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AfroCROWD
Wikipedia Edit-a-thons
When & Where
DateSunday, October 25, 2015
Time1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
AddressBrooklyn Public Library
Central Library
Info Commons Room
10 Grand Army Plaza
City, StateBrooklyn, NY 11238

AfroCROWD and DAWN (Diaspora African Women's Network) @ Brooklyn Public Library[edit]

Please join us for the next gathering of AfroCROWD and DAWN (Diaspora African Women's Network) @ Brooklyn Public Library!

Event information[edit]

  • Date: Sunday, October 25, 2015
  • Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
  • Location: Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Info Commons Room
  • Address: 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238 40°40′20″N 73°58′05″W / 40.672359°N 73.968146°W / 40.672359; -73.968146
  • Subway:
  • Bus: B41, B69 buses
  • Details:
    • Help write her digital history!
    • Join AfroCROWD and DAWN (Diaspora African Women's Network) to receive free training on becoming a Wikipedia editor.
    • The event will encourage editing entries about notable black women, including black women in the African Diaspora dedicated to African affairs.
    • Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD) is a new initiative which seeks to increase the number of people of African Descent actively editing Wikipedia. Become a part of the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture and software movements and help close the multicultural and gender gaps in Wikipedia.
    • We have held monthly editathons in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens since February 2015.
    • Beginners welcome.
    • All languages welcome including English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, French, Yoruba, Twi, Woloff and other languages spoken in the African Diaspora. Wikipedia comes in 285 languages and you are welcome to edit it in any of them or translate from one language to another.
    • AfroCROWD will also provide FREE CHILDCARE during this special event.
    • Light Refreshments will be available.

Attendees[edit]

Please add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below.

Confirmed[edit]

  1. Pharos (talk) 20:18, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. rumayor1 (rumayor1)
  3. Aliceba (talk) 15:05, 13 October 2015 (UTC) (talk) 15:04, 13 October 2015 (UTC);[reply]
  4. Shanluan (talk) 15:45, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Gek333 (talk) 17:22, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Sdbhatresearch (talk) 18:34, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Mariana Santibañez (talk) 18:36, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Phototek (talk) 19:43, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Rhodamacboadan (talk) 19:57, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  10. GregoryBenjamin (talk) 20:40, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  11. WowJones (talk)
  12. Thebriggs (talk)
  13. Bettyd (talk)
  14. BrklynScholar (talk)
  15. jeremyb (talk)

Regrets[edit]

  1. Jim.henderson (talk) 12:07, 22 October 2015 (UTC) All day at Tour de Bronx[reply]

Participating online[edit]

  1. BrillLyle (talk) -- will try to work on Garifuna pages

Outcomes[edit]

New page creations[edit]

alphabetical

  1. Dionisia Amaya -- WowJones (talk)
  2. Otto Neals -- African-American Artist -- Bettyd (talk)
  3.  
  4.  

Contributions[edit]

alphabetical

  1. Dionisia Amaya -- Pharos (talk), BrillLyle (talk)
  2. José Campeche -- GregoryBenjamin (talk)
  3. Aurelio Martinez -- WowJones (talk), BrillLyle (talk)
  4. Denmark Vesey -- Sdbhatresearch (talk)
  5. Fort Greene, Brooklyn -- BrklynScholar (talk)
  6. Gaspar Yanga -- Mariana Santibañez (talk)
  7. Happy Land Fire
  8. Music of the Dominican Republic -- Thebriggs (talk)
  9. Nottoway County, Virginia -- Thebriggs (talk)
  10. Weeksville, Brooklyn -- Bettyd (talk)


Possible articles to edit[edit]

List of articles

Resources[edit]

See Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources
If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.

Editing Wikipedia resources[edit]

Listed here for quick reference.
N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources

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