Wikipedia:Meetup/Native American Women Activists Editathon at Penn State

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In celebration of Women's History Month, the Penn State University Libraries are hosting a virtual Wikipedia editathon focusing on Native American women activists. The event will take place on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. -- participants can drop in at any time during the event. We will provide suggestions of articles to edit and references to use. First-time Wikipedia editors are welcome. Experienced Wikipedia editors will be on hand to answer your questions.

A week earlier on Tuesday, March 22 from 10:35 to 11:50 a.m., professors Julie Reed and Cathleen Cahill and Libraries Support employee Lily Murray will provide a training on Zoom for editathon participants. The training will cover best practices for writing about Indigenous people and reading and using sources, as well as the basics of Wikipedia editing. Instructions for joining the training will be sent to editathon registrants in advance of the training.

The Penn State University Libraries team organizing this event consists of Racine Amos, Lauren Cooper, Ana Enriquez, Jane Ingold, Lily Murray, Christina Riehman-Murphy, and Ruth Kitchin Tillman.


When and Where
DateMarch 29, 2022
Time10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
LocationVirtual, on Zoom (leave a message on PacificWonderland's talk page for details)

Getting started[edit]

Trainings and Help[edit]

No experience? No problem! Refer to the tip sheet for participants, based on the March 22 training. Experts will be on hand during the editathon to help with research questions and Wikipedia questions.

Make a Wikipedia account[edit]

Join our Event Dashboard[edit]

Once you have an account, join our Dashboard in order to make sure your edits are tracked for our editathon!

Get familiar with Wikipedia[edit]

  • Take a look at the Wikipedia resources below and get acquainted with the creation/editing process.
  • Visit some Wiki pages and click "Edit Source" on the top of the page to see what it looks like to edit a page!
  • Review notability requirements if you're interested in creating a new page.

Improve articles[edit]

Editing Wikipedia: Tips and Tricks[edit]

Editing in Progress[edit]

We aim to improve the following articles about Native American Women Activists. During the editathon, if you are actively working on one of these articles, please edit this page to sign your name next to the article so that we don't end up with conflicting edits. There are additional suggestions for editing at the end of this page.

Priority Articles[edit]

WikiProjects grade article quality. Articles are arranged here beginning with those needing the least work. Keep in mind that the grades may be out of date. You can change the grade if appropriate.

GA-class articles[edit]

For an article in this class, some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing.

B-class articles[edit]

For an article in this class, a few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines.

C-class articles[edit]

For an article in this class, considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and solve cleanup problems.

Start-class articles[edit]

For an article in this class, providing references to reliable sources should come first; the article also needs substantial improvement in content and organization. Also improve the grammar, spelling, writing style and improve the jargon use.

Only have a short time but will try to add a little more. Gruenelf (talk) 17:34, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Stub-class articles[edit]

For an article in this class, any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority. The best solution for a Stub-class Article to step up to a Start-class Article is to add in referenced reasons of why the topic is significant.

Other Editing in Progress[edit]

Resources for Research[edit]

Wikipedia articles should be based on reliable, published sources. Read Wikipedia's reliable sources policy to learn more.

Be aware of the possibility of bias in any resource, including scholarly materials and existing Wikipedia articles. Read with a critical eye. What do you know about the author? What is their affiliation with this information? Does the resource use demeaning terms? Use information when it is reliable, but do not include bias in your own writing.

Online Resources Requiring Penn State Authentication[edit]

Ebooks (access via Libraries catalog; links below)[edit]

Databases[edit]

  • Penn State Libraries Databases A to Z List
  • Major databases of scholarly journals
    • JSTOR provides an archive of important scholarly journals and a selection of scholarly books. JSTOR includes American Indian Quarterly, Wíčazo Ša Review, Studies in American Indian Literature, and Cultural Anthropology. It does not include the most recent years of most journals.
    • Project MUSE provides full text of recent issues of humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from scholarly publishers, including American Indian Quarterly, Wíčazo Ša Review, Studies in American Indian Literature, and Native American and Indigenous Studies.
  • America: History & Life with Full Text covers all aspects of the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
  • American Indian Newspapers contains 45 titles including bi-lingual and indigenous language publications from the United States and Canada. Includes some key 19th century titles, but most publications were founded in the 1970s.
  • Ethnic NewsWatch is a comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. It includes News from Native California.
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) is a collection of over 2000 reference resources.
  • Gale Literary Sources is a good source for biographical information about authors.
  • New York Times Historical (available from 1851) includes a digitized image of every backfile issue of The New York Times from cover to cover.
  • Oxford Reference Online contains reference works with biographical information. NOTE: PSU does not have access to all of the content so limit to “unlocked and/or free content” under “availability.”
  • Women's Studies International provides access to over 232,000 records drawn from ten important Women's Studies databases.

Online Open Access Resources (Authentication Not Required)[edit]

Print Resources[edit]

These print resources are available from the Penn State University Libraries. (Links below go to the Libraries' catalog.)

Additional articles to edit[edit]

Our top priority for this editathon is the Priority Articles list above. The following are automatically generated lists of articles about Native American women activists that need particular types of work. Note that some pages listed here are on the list of Priority Articles.

Articles with Template:Citation_needed[edit]

This template means particular claims in the article need citations. See Referencing for beginners to get started with improving citations on Wikipedia.

Last updated on Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:37:34 +0000. Regenerate this table or edit the query.

Title Page ID Namespace Size (bytes) Last change
Laura Cornelius Kellogg 43950469 0 54840 20220112024937
Anna Mae Aquash 2538563 0 46968 20220315030514
Zitkala-Sa 200585 0 40037 20220223225820
Winona LaDuke 86685 0 30794 20220113231817
Lorelei DeCora Means 44414221 0 20049 20220131193837
Paula Gunn Allen 4578735 0 15679 20220221045838
Women of All Red Nations 31895363 0 12650 20211230085627
Joanne Barker 58367770 0 11665 20211117083934
Della Warrior 46279733 0 10455 20220102002138
Delina White 63314706 0 9983 20220206210625
Eloisa Garcia Tamez 17062051 0 9050 20220215024110
Ruth Revels 56459403 0 4219 20211211123036
Charlotte Black Elk 29937617 0 2525 20211113212443

Articles with Template:More citations needed[edit]

This template means the article overall needs more citations. See Referencing for beginners to get started with improving citations on Wikipedia.

Last updated on Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:38:11 +0000. Regenerate this table or edit the query.

Title Page ID Namespace Size (bytes) Last change
Winona LaDuke 86685 0 30794 20220113231817
Janet McCloud 23149067 0 10539 20220307181314
Ruth Revels 56459403 0 4219 20211211123036
Anna Moore Shaw 62096705 0 3983 20211130224805

Articles with Template:Orphan[edit]

In the Wikipedia glossary, an orphan is defined as "an article with no links from other pages in the main article namespace". These pages can still be found by searching Wikipedia, but it is preferable that they can also be reachable by links from related pages; it is therefore helpful to add links from other suitable pages with similar and/or related information. De-orphaning articles is an important aspect of building the web. This is a really great, simple way for new editors to contribute to Wikipedia! Here are instructions for de-orphaning articles.

Last updated on Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:38:35 +0000. Regenerate this table or edit the query.

Title Page ID Namespace Size (bytes) Last change
Mae Timbimboo Parry 65779669 0 18389 20211126193950
Joanne Barker 58367770 0 11665 20211117083934
Delina White 63314706 0 9983 20220206210625
Nikki Cooley 63302232 0 7307 20220218192938
Priscilla Freeman Jacobs 51548060 0 6905 20211217202615
Cierra Fields 56536039 0 4568 20211121091006
Rosalie Fish 61005316 0 3956 20220215165813

Articles graded as stub-class[edit]

These are "stub-class" articles (very short articles). See Wikipedia:Stub for information on how to improve and expand stub-class articles and when to remove stub status.

Last updated on Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:39:08 +0000. Regenerate this table or edit the query.

Title Page ID Namespace Size (bytes) Last change
Sarah James 14489981 0 5631 20210813034557
Kimberly Tilsen-Brave Heart 66836941 0 4893 20211225020725
Rosalie Fish 61005316 0 3956 20220215165813
Bobbie Banda 39581839 0 3824 20220118195709
Lou Bruce 29676323 0 3490 20211109175411
Lakota Woman 4582648 0 2766 20210515143020
Asiba Tupahache 4558415 0 2488 20220129163133
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