Wikipedia:Meetup/Minneapolis Central Library/Wiki Loves Pride 2018

Wiki Loves Pride 2018
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
	Organized by Wikimedia LGBT+
When and Where
Date	Saturday, June 30, 2018
Time	12 pm – 4 pm CST
Address	Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall
City, State	Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon will be held on Saturday, June 30, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm at the Minneapolis Central Library.

Details[edit]

Date: Saturday, June 30, 2018
Time: 12 pm – 4 pm
Location: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401.
Train: Blue Line or Green Line to Nicollet Mall Station & Platform; stop is a 2–3 block walk away from the library.
Bus: 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 25, 59, 61, 141, 568 buses
Twitter: @wikilgbt
Hashtag #WikiLovesPride / #WikimediaLGBT
Dashboard Wiki Loves Pride 2018 - Minneapolis Central Library

Please bring your laptop, power cord, ideas, and enthusiasm! We will provide refreshments, tutorials, and lots of help. The library has a few laptops to loan; please indicate on the sign up sheet if you will need one.

The Minneapolis Central Library is part of the Hennepin County Library system. All Hennepin County public libraries are committed to providing safe space for LGBTIQ individuals. Gender neutral bathrooms are available on site.

Sign up[edit]

Definitely going[edit]

Ben the Bos
RachelWex
Ringbang (talk)
JLLurie (talk) 20:57, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Mgblck (talk) 16:19, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Reshipants (talk) 16:44, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Slrosso2 (talk) 17:15, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Kymburrlay (talk) 17:27, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Steinwed
Margitaw

Possible attendees[edit]

Sjacobsen1
Jonathunder (talk)

Regrets[edit]

paul2520: unfortunately, I have already committed to being out-of-town for this. Happy to do what I can remotely! Probably not day-of, but feel free to reach out!
So sorry I can't make it today – wishing you all the best!! Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 15:43, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
User:QLibrarianK : working remotely. #free our future march in Minneapolis later.

Can't participate in person? Participate remotely!

Tasks[edit]

Minnesota topics[edit]

Here are some Minnesota-specific LGBTIQ topics that need articles or edits:

Resources[edit]

Materials for historical research[edit]

Guides to Wikipedia editing[edit]

Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia: account creation, article editing
Wikipedia Tutorial
Five Pillars of Wikipedia: philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing
How to Edit a Page
Wiki markup cheatsheet
- Alternate wiki markup cheetsheet in PDF format
Your First Article (optional: use the Wikipedia Article Wizard)
Article Development
Manual of Style
Citation templates
Wikimedia Bookshelf: additional "getting started" resources, including videos, presentations, books, cheatsheets, et al.

Subject guides[edit]

Guidelines for biographies of living persons
Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
St Cloud State University Wikipedia Subject Guide by RachelWex

Tools and templates[edit]

Infobox templates
- Infobox person template
About the editing sandbox

Attendees[edit]

Outcomes[edit]

New accounts created[edit]

Reshipants (talk) 16:44, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Slrosso2 (talk) 17:15, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Kymburrlay (talk) 17:27, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Steinwed (talk)

Articles improved[edit]

New articles created[edit]

Wikidata Records[edit]

Images[edit]

Goal[edit]

As part of the global Wiki Loves Pride campaign, the Minneapolis Central Library is hosting a Wiki Loves Pride edit-a-thon, located in Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis. Space is limited so please RSVP on this page. All others are encouraged to participate remotely through this wiki-page.

Wiki Loves Pride aims to increase the number of people and perspectives contributing to LGBT information on Wikipedia, as well as encouraging institutions to add their authority information, research and images to the public domain. Contributions to information about LGBT topics in politics and policy, medicine, topics in identity sexuality, and society, rights and attitudes, history, culture, and institutions will vastly affect the ways in which these topics are researched and understood internationally. In the past, Wikipedia articles on these topics have been riddled with a lack of scholarly sources and lack of perspectives, skewing public perceptions and affecting research and decisions in public policy, science and medical practice, and community acceptance.