Wikipedia:Meetup/NCL/ArtAndFeminism 2016/Newcastle Upon Tyne City Library

Newcastle Upon Tyne
Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon

When and Where
Date:	Saturday, March 5, 2016
Time:	11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Address:	City Library 33 New Bridge Street West IT Suite
City/State:	Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8AX United Kingdom

The Wikipedia training and Edit-a-thon will take place in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.

Past events

• October 17, 2015: 2015 Art+Feminism – October
• November 14, 2015: 2015 Art+Feminism – November
• February 13, 2016: 2016 Art+Feminism Training Session

Upcoming events

• March 5, 2016: Newcastle Upon Tyne will also take part in the Global Edit-a-Thon on Saturday March 5, 2016 11:00 am – 4:00 pm @ Newcastle City Library.

Event information

• Date: Saturday, March 5, 2016
• Time: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
• Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, City Library, 33 New Bridge Street West, IT Suite, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8AX United Kingdom

Please bring a laptop with you!

List of articles to edit

Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon.

• Mariam Rezaei
• Lalya Gaye [1]
• Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
• Tina Gharavi
• Chi Onwurah
• Jackie Kay
• Simi Ali [2]
• Siddiqua Mazhar [3]

See also: Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks

List of nominated Inspiring BAMER Women in the North East

Extensive research and citation is needed for most of the figures below before we can create an individual page as a criteria of notability accepted under Wikipedia guidelines.

• Chi Onwurah, politician
• Simi Ali, scientist
• Hannabiell Sanders, musician
• Yilis Del Carmel Suriel, musician
• Lalya Gaye, artist
• Tina Gharavi, film maker/director
• Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh, Artistic Director, Artist/performer
• Nikki Godden, academic law
• Siddiqua Mazhar, academic mathematician
• Mariam Rezaei, Musician
• Sade Sangowawa, cultural manager enterprise and social work
• Yvette Hawkins, artist
• Yve Anthea Ngoo, artist
• Sneha Solanki, artist/scientist
• Clymene Christoforou, Artistic Director and arts activist
• Jackie Kay, poet
• Padma Rao, arts and diversity
• Kath Boodhai, Museums & Heritage, Outreach Officer & Well-Being Programme Lead (TWAM)
• Umme Imam, Director and women's activism
• Gloria S Mosha, Manager public health and women's activism
• Shamshad Iqbal, Domestic violence Advocate, support worker, manager
• Ranjana Bell MBE, equality and diversity activist

Notability Guidelines for: Authors, editors, journalists, filmmakers, photographers, artists, architects, and other creative professionals: Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Creative professionals

More information here on seeking reliable sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#What_counts_as_a_reliable_source

NOTE: There is possibility of a page not being accepted through Wikipedia. However, BAM!Sistahood! Project will accept all entries for their digital online Archive.

Resources for editing

• Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources
• Cheat sheet
• Gender gap resources.
• Notability Guidelines for: Authors, editors, journalists, filmmakers, photographers, artists, architects, and other creative professionals:

Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Creative professionals

• More information here on seeking reliable sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#What_counts_as_a_reliable_source

Outcomes

Articles that can be worked on

1. Lalya Gaye - DRAFT
2. Mariam Rezaei
3. Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
4. Siddiqua Mazhar - DRAFT
5. Simi Ali - DRAFT
6. Sneha Solanki - DRAFT
7. Umme Imam - researched
8. The Angelou Centre

Articles improved

Alphabetical by first letter

1. Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh Added links, category and corrections
2. The Angelou Centre added links and category
3. Mariam Rezaei added category

Articles created

Alphabetical by first letter

1. Lalya Gaye
2. Siddiqua Mazhar
3. Sneha Solanki
4. Sonic City Arts project page created
5. The Angelou Centre
6. Umme Imam Draft created follow link to update: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Umme_Imam

External links

• Newcastle Upon Tyne City Library
• Art+Feminism Meetup page
• Art+Feminism

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1. Jo BamSistahood (talk) 17:27, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
2. Womenhistory0803 (talk) 22:08, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
3. Abybamsistahood (talk) 15.30, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
4. Audesome (talk) 11:00, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

• 86.187.227.230 (talk) 15:54, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

We also had 3 children and 3 guest visits.