Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/EOB/Unforgetting 14

Join us for an LGBTQ+ Edit-a-thon at Cuties Coffee on Monday, July 30!

Meetup with online magazine East of Borneo for a Wikipedia training workshop and edit-a-thon to build a better online history of Southern California art. This next meetup in the Unforgetting L.A. series is presented in partnership with Dirty Looks: On Location 2018 and will focus on the history of Los Angeles's queer cinema and spaces. As always, beginners are welcome and encouraged to attend! We'll provide training for new editors at 7pm sharp.

If you can't attend this one, join the Wikimedians of Los Angeles User Group to be notified about future meetups.

What: #WikiLovesPride Edit-a-thon at Cuties Coffee

When: Monday, July 30 from 7–10pm. Training session begins at 7pm sharp!

Where: Cuties Coffee, 710 North Heliotrope Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90029

Suggested Focus: LA's queer cinema and spaces

What to bring: Your laptop, power adapter, and any reference materials you'd like to work from or share

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/188911388432292/

Website: eastofborneo.org/unforgetting

Twitter: @unforgettingLA ♦ @eastofborneo

Background

Unforgetting LA is a series of Wikipedia edit-a-thons started in July 2013 by the online art magazine East of Borneo. We meet throughout the year at local museums and art spaces to train new editors and build a better online history of art in Southern California. Previous hosts include the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Getty Research Institute, LACMA, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the California African American Museum, the Hammer Museum, and the MAK Center for Art and Architecture.

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To-Do

Here are a few suggested articles to create or improve during this edit-a-thon, but you are welcome to work on anything you like.
Please note: This is a crowdsourced list. You can help us by adding to it!

To create:

To improve:

Click here for a Google doc with links to online essays, etc. you can cite.

Outcomes

For a full list of project outcomes to date: Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/EOB#Outcomes

Resources