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Palace of Mechanic Arts, 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago

Smithsonian Libraries Meetup & Editathon 2013 is part of Wikipedia Loves Libraries (WLL) 2013, the third annual continent-wide campaign to bring Wikipedians, librarians, and archivists together with on-site events. Running this fall throughout October and November, WLL coincides with the celebration of Open Access Week and American Archives Month.

This event will include new editor training, an afternoon editathon, and an evening happy hour.

When
1:00pm-5:00pm on Friday, October 25, 2013, with a group happy hour afterward
Where
The Victor Building, 750 9th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20560
The American Art/Portrait Gallery branch of the Smithsonian Libraries is on the 2nd floor. Photo ID and pre-registration for the event are required.
Organizers
Wikimedia DC & the Smithsonian Institution. Contact Diane Shaw at ShawD (at) si.edu with questions.
Hashtag
#WLL

Focus

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The editathon will focus on "American Artists of the World's Columbian Exposition" hi

With approximately 1200 American artists participating in the 1893 Fair in Chicago, it was the largest exhibition of American art ever assembled at the time. Many artists are well-known today—Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent—but many do not have such recognizable names, much less quality Wikipedia articles. Please join us to mine library books, journals, curatorial files, Art & Artist Files, and all the online resources the Smithsonian Libraries can provide, to expand and improve information on great American artists at the Fair!

Barnstar for Wikipedia Loves Libraries, Smithsonian Edition, 2013

Schedule

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Time Activity Location
1:00 p.m. Meet and prepare to be escorted through security.

Please be prompt and don't forget to bring your photo ID & laptop!

Lobby of the Victor Building

750 9th ST NW

1:10 - 1:30 Coffee, welcome AA/PG Library Reading Room

(2nd floor)

1:30 - 1:45 New editor tutorial

View Tutorial Presentation on Slideshare

AA/PG Library Reading Room
1:45 - 5:00 Editathon AA/PG Library Reading Room
5:00 onward Happy Hour Capital City Brewery

1100 New York Ave NW

 


Wikipedians working on articles about artists and thier art.
Wikimedians in the home stretch adding culture at the Smithsonian Libraries Meetup & Editathon 25 October 2013

FAQ

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Do I have to register to attend, or can I just arrive on the day?

Advance RSVP is required for non-Smithsonian staff. Due to the limited number of spaces and the advance security badge requirements, the only way to guarantee admission is to sign up. Space is limited to 20 non-staff Wikipedian participants.

Do I have to be a member of Wikimedia DC?

No, this event is open to everyone.

What should I bring?

  • Photo ID
  • Laptop

Add your own questions here

Do I have to be an expert on the subject matter of the editathon?

Absolutely not! There will be tons of resources and librarians to work with.

Will there be a barnstar?

Reason 1 for "happy" in "happy hour" post editathon: barnstar!! * Yahoo! * wild cheering and applause *

Sign Up

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Note: Since this event takes place in a secure, behind-the-scenes portion of the Smithsonian, real names of attendees are required in order to grant them security badges. Photo ID will be required for admission. If you don't want to reveal your name on the wiki, please email it to one of the organizers (listed above) so that they will be able to make the connection to (but not publish) your username.

Attending (non-Smithsonian staff)

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Wikimedian scanning the data at the Smithsonian Libraries Meetup & Editathon 25 October 2013
Two famous Wikimedians at the Smithsonian Libraries Meetup & Editathon 25 October 2013
The Think Tank Wikimedians at the Smithsonian Libraries Meetup & Editathon 25 October 2013
More Wonderful Wikimedians at the Smithsonian Libraries Meetup & Editathon 25 October 2013
Wikimedians at the Smithsonian Libraries Meetup & Editathon 25 October 2013
  1. cool, I can actually (probably) attend :) --Aude (talk) 18:05, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Definitely -- Laura Ann
  3. Almost Certainly! -- Molly Caitlin
  4. Looking forward to it! Flappable (talk) 15:04, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Harej (talk) 22:45, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Djembayz (talk) 08:25, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Fuzheado | Talk 02:55, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Geraldshields11 (talk) 00:01, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Slowking
  10. Dominic·t 14:42, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Diane Tepfer (added by Uncommon_Fritillary, per email reservation) Uncommon fritillary (talk) 18:07, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Sarahobender | talk
  13. Ox8oggle
  14. Laura W.
  15. Stacie M.
  16. Diane F.
  17. Craub (talk) 19:42, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Jackie S.
  19. Megen S.
  20. Jack D.
  21. econterms (talk) 21:40, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  22. TaraInDC (talk)

Waitlist

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(all RSVPs beyond 20 will be put on the waitlist)

  1. Hope to attend but hang here so I don't take a spot from someone more certain. DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·cont) Join WER 23:58, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. I'll hang here with DocTree. Should know soon whether I can attend. I won't be able to come, unfortunately. Clarkefreak ∞ 23:20, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Smithsonian Staff

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  1. --Sarasays (talk) 20:10, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Uncommon fritillary (talk) 12:41, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. --Bettinche (talk)
  3. Baasil Wilder
  4. Shannon Perich
  5. Doug Dunlop
  6. Carrie Smith, added by Uncommon fritillary (talk) 18:45, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Ryan Lintelman (talk)
  8. Anne Evenhaugen
  9. Jennifer Morris (Anacostia Museum), added by Uncommon fritillary (talk) 18:36, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Katie Wagner
  11. --Drastician (talk) 17:58, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Participating Remotely

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  1. Friend of Smokey the Bear
  2. Chandler's "shopped" Joel
  3. Carptrash

Apologies

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  1. — madman 17:55, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

To Do List

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Ethernet page for participants to keep track of articles being worked on: http://piratepad.net/WLL13

The following is in no particular order and certainly not exhaustive.

Looking for even MORE suggestions? Check out our growing WikiProject Smithsonian To-Do List!

List-making

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Create new articles

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  • Selected American Artists who showed at the World's Columbian Exposition (no article):
    • Margaret Lesley Bush-Brown - [1]
    • Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson - [2], [3]
    • Roswell Stone Hill - [4]
    • Alice D. Kellogg - [5]
    • Aloys Loeher - [6]
    • Harriet Hyatt Mayor - draft page started at User:Sarasays/sandbox
    • C. Morgan McIlhenney - "C. Morgan McIlhenney". Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
    • Anna Lea Merritt - [7], [8], [9], [10]
    • Harry Humphrey Moore - [11]
    • Peter Moran - [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
    • Walter Launt Palmer - [12], [13]
    • Katherine T. Prescott - [14]
    • Amanda Brewster Sewell - [15], [16], [[17]]
    • Julian Russell Story - [18], [19], [20]

Expand existing articles

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Add images

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  • Learn how to add freely licensed images to the Wikimedia commons so that they can be used to illustrate your Wikipedia articles.

Recommended source: Smithsonian Libraries contributed texts on the Internet Archive

Add infoboxes

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Research Sources

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  • Other Resources
    • Random books on the table
    • Art & Artist Files (just ask staff to pull one for you!)
    • Curatorial Files from “Revisiting the White City”
    • Ask a Smithsonian Librarian!

Book citations to copy and paste

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Results

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Articles created

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Video of the day

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Video of the day's activities, created by Fuzheado - [22]

  1. ^ "Peter Moran Painting, ca. 1880". Antiques Roadshow Archive. PBS. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  2. ^ "Peter Moran". Ask Art, the Artist's Bluebook. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  3. ^ "PETER MORAN (1841-1914)". Spanierman Gallery LLC. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  4. ^ "Peter Moran - The Noonday Rest". Art of the Print. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  5. ^ "Peter Moran - Wild Boars in the Forest of Fontainebleau". Art of the Print. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  6. ^ Wright, David Gilmore (2010). Domestic and wild: Peter Moran's images of America. Baltimore, Md. : Philadelphia, Pa: Creo Press ; Distributed by The Philadelphia Sketch Club. ISBN 9780978977955.
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