BLP review?) and wrap up with comments on the en:wp policies... [[Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons]]
SJ, who can bring a 12-plug power strip.
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Nicole Willson artisticaltruist@gmail.com wrote: < So, do we want to do BLP at BPL? Also is there a
specific area of BLP that could use help, like people in a certain area of the humanities (authors, artists etc.)? Another idea would be researching disputed articles.
What time should this be? I just remembered that the BPL opens at 9 on Saturdays, but I think it'd be better that this start around 1 or 2.
I know Hasty and Janet were interested, so that's two people right there. I can also email Evan to see if he can make it.
SJ: Could you post this to the meetup group and the mailing list? I can do some sort of write-up, but can't post things to the meetup group. Thanks!
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 2:18 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.ayers@gmail.com wrote:
Sounds like the humanities area is the way to go, and someone should bring a power strip.
Can you guys publicize it to wpians? I can put together a quick how to reference page. Doing boston history articles would also be sweet, but maybe too hard.
If we even get one or two people it will be a fun way to spend an afternoon.
P.
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