Wikipedia:Meetup/LGBTQ Cross Campus Edit-a-thon
The Penn State University Libraries hosted their first LGBT Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. The event took place across multiple Penn State Campuses with the goal to recognize LGBT History Month by editing and creating pages for queer people, places, and things. In 2020, the event was hosted online by Penn State Brandywine.
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| When and Where | |
|---|---|
| 2020 Dates | October 18th-31st |
| Locations | Brandywine (Online) |
Event Info[edit]
2021[edit]
Brandywine[edit]
For the third year in a row, Vairo Library at Penn State Brandywine will be offering an asynchronous way to participate in Wiki Loves Pride for this year. Visit our online dashboard to join us!
2020[edit]
Brandywine[edit]
- Oct 18th-31st
- Online Only - visit our dashboard to join us.
2019[edit]
University Park[edit]
- 9:00-5:00, Mann Assembly Room, Pattee Library
- Special Collections Materials to be used between 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. We will be creating a page for the Homophiles of Penn State and editing Joe Acanfora's page.
Behrend[edit]
- 9:00-1:00, Lilley Library 107
Brandywine[edit]
- 10:00 - 4:00, Vairo Library Instruction Lab
Shenango[edit]
12:15 - 3pm Lartz Memorial Library, room 105
Getting Started[edit]
Make a Wikipedia account[edit]
- Create one through the dashboard
Tips and Tricks[edit]
- Formatting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet
- Adding an infobox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Infobox
- Article tips: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_wizard
- Biography template: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Biography
- Don't Forget to Cite Properly: [[1]]
Join the Dashboard[edit]
On the day of the event, login to Wikipedia through our dashboard. It will track all of our edits and work throughout the day so we an see our progress.
Through the Dashboard you can either login with an existing Wiki account or make a new one. You can also assign yourself a page so others participating know who you're working on!
You can see what we did in 2019 via that Dashboard.
Wikipedia Pages to work on[edit]
Crowd sourced Wiki page lists[edit]
Check out some of these lists to find some pages to create or edit.
- RedLinks Lists
- Blue Links = this person has a page, but you can absolutely edit it!
- Red Links = they don't have a page yet, so you can create one!
- Wiki Loves Pride
- Lists of LGBT People
- [LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) Requested Articles]
- Women in Red/LBT Women
- many people in red on Chicago's LGBT Hall of Fame list
Library Resources[edit]
WGSS Subject Guide[edit]
This guide has useful databases. They're a great place to start once you've picked a person or topic!
The Penn State Libraries Website[edit]
Make a quick search to see what the library has on your person or topic! Run into problems? Use the Ask a Librarian function to chat with a librarian and get expert help!
Articles[edit]
| Name/Title | Description | What the page needs | Articles To Check | What was done |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ortez Alderson | Actor and activist. | Create Page | Timothy Stewart-Winter, Queer Law and Order: Sex, Criminality, and Policing in the Late Twentieth-Century United States, Journal of American History, Volume 102, Issue 1, June 2015, Pages 61–72, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jav283 HALL, S. (2010). The american gay rights movement and patriotic protest. Journal of the History of Sexuality, 19(3), 536-562. doi:10.1353/sex.2010.0011 GOULD, D. (2011, June 8). The Pleasures and Intensities of AIDS Activism; or, making a Place for Yourself in the Universe. Windy City Times, 26(36), 26–29. Activist arthur gursch dies at 72. (2018, ). Windy City Times Gould, D. (2011, ). The pleasures and intensities of AIDS activism; or, making a place for yourself in the universe. Windy City Times Standing ovation for colourful cameos. (1988, ). Pink Paper | |
| James W. Flint | Founder and owner of Miss Gay Continental Pageant. | Create Page | Baim, T. (2019, June 26). Stonewall. Windy City Times, 34(29), 31–36. _also check out this one for other Chicago LGBT activists_ | |
| Carol A. Johnson | Midwest AIDS Project coordinator. | Create Page | Lynch, L. R. R. (2002, Feb 14). Trinity hosts national black HIV/AIDS awareness day: One of several workshops focuses on spirituality and sexuality, AIDS education. Chicago Weekend Retrieved from http://ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu/login?url=https://www-proquest-com.ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu/docview/367214361?accountid=13158 | |
| Jochen Hick | German filmmaker | expand and organize | Leydon, J. (2000). no one sleeps. Variety, 378(11), 38. THOMAS, K. (2001, ). Movie review; 'no one sleeps' deft thriller set against AIDS backdrop: Home edition. The Los Angeles Times Crust, K. (2004, ). SCREENING ROOM; germany's isolated gays get a hearing: HOME EDITION. The Los Angeles Times | |
| Luce Irigaray | influential contemporary French feminist philosopher | add additional citations | Kloppenberg, B. (2014). WHAT IS A NEW OBJECT?: Thinking the ontological difference with hans loewald and luce irigaray. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 31(4), 537-546. doi:10.1037/a0038061 Fotaki, M., Metcalfe, B. D., & Harding, N. (2014). Writing materiality into management and organization studies through and with luce irigaray. Human Relations (New York), 67(10), 1239-1263. doi:10.1177/0018726713517727 Still, J. (2012). Sharing the world: Luce irigaray and the hospitality of difference. L'Esprit Créateur, 52(3), 40-51. doi:10.1353/esp.2012.0026 Karcher, K. (2013). Luce irigaray. Exchanges (Coventry), 1(1), 12-15. doi:10.31273/eirj.v1i1.70 | added citations - still needs more |
| Jan Oxenberg | writer, director | add biography, expand | Citron, M. (1981). The films of jan oxenberg: Comic critique. Jump Cut, 24-25, 31. Kelly, J., & Poppe, T. (1977). Jan oxenberg -- filmmaker. Off our Backs, 6(10), 12. Jan oxenberg's lesbian feminist films. (1978). Spare Rib (London, England), , 34. | |
| Lorae Parry | actor, director, playwright | add biography, expand | Edmond, M. (2004). How gothic is s/he?: Three new zealand dramas. Australasian Drama Studies, 44(44), 113-129. Dale, J. (2001). Lesbian plays and their players. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 5(1-2), 85-103. doi:10.1300/J155v05n01_06 A slick and hilarious political parody. (2017, ). Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) | added brief Eugenia Description and linked to other pages |
| Jeremy Podeswa | filmmaker | add to biography, expand | ||
| Pavel Tchelitchew | artist | expand | ||
| Micellany | New articles about LGBT issues we may want to add to wikipedia | Uttarapong, J., Cai, J., & Wohn, D. Y. (2021). Harassment Experiences of Women and LGBTQ Live Streamers and How They Handled Negativity. In Conference on Interactive Media Experiences (IMX’21). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jie-Cai-22/publication/350740253_Harassment_Experiences_of_Women_and_LGBTQ_Live_Streamers_and_How_They_Handled_Negativity/links/606f5333a6fdcc5f77907ac3/Harassment-Experiences-of-Women-and-LGBTQ-Live-Streamers-and-How-They-Handled-Negativity.pdf Harder, L. (2021). How queer!? Canadian approaches to recognizing queer families in the law. Whatever. A Transdisciplinary Journal of Queer Theories and Studies, 4, 303-328. Kia, H., Robinson, M., MacKay, J., & Ross, L. E. (2021). Poverty in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Two-Spirit, and Other Sexual and Gender Minority (LGBTQ2S+) Communities in Canada: Implications for Social Work Practice. Research on Social Work Practice, 31(6), 584–598. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731521996814 |
Books[edit]
Check out the books below. Click the link to see if it's online of if your library has it!
| Name/Title in Who's Who | Description | What the page needs | What was done |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gösta Adrian-Nilsson | Swedish painter | organize and expand, additional sources | |
| Arnold Aletrino | Dutch author | expand and use inline citations | |
| Poul Georg Andræ | Danish civil servant and author | create page | |
| Rupert Doone | British dancer and choreographer | expand | added citations - needs more |
| Marie Dorval | French actress | expand | added to early life |
| Hans Henny Jahnn | German writer | expand | |
| Hilda Käkikoski | Finnish writer and member of parliament | expand | |
| Karl-Erik Kejne | Swedish cleric, pastor in the Stockholm City Mission | create |
- Queers in History online
| Name/Title in Modern Herstory | Description | What the page needs | What was done |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alicia Garza | civil rights activist | add education | added citation for education |
| Carmen Perez | activist, 2017 Women's March co-chair | reorganize | |
| Janet Mock | writer, TV host, trans rights activist | reorganize | added headshot |
| Roxane Gay | professor, writer | expand | |
| Amandla Stenberg | actress, activist | section on activism | |
| Feminista Jones | social worker, writer, blogger about Black feminism | picture, expand and organize | organized |
| Kat Blaque | YouTuber, trans rights activist | expand | |
| Jennicet Gutiérrez | trans and immigrant rights activist | expand | |
| Layshia Clarendon | basketball player | activism |
| Name/Title in Encyclopedia | Description | What the page needs | What was done |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Fatiha Foundation | organization for LGBTQ Muslims | expand | added citations and more history,added basic ideology regarding genders of Islam religion |
| Dennis Altman | writer, advocate | expand and organize | added citations and reorganized a bit |
| Frank Aqueno | performance artist | create page | |
| Miguel Arteta | film director | add additional citations | added citations, information about films |
| Jack Babuscio | journalist, activist | create page | page created (pending review) |
| Jochen Hick | German filmmaker | expand and organize | |
| Jim Hubbard (filmmaker) | experimental filmmaker | create page | Created and submitted draft, once approved edit ACT UP and MIX NYC reference to him not Kiwi artist |
| Luce Irigaray | influential contemporary French feminist philosopher | add additional citations | added citations - still needs more |
| Satoru Ito | gay activist, educator, writer | create page | |
| Lothar Lambert | Berlin-based underground filmmaker | create page | |
| Judith Mayne | film scholar, professor of French and Women's Studies | create | |
| Grzegorz Musial | twentieth century writer | create page | |
| Lasse Nielsen | openly gay Danish filmmaker | create page | |
| Nel Noordzij | writer | create page | |
| Jan Oxenberg | writer, director | add biography, expand | |
| Lorae Parry | actor, director, playwright | add biography, expand | add plays, awards, and some bibliography. |
| Jeremy Podeswa | filmmaker | add to biography, expand | added to biography, expanded briefly, edited for grammatical sense |
| Pavel Tchelitchew | artist | expand |