Wikipedia:Meetup/Hunter College/Women of African-Disapora

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Women of African Disapora
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Hunter College
When and Where
DateThursday, March 24, 2016
Time4:30 pm – 7:30pm
AddressHunter College
695 Park Avenue
(68th & Lexington)
Cooperman Library
Library Computer Learning Center
4th floor, Room E402
City, StateNew York City, New York
Jennifer, President of the club that cosponsored the edit-a-thon.
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Event information[edit]

The Africana & Puerto Rican/Latino Studies Club at Hunter College and the Hunter College Libraries invite you to participate in our first Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Thursday, March 24, 2016. In celebration of Women's History month, we will contribute articles on Wikipedia related to black women for the national Black WikiHistory Month outreach campaign.

  • Date: Thursday, March 24, 2016
  • Time: 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
  • Location: Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue (68th & Lexington), New York City, New York
    • The Wikipedia training and Edit-a-thon will take place on the 4th floor of the Cooperman Library in the Library Computer Learning Center, E402.

Computers will be available for Hunter students and staff but feel free to bring a laptop with you!

Sign up[edit]

Register for the event on Eventbrite if you plan to attend in-person. If you are able, please also add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day-of.

Attendees[edit]

AfroCROWD
  1. Shanluan (talk) -- Sherry
Hunter Library
  1. Etlib (talk) -- Chanitra Bishop
Wikimedia NYC
  1. BrillLyle (talk) 20:55, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Pharos (talk) 21:37, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Jeremyb (talk) 16:03, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Jim.henderson (talk) 15:22, 19 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Mozucat (talk) 21:23, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Students
  1. 211jennyb (talk) 21:08, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Amyrod12 (talk) 21:42, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Brooklynboys (talk) 23:11, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Deelynn420 (talk) 21:05, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Lecorps347 (talk) 21:13, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Mojohandsum (talk) 21:07, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Naana Akua (talk)
  8. Nyraks (talk) 23:18, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Smallaxe04 (talk) 21:49, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Yuisa77 (talk) 21:11, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Outcomes[edit]

Articles improved[edit]

Alphabetical by first letter

  1. Alberta Hunter -- 211jennyb (talk)
  2. Annie Elizabeth Delany -- Nyraks (talk)
  3. Audre Lorde -- 211jennyb (talk)
  4. Graciela -- Brooklynboys (talk)
  5. Jean Blackwell Hutson -- Naana Akua (talk)
  6. Mae Virginia Cowdery -- 211jennyb (talk)
  7. Marie-Louise Coidavid -- Lecorps347 (talk)
  8. Mary Lou Williams -- 211jennyb (talk)
  9. Nanny of the Maroons -- Smallaxe04 (talk)
  10. Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí -- 211jennyb (talk)
  11. Patti Bown -- 211jennyb (talk)
  12. Sonia Pierre -- Amyrod12 (talk)

Stub articles that need to improved[edit]

African American Journals[edit]

Articles that need to be created[edit]

For more ideas[edit]

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