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Philadelphia WikiSalon
When and Where
DateSaturday, December 12, 2020
Time12:00 noon – 2.00 pm
LocationZoom
RepeatsThe second Saturday of each month

Zoom call link: Join the Zoom Meeting at this link for this month only. Download and install the latest version of Zoom for your device so you can more easily select and leave breakout rooms.

If something is wrong on Wikipedia, you can help us fix it!

Agenda for WikiSalon, December 12, 2020: December's Philadelphia WikiSalon is happy to welcome participants in WikiConference North America 2020.

WikiSalon is skills-oriented, and we alternate between monthly sessions where we demonstrate a new skill, and sessions where we develop previously introduced skills. Demonstrations generally involve a short 5-10 minute presentation (with an accompanying tutorial video and pdf) targeting a specific skill related to Wikipedia, Wikidata, or Wikimedia Commons. Attendees share what they are working on, ask questions, and get feedback and support.

To accommodate a larger group than usual for WikiConference North America, we will create task-oriented breakout rooms for much of the session, and spend less time than usual on introductions, special mentions and general questions. You are still welcome to ask questions about the demonstration and the tasks you are doing in the chat, the breakout rooms, and the main room.

Philadelphia's WikiSalon Online has its roots in the in-person WikiSalon at the Science History Institute and the former GLAM Cafe meetup as organized by the PhillyDH digital humanities group. Many of our regulars are librarians, archivists, professors or people interested in digital humanities and the sciences. Tasks and topics often focus on these areas, but you don't need to be a scientist or librarian to attend or to work on the articles we suggest. Attendees can always work on topics of their own interest at any session.

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Activities[edit]

Main Room: Adding your own photo to Wikimedia Commons[edit]

Mentors: Doreva Belfiore, Mary Mark Ockerbloom

Roast Turkey
Pecan pie

Help us to improve Thanksgiving dinner! Take photographs of your favorite Thanksgiving foods, and bring them to the December WikiSalon. This month's Demonstration shows how to upload photos you have taken to Wikimedia Commons. We will help people upload photos and add them to galleries on the Thanksgiving dinner Wikipedia page. The page also needs sources!

Feel free to work on other favorite holidays or foods as well: Christmas, Cranberry sauce, Hanukkah, Easter, Passover, Día de Muertos, Pan de muerto, Halloween, Kwanzaa, Diwali

Demonstration[edit]

  • Demonstration to occur in real-time: Adding your own photo to Wikimedia Commons
  • Link to Demonstration Video in Commons:

Attendees of the main session: Please edit this section to add the line * ~~~~

NOTE ON BREAKOUT SESSIONS[edit]

Zoom has a new feature that enables meeting participants to join the breakout session of your choice, and switch between sessions at will.

  • Make sure that you download and install the latest version of Zoom for your device.
  • Click "Breakout Rooms" on the bottom toolbar of your screen.
    • PC - Click on the word "join" next to the name of the breakout room you want to join.
    • Mac - Hover over the right side of name of the breakout room you want to join, over the number of participants, and then click "join" to enter.
  • You can leave a breakout room at any time by clicking "Leave Breakout Room" at the bottom-right corner of your screen, to return to the main Zoom room. You can then select another breakout room if desired.

Breakout 1 : Add Presidents of the Ecological Society of America to Wikidata[edit]

Mentor: Laura Soito

  • Use this list of Presidents of the Ecological Society of America to create or expand Wikidata items about people and indicate that they were presidents of this national association. The list of presidents includes links to articles from the society's journal that also could be used as sources to expand Wikidata or Wikipedia.
  • Example: Victor Ernest Shelford
Add the office of president to a person's Wikidata item

Attendees of the Wikidata entries breakout session: Please edit this section to add the line * ~~~~

Breakout 2 : Interlanguage Link Templates[edit]

Mentor: Peter Meyer

You can watch a Demonstration.

  • Go to this list of Women scientists by nationality or a similar list and look at the subcategories of nationalities. Click through to find articles of interest. Open the article and look for red links (or unlinked names) and search for the red-linked text on Wikidata or google to see if there are Wikipedia articles in English or other languages. Add ills as needed.
  • Go to almost any list of foreign-language writers (c.f. List of Spanish women writers) and click on an article. Look for red links and search for the red-linked text on Wikidata or google to see if there are Wikipedia articles in English or other languages. Add ills as needed.
  • Example: {{ill | La sonrisa vertical |ca| Premi La Sonrisa Vertical |es| Premio La sonrisa vertical}}
  • Example: {{ill |Andityas Soares de Moura |WD=Q98276700}}

Attendees of the Interlanguage Link breakout session: Please edit this section to add the line * ~~~~

Breakout 3 : Library Resources Templates[edit]

Mentor: John Mark Ockerbloom

You can watch a Demonstration.

  • Consult this list of women science writers and add a library resources box to their page. Use the author namestring (e.g. Faye Flam) to look up the appropriate viaf ID (e.g. VIAF ID: 6861455) on viaf and fill it in.
    • Example: {{Library resources box|by=yes|viaf=62289315}}
  • Many of the editions at A Celebration of Women Writers were created before there were Library Resources Templates. Since we already know there are online books by these authors, you can search Wikipedia for articles about these authors and add {{Library resources box|by=yes |onlinebooksby=yes|lcheading= |viaf= }} to the bibliography or external links section. Use the author's namestring (e.g. Adami, J. George (John George), 1862-1926) to look up the appropriate viaf ID (e.g. VIAF ID: 62289315) on viaf and fill it in.
    • Example: {{Library resources box|by=yes |onlinebooksby=yes|viaf=6861455}}

Attendees of the Library resource templates breakout session: Please edit this section to add the line * ~~~~

Breakout 4 : Editing Articles[edit]

Mentor: User:Pharos

You can use some of the following lists to identify articles to work on, or look at our suggested articles below. We note what needs to be done for each article.

Finding articles that need work[edit]

Please add your signature with 4 tildes ~~~~ under any article that you work on today. Thank you!

Women Scientists[edit]

Calutron Girls[edit]
Calutron Girls

The Calutron Girls were recruited by the Tennessee Eastman Company to monitor equipment for the isolation of uranium as part of the Manhattan Project. Barely a stub at present, needs expansion.

Lochie Jo Allen[edit]

Among other things, Lochie Jo Allen was a pioneer in the scientific publication and inclusion of women in fisheries. Needs expansion.

Julie Arblaster[edit]

Julie Arblaster is one of many women who are climate scientists. Her article needs sources.

Margarita Colmenares[edit]

Margarita Colmenares is an American environmental engineer and activist and the first woman to serve as President of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, More could be said about her and her work using the sources currently cited on the Wikipedia page. Newer sources would also be helpful.

Verona Conway[edit]

Verona Conway is a behavioral ecologist. Her article could use some formatting and more sources.

Evelyn J. Fields[edit]
Evelyn J. Fields
Evelyn J. Fields

Evelyn J. Fields was a hydrographer and a leader in NOAA and with the NOAA Corps. Her page is not cited well and her accomplishments need clarification and to be listed in chronological order.

Will be working on this one Drlauraguertin (talk) 17:08, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Rosemary Gillespie[edit]

Rosemary Gillespie is an evolutionary biologist. The page about her needs sources.

I will start working on this one - I look forward to learning more about her! *NMcNinney (talk) 16:14, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hazel Henderson[edit]

Hazel Henderson is an author, television producer, and environmental activist who focuses on ethical markets. Her page needs more inline citations. Doreva has at least one source that she can share. (Dorevabelfiore (talk) 03:49, 8 December 2020 (UTC))[reply]

Virginia H. Holsinger[edit]

Virginia Holsinger was a food scientist who helped develop Lactaid and Beano. Needs sources.

Nancy Hopkins[edit]
Nancy Hopkins
Nancy Hopkins

Nancy Hopkins is a molecular biologist at MIT who has worked on gene expression, viruses, and zebrafish. The article has a lot of unsourced sections and there are materials available.

Laura Huenneke[edit]

Laura Huenneke, president of the Ecological Society of America. Needs expansion and sourcing.

Isobel Wylie Hutchison[edit]

Isobel Wylie Hutchison was an early arctic explorer, botanist and painter! Her page is fairly long but needs a good read-through and lots more citations.

Jan Nolta[edit]

Jan Nolta works on stem cell-related regenerative medicine. The page about her needs a careful review and better sourcing.

Agnes Pockels[edit]

Agnes Pockels (1862–1935) was a pioneer ih the study of surface tension. Her page needs a good read-through and the addition of sources.

Annie Trumbull Slosson[edit]

Annie Trumbull Slosson was an American author and entomologist. The references need cleaning up and the article contents need better sourcing.

Do you think it would be possible to find a photograph or other image of Slosson that could be used on the Wikipedia? She died in 1926. Nolabob (talk) 14:51, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I found this one from 1926. In January 2021 someone could add this one to Commons as it will then be in the public domain. The photo was taken in 1913, and if we could find it published elsewhere in 1925 or prior, then we can release it sooner.
Elke U. Weber[edit]
Elke U. Weber
Elke U. Weber

Elke U. Weber is a Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University where she studies the ways in which we think about risk. Stubby article needs a little love.

Hazel Wolf[edit]

Hazel Wolf was an American/Canadian environmental activist. Her article is a stub that needs sourcing and some expansion. Some sources are listed on the Talk page. Doreva also has at least one print source for a citation that she can share with anyone. (Dorevabelfiore (talk) 03:39, 8 December 2020 (UTC))[reply]

Joan Luedders Wolfe[edit]

Joan Luedders Wolfe was an American environmental activist. Her article is a stub that needs sourcing and some expansion. Doreva has at least one print source for a citation that she can share with anyone. (Dorevabelfiore (talk) 03:39, 8 December 2020 (UTC))[reply]

More Scientists[edit]

Sérgio Trindade[edit]

Sérgio Trindade, POSSIBLE AFD, climate scientist, part of group winning Nobel prize, needs help with Spanish sources and books that are hard to access via google book search.

AfD was ended with no consensus on 12/2/2020. Doreva worked some on this one. Many current sources are in Portuguese. This would be great for someone who speaks/reads Portuguese or has some knowledge/interest in chemistry and can locate some additional academic sources. Dorevabelfiore (talk) 18:38, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
William A. Haseltine[edit]

William A. Haseltine is an HIV/AIDS and human genome researcher. The page about him is extensive but needs inline citations to support the information given. Medical information needs medically-credible sources.

Saul Hertz[edit]
Saul Hertz

Saul Hertz was an innovator in medical uses of radioactive iodine. His article needs a careful review for accuracy of claims, and solid sourcing.

Bob Burch is working on this one. Nolabob (talk) 11:32, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Walter Lear[edit]

Walter Lear. medical doctor and health activist. Lots of archives with info, but almost no text in the article so far.

Ralph E. Oesper[edit]

Ralph E. Oesper was a chemist and historian of chemistry. The article about him needs sourcing.

Otto Schott[edit]

Chemist Otto Schott invented borosilicate glass. His article needs sourcing.

Visual Artists and Writers[edit]

Barbara Chase-Riboud[edit]
Malcolm X Complete by Barbara Chase-Riboud
Malcolm X Complete by Barbara Chase-Riboud

Barbara Chase-Riboud is an African-American visual artist, sculptor (The Malcolm X Steles), novelist (Sally Hemings: A Novel), and poet. There's a lot of unsourced information on the page about her, and a long list of further readings that are potential sources.

Anita Cornwell[edit]

Anita Cornwell wrote the first collection of essays by an African-American lesbian. Her article needs inline sources and expansion.

Iole de Freitas[edit]

Iole de Freitas is a Brazilian sculptor, engraver, and installation artist. The page about her has quite a lot of information but desperately needs sources. There do seem to be online sources available, but most are in Spanish. This could be a good candidate for testing the interlanguage links as demonstrated in the session.

Klaus Grutzka[edit]

Industrial artist Klaus Grutzka spent much of his working life in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The page about him has no sourcing. He may have a PACSCL entry (see below).

Maria Martinez[edit]
Pot by Maria Martinez
Pot by Maria Martinez

Maria Martinez was a Native American artist who was known internationally for her pottery. There's a lot of unsourced information on her page, and a lot of quotations need to be checked against their sources if anyone has access to print copies.

Ealy Mays[edit]
Death of an American Boom Town by Ealy Mays

Ealy Mays is an African-American artist based in Paris. The article about him has a lot of information and some good sources but lots of paragraphs need citations.

Ada "Bricktop" Smith[edit]

Ada "Bricktop" Smith was an American dancer, jazz singer, and vaudevillian, who owned the nightclub Chez Bricktop in Paris. Lots of interesting material and possible sources, but it needs a good cleaning up and solid citations (as so many do...)

Sylvia Snowden[edit]

Sylvia Snowden is an African American abstract painter. The page about is written too much like a resume; it lists a lot of possible resources but doesn't say much. Searching google with the "Books" option suggests quite a few published sources that mention her.

Isabella Tree[edit]

Isabella Tree is a British author and travel journalist. Her page may have conflict of interest issues and needs sourcing.

Richard Wright[edit]
Richard Wright
Richard Wright

American author Richard Wright (author) has an extensive article but it is missing a lot of citations. Plenty of material is available, someone just needs to do some searching for sources.

  • NMcNinney (talk) 18:06, 8 August 2020 (UTC) is going to take a stab at this as my first project![reply]

Attendees of the Editing articles breakout session: Please edit this section to add the line * ~~~~

Attendees[edit]

Please edit this section to add the line * ~~~~

DrKathyShaginaw (talk) 17:42, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Special mentions[edit]

If you want to talk about something that you're working on, or you've created a new article or had a "Did You Know" featured lately, add that here!

To be held for January 9, 2021 session

  • Jenara Vicenta Arnal Yarza - Took me months, but finally completed an English article for this Spanish chemist who was the first woman to earn a PhD in Chemistry in Spain, as well as being one of few women to obtain key positions in research before the Spanish Civil War. Dorevabelfiore (talk) 17:45, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Questions[edit]

Add questions that you have about Wikipedia or Wikipedia projects (Encyclopedia articles, Wikimedia Commons images, Wikidata) either here or in the Chat. Also feel free to suggest resources in response, and discuss during WikiSalon.

I'd appreciate having an on-going discussion of Wikipedia's sister projects during the WikiSalon meetings.[edit]

Suggested topics for future sessions: If you are interested in hearing about a particular project, or can talk about one, sign here to let us know!

  • WikiVoyage - Jim Henderson volunteers to talk about Wikivoyage
  • Wiki Loves Monuments - ask Kevin Pyravi, Superhamster?
  • WikiQuotes - ?
  • Project, speaker ~~~~

In Wikidata, is there a way to import any existing data such as NAF / SNAC or has that already been done as baseline bio data?[edit]

Yes, there are tools for uploading bulk data points to Wikidata. The WikiSalon will be working on these for presentation later in 2021 for those interested.

Here are SNAC and NAF examples if anyone wishes to add data manually to Wikidata. Those identifiers are then pulled automatically from Wikidata into Wikipedia when one enters the Authority Control template ({{authority control}}) on an article.

  • SNAC (Social Networks and Archival Context)
  • NAF example: LC control no. n 80153256 authority control for Hetzel, Pierre-Jules, 1814-1886
  • Wikipedia page: Pierre-Jules Hetzel
  • Wikidata item: Q552619
  • Wikidata has an item Library of Congress Name Authority File (Q18912790). It also has a property Library of Congress authority ID (P244) which is accepted as an identifier on Wikidata items.

In Wikidata, is there a controlled list of "types" for archives, such as finding aid, digital collection, online exhibition? What are the type choices?[edit]

To be held for January 9, 2021 session

Wrap Up: Thanks and praise[edit]

Poll link for audience participation: https://pollev.com/dorevabelfio169

What did you work on today?

Thank you everyone!

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