Thanks for sharing this, Britta! That editathon at the Lab yesterday looks
awesome! Is there a published list of articles that were worked on, or ones
that still need improvement?
For the 3/25 A+F event at SFAI, we are also looking for additional
experienced editors who are interested in volunteering for any portion of
the event to help new editors get acclimated. The event goes from 1 - 5 PM,
and approximately 1:45 - 4/4:30 will be the main work time. If you are
interested in helping with this, please let me know. Here again is the
meetup page
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Art%2BFeminism@SFAI_2017>
.
The SFAI community (myself included) is very excited to be hosting this
event and we look forward to welcoming more local Wikimedians to our unique
and inspiring space(s) to meet enthusiastic new editors!
Not only is the editathon taking place inside an art installation
<http://sfai.edu/exhibitions-public-events/detail/a-living-thing>, but the
surrounding campus is an NRHP site
<https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/15000950.htm>, home to a mural by
Diego Rivera <http://sfai.edu/about-sfai/diego-rivera-mural>, with great
views of Alcatraz, and an incredible library and archive
<http://www.sfai.edu/current-students/anne-bremer-memorial-library> with an
expansive and eclectic array of reference materials that could improve many
a Wikipedia article, in particular on subjects involving art in California
and the American West, and the work of women therein.
If you are interested in digging deeper than the stacks, I added a section
here
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/San_Francisco/Art%2BFeminism@SFAI_2017#Requests_and_inquiries_for_SFAI_Special_Collections_and_Archives>
to the meetup talk page for requests/inquiries for SFAI special collections
and institutional archives - feel free to add to it if there is anything
you are curious about/want to check out for references, and I will share it
with our Librarian/Archivist to see what materials can be pulled in
advance.
Cheers,
niki
2017-03-11 11:02 GMT-08:00 Britta Gustafson <brittag(a)gmail.com>om>:
I just heard about this cool edit-a-thon tomorrow
(Sunday March 12) from
1-4 pm at The Lab:
http://www.thelab.org/projects/2017/3/12/wikipedia-
edit-a-thon - "a DIY campaign to improve archives on marginalized
populations and address information gaps in our collective knowledge". The
space is close to 16th St BART station:
http://www.thelab.org/info/
More about that space:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lab_(
organization) - and the wonderful historic building that it's in:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redstone_Building
Then on Saturday March 25 from 1-5 pm, SF Art Institute is hosting an Art
+ Feminism edit-a-thon:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:
Meetup/San_Francisco/Art%2BFeminism@SFAI_2017 - I think many of you have
already heard about it, but sharing just in case. I'm really looking
forward to it and hoping to see lots of new and experienced editors there!
Niki and I have been working on a detailed list of suggested articles to
improve for that one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_
Francisco/Art%2BFeminism(a)SFAI_2017#Suggested_articles_to_create.2Fimprove
- which may be inspiring even if you can't attend in person. :)
Britta
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