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Wiki Loves Pride 2016
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Organized by Wikimedia LGBT+
When and Where
DateSaturday, June 18, 2016
Time11 am – 5 pm CST
AddressMinneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall
City, StateMinneapolis, Minnesota
Main page: Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2016

The Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon was held on Saturday, June 18, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm at the Minneapolis Central Library.

Details

Wiki Loves Pride at Minneapolis Central Library, 2016
  • Date: Saturday, June 18, 2016
  • Time: 11 am – 5 pm
  • Location: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401. Second floor, Doty Board Room (N-280) and N-270.
  • 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
  • Hashtag: #WikimediaLGBT

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

Definitely going

Possible attendees

Regrets

Can't participate in person? Participate remotely!

  • Jonathunder (talk) - won't be there, but perhaps can suggest resources and work on things outside of the event.
    • Sure Jonathunder! If you do any LGBT article edits/additions on the day let me know and I will add them to the list of whatever got worked on. :) If you have any resources that you feel should be added to the resource list I provided on the Wiki Loves Pride page feel free to add them.
  • McGhiever (talk) - Sad to say I will be out of town then.
  • paul2520 I was really hoping to make it, but I will be out of town. I'm definitely up for future events in the Twin Cities!

Tasks

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

Here are other LGBTIQ topics that need articles or edits: Check out the WikiProject LGBT Studies cleanup listing for articles that need work, or Women in Red's LBT Women's redlist or List of LGBT Jews, as well as these:

Resources

Editing Wikipedia resources

N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources

Tools and templates

Attendees

Wiki Loves Pride at Minneapolis Central Library, Sat June 18, 2016

Outcomes

New accounts created

  • slapper690

Articles improved

New articles created

Images

Goal

Wiki Loves Pride is organized by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group

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.

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