Wikipedia:Meetup/Pittsburgh Wikipedia Redd-up-a-thon

Event Details

WHO: We invite anyone from the Pittsburgh region.

WHAT:This Edit-a-thon will focus on improving and creating pages related to the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, its history, politics, locations, and personalities.

WHEN: TBA

WHERE: TBA

OTHER: Computers, wifi and electrical outlets will be provided, but please bring your own laptop for use if you have one. It is recommended that you create a Wikipedia account beforehand, since Wikipedia has a limit on the number of accounts that can be created in a 24-hour period (currently 6). This event is in conjunction with Open Access Week 2016.

IMPORTANT: Please RSVP by adding your name to the list below. Potential participants are also strongly encouraged to create an account prior to the event.

Target Pages

• Kanuksusy
• Bridges of Pittsburgh
• The Ghost Bomber of the Monongahela River
• Queen Aliquippa
• Quecreek Mine rescue - good starter article, needs reference cleanup and in-line citations
• Frick Art & Historical Center
• Hugh Henry Brackenridge - references in Historic Pittsburgh
• Mrs. J.O. Miller
• Jane Swisshelm - an interesting reference in Historic Pittsburgh
• Western Pennsylvania English
• Baltimore and Ohio Short Line Railroad
• Calliope: Pittsburgh Folk Music Society
• Allegheny Land Trust
• Carnegie Mellon University Press
• Dirty Dozen (bicycle competition)
• Duquesne University Tamburitzans
• Rich Fitzgerald
• Jeff Jimerson
• National Negro Opera Company
• Rachel Carson Trail
• Thomas J. Quigley - there are some references to this individual in the Historic Pittsburgh collection.

Note that these are suggestions of pages that need some cleanup or expansion. Feel free to target any pages that are of interest to you.

Open Resources Available

• Historic Pittsburgh
• Pittsburgh Speech and Society
• Documenting Pitt
• Pittsburgh and Beyond - The Experience of the Jewish Community
• Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania Labor Legacy
• Pitt Law Review
• Pittsburgh Journal of Environmental and Public Health Law
• Pittsburgh Journal of Technology, Law, and Policy
• Pittsburgh Tax Review

How-To's

• Here is a short tutorial for getting started editing Wikipedia
• Wikipedia:Citing sources
• Wikipedia:Cheatsheet
• Wikipedia:Citation templates
• Wikipedia:Principles
• Wikipedia:Tutorial
• Wiki markup quick reference (PDF)
• Editing Articles About Living Persons
• Wikipedia:WikiProject_Pittsburgh - the Pittsburgh Wikipedia editing portal gives sources and ideas for Pittsburgh-specific topics

RSVP List

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 02:24, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

TheLeaper (talk) 15:58, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

FrindleandInk (talk)