Come and join the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) for our very first Wikipedia edit-a-thon! PEM is committed to making information about its collections available to a global audience. At this first edit-a-thon, we’ll be editing Wikipedia articles and uploading images on our Native American and Chinese art collections using the resources and expertise provided by the PEM curators and staff.
When is it? 9:00am-5:00pm, Saturday May 3rd, 2014
Where is it? Bartlett Auditorium, Peabody Essex Museum(Google Map link)
Who should come? All are welcome! Resources on the topics and Wikipedia training will be available to all. This is a chance for experienced Wikipedians, art history buffs, and those new to both to all learn from one another.
What does it cost? Nothing! It’s free!
How to sign up? Add your details to the "Participants" section below or email ed_rodleypem.org
What should I bring? If you can, please bring a wifi-enabled laptop and your charger. We’ll have a couple of laptops available for use on the day. Please get in touch if you need to borrow a laptop: ed_rodleypem.org or tweet to @erodley
What about food and drink!? We’ll provide lunch (pizza) as well as tea, coffee, and water throughout the day. You’re also welcome to bring your own lunch and/or snacks. Afterwards, we’ll all go to a nearby bar for food, drink, and merriment!
Want to learn about Wikipedia but never edited before? That’s fine! New editors are welcome at this event. We’ll provide training throughout the morning from friendly, experienced Wikipedians and museum staff.
Before you come, you might want to check out the following resources:
If you can't make it but want to help out, let us know and we’ll figure out something!
On the day
Meet in the Atrium (main entrance) at 9am to sign in. There will be signs directing you to the Bartlett Auditorium, where the event will take place.
Time
Activity
Location
Led by
Resources Provided
Notes
9:00-9:15 AM
Meet & Check In
The Atrium (main entrance)
Ed, Cathy
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If you are late, there will be signs directing you to the Bartlett Auditorium
9:15-9:45 AM
Welcome to PEM, Why Wikipedia?, & About Our Collections
Bartlett Auditorium
Ed
Breakfast & Coffee
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9:45-10:00 AM
Break
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Breakfast & Coffee
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10:00-11:00 AM
Curator Talk
Gallery TBD
Karen Kramer, Curator of Native American Art and Culture, and Daisy Yiyou Wang, Curator of Chinese and East Asian Art
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11:00-11:30 AM
How Do I Edit Articles & Upload Images to Wikipedia? Short Overview
Bartlett Auditorium
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General overview of the editing and image upload process. Creating a username, talk pages, editing an article, how to upload images, Wikipedia FAQs
11:30 AM-12:00 PM
Overview of PEM's Wikipedia "To-Do" List
Bartlett Auditorium
Ed & Cathy
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Overview of our to-do list: what do we want to edit on Wikipedia, what images are we most interested in uploading, where can you find our images in Wikimedia Commons, secondary resources we have provided, who should you talk to if you need help
12:00-1:00 PM
Lunch - Wikipedians & PEM Staff
TBD
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Pizza
Pizza will be provided, but feel free to bring your own lunch
1:00-4:30 PM
Edit-a-thon
Bartlett Auditorium
Ed, Cathy, & Curators
Coffee, snacks, outlets
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4:30-5:00 PM
Wrap-up
Bartlett Auditorium
Ed
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Don't forget to post what you edited/created in the "Outcomes" section!
5:00 PM
End & Festivities
TBD
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We’ll go out for food and drinks (optional) after the event!
Suggestions for editing
The day is themed around enriching and adding articles pertaining to Native American and Chinese art. Below is a list of topics we would like to focus on for this edit-a-thon. Many of these have links to PEM’s collections. Curators will be on hand with material related to these topic areas. These topics are broad- other suggestions are welcome! We will try to be as flexible as possible with requests on the day, but cannot guarantee the provision of materials on other topics.
Contemporary Native American artists
Many of the Wikipedia articles on [contemporary Native American artists] are incomplete, and many significant contemporary Native American artists do not currently have their own Wikipedia articles. We'll be working to update information about these artists and add images of their works from PEM's collection.
We'd like to improve the articles about these contemporary Native American artists:
The editor who attended the event may be a new editor. In an effort to support new editors, please assume good faith to their contributions before making changes. Thank you! Ed Rodley (talk)
Add {{subst:Wikipedia:Meetup/Peabody Essex Museum Edit-a-thon Spring 2014/Talkpage template}} to article talk pages to tag them as having being edited during this event.
