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Philadelphia WikiSalon
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When and Where
Next dateSaturday, October 12, 2024
Time12:00 noon – 2.00 pm (Philadelphia EDT/EST)
LocationZoom!
RepeatsThe second Saturday of each month. Click on the Zoom link. If you are asked for an ID or password, use

Meeting ID: 819-4956-6322

Password: 12345

Philadelphia WikiSalon, October 12, 2024 on Zoom

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If something is wrong on Wikipedia, you can report it and help us fix it!

WikiSalon is skills-oriented, and monthly sessions alternate between demonstrations of new skills and work sessions to practice skills. Demonstrations are 5-10 minutes long (with an accompanying tutorial video and pdf) and target a specific skill related to Wikipedia, Wikidata, or Wikimedia Commons. Attendees share what they are working on, ask Questions, and get feedback and support.

Many of our regulars are librarians, archivists, professors or people interested in digital humanities and the sciences, but you don't need to be a scientist or librarian to attend or to work on the tasks or articles that we suggest. You can always work on topics that interest you.

Attendees

List your name by adding the following line. * ~~~~

Demonstration

We will not have a demonstration this month. For previous demonstrations, see:

Special mentions

If you want to talk about something that you're working on, or you've created a new article or had a "Did You Know" featured lately, add that here!

WikiConference North America Recap

Share your experiences from WikiConference North America, held October 3-6, 2024 in Indianapolis. Sessions were recorded and will eventually be available online.

  • participants -- 267 signed up!
  • huge list of "culture crawl" events
  • interpretation software -- both on zoom and on smartphones
  • talk by User:Clovermoss
  • talk about Toolforge
  • 24 presentation files s on Commons already
  • antique cars presentation
  • a map of all the sites with distances with be useful
  • for sites that are not close together, signing in advance for special transit for older or assistance-needed folks could be a good addition
  • scholarships are available, registration is very low ($25 registration includes most meals)
  • Editing challenge contest :)
  • have a "welcome to new attendees" event early in the conference?
  • Next year in New York City!

Articles (new and updated)

Images

  • Elizabeth A. Wood in 1933 (copyright not renewed)
    Elizabeth A. Wood in 1933 (copyright not renewed)
  • Chapel of Lebanon Cemetery (defunct)
    Chapel of Lebanon Cemetery (defunct)
  • Pillars from defunct Lebanon Cemetery in Eden Cemetery
    Pillars from defunct Lebanon Cemetery in Eden Cemetery
  • Charles Blockson's grave at Eden Cemetery
    Charles Blockson's grave at Eden Cemetery

Events

Projects

Resources

  • Mark Ockerbloom, Mary (31 July 2024). "Wikipedia Workbook for Cultural Institutions" (PDF). Wikimedia Commons (2nd ed.).
    Wikipedia Workbook for Cultural Institutions 2024
  • Gibson, Connor (2022). Journalist Field Guide: Navigating Climate Misinformation (PDF). Climate Action Against Disinformation.
  • ISA Tool for events, to add structured data to files on Commons

Questions

Add questions that you have about Wikipedia or Wikipedia projects (Encyclopedia articles, Wikimedia Commons images, Wikidata) either here or in the Chat. Answers to previous questions can be found in our Question archive.

Suggested topics

If you are interested in hearing about a particular project, or can talk about one, sign here to let us know!

  • Let's return someday to the Anne Hill project, meaning to find wikilinks to Anne Hill and delink or fix those which treat it as an article about a person. Similarly there may be other articles of the form "-- Hill" to be fixed. -- econterms (talk) 00:53, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    this could be an interesting OpenRefine problem for Wikidata: find an intersection of items people with the last name "Hill" (without a page?) and hills with a similar name (with page?)

Work To Do!

You can use some of the following lists to identify articles to work on, or look at our suggested articles below. We note what needs to be done for each article. Please add your signature with 4 tildes ~~~~ under any article that you work on. Thank you!

Finding articles that need work

Suggestions

Committee of Seventy

This page about the local Philadelphia advocacy group for effective government Committee of Seventy could use some review and editing. It has a tone flag and the history shows potential COI editing, possibly from someone connected with the institution.

Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin was recently flagged as needing citations and additional secondary sources.

Gas lighting

Gas lighting needs reorganization and citations to make it comprehensible.

Sheila Minor

Sheila Minor had a 35-year-long career at various federal agencies and was responsible for assessing environmental impact statements. The article is a bit messy and doesn't follow Wikipedia style in formatting.

Ruth Miriam Siems

Ruth Miriam Siems invented Stove Top Stuffing, getting the crumb size just right so it would be neither hard nor soggy. This article needs more sources and expansion.

Corning Museum of Glass

Glass pumpkins

In the Corning Museum of Glass art and science meet as equals. The museum is absolutely stunning, but the Wikipedia page about it needs a bit of help -- and lots of citations.

The Southside Writers' Group

The South Side Writers Group is an important part of the black renaissance and the Great Migration. Founded in part by Richard Wright, I discovered in my previous editing that this page is merely a "stub" and there is so much that can be said on the group! *NMcNinney (talk) 18:19, 13 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have been keeping my eyes open for books and articles on this group and have yet to find any. I will contine to keep my eye out for anything on the subject. NMcNinney (talk) 15:09, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Have you tried JSTOR and also Google Scholar? A quick search showed lots of hits, but I don't know if they are suitable references or not. Another idea is to ask the staff at the Amistad Research Center if they can help. Nolabob (talk) 22:13, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suggested articles

Wrap Up: Thanks and praise

What did you work on today?

References mentioned

  1. ^ Calarco, Tom (2008). People of the Underground Railroad: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 120-122. ISBN 978-0313339240.
  2. ^ Chemist
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