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Africa and the Diaspora: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 2018
@ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture with AfroCROWD
New York Public Library

Editors at work
When and Where
Date	Saturday, February 24, 2018
Time	12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Address	Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture New York Public Library 515 Malcolm X Blvd
City, State	New York City, New York 10037

The Africa and the Diaspora Edit-a-thon 2018 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture was held with AfroCrowd on Saturday, February 24, 2018

Off-Wiki: Get an Eventbrite Invitation to this event

Ok- I am at the edit-a-thon. What do I do now?

1. Register for your own Wikipedia Account (if you are in the room and have any questions, raise your have and a Wiki Coach volunteer can help).
2. You must sign in to Dashboard
3. Check out the editing lists below on the is page for ideas on what to edit or explore
4. Listen to the training
5. Work with a Wikipedia coach on getting your edits just right
6. Try a Wikidata game
7. The goal is to add at least one sentence or more to Wikipedia in your time here today
8. Don't over think it, but always ask for help - that is what we are here for
9. Later today we will talk about what we discovered today, what have you discovered?
10. How did it go today? Let us know your feedback here.
11. Join us for a free light reception following the edit-a-thon.

Today's hashtag is #AfroCROWD. Follow us on Twitter:@AfroCROWDit, Facebook: @AfroCROWD, Instagram:@AfroCROWD or head to our website: AfroCROWD.org

About Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD): AfroCROWD is an outreach initiative which seeks to increase awareness of the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture and software movements among potential editors of African descent. Since its launch during Black Wiki History Month in 2015, AfroCROWD has sensitized thousands in its target audience about free culture crowdsourcing and the need to close the multicultural and gender gaps in Wikipedia. AfroCROWD has also held monthly multilingual editathons in partnership with cultural institutions, galleries, libraries, archives, museums (GLAM), academicians, cultural institutions and many others.

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See previous annual events in 2015, 2016, and 2017.

Event information

• Date: Saturday, February 24, 2018
• Time: 12:00-5:00pm
• Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd (Lennox Avenue) between 135 and 136th Streets, New York, NY 10037
• Subway: 135th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)
• Bus: What bus and how
• Library event page: Africa and the Diaspora: The Schomburg Center Wikipedia Edit-a-thon with AfroCROWD

Agenda

Preparation

• Bring your laptop: Editing Wikipedia is easier with a keyboard.
• Bring a published source to cite: Suggested books and papers will be available at the event. If you like, bring an academic paper or other reliable source of information to cite, to support your addition to Wikipedia. You will use Wikipedia to distribute information from this source. Try to bring the highest quality most reputable source you can find for the information.
• Create a Wikipedia account, if you do not have one already.
• If you wish, take Wikipedia's own 30-minute online training and tour at The Wikipedia Adventure.

With all this, you can take maximum advantage.

At the event

0:00-0:05 - Sign in to dashboard, register for your account

0:05-0:10 - Introductions

0:10-0:25 - Presentation on editing Wikipedia. Training by AfroCROWD founder Alice. In summary (1) click edit (2) add a sentence (3) provide a citation (4) repeat

0:25-0:50 - Participants will have the Wikipedia editing experience; demos and support are offered mostly to individuals

0:50-1:00 - Editing time!

1:00-3:30 - Continued workshop, questions answered and demos made on request for group or individuals

3:30-3:45 - Photo time

3:45-4:00 - Discussion, let's take a look at what we did today

4:00-4:45 - Wrap up, we will have a light reception in the lobby

Editing Ideas: List of articles to create/edit

• AfroCrowd task list
• Wikipedia:Requested articles
• Wikipedia:WikiProject African diaspora
• Wikipedia:WikiProject:Wiki Loves Women/African feminists
• Wikipedia:Womeninred by country

Schomburg Center Lists

• Most influential Africans of 2017
• Sophia Abdi Noor – Politician (Kenya)
• Vanessa Moungar – Director of Gender AfDB (Chad)
• Sibeth Ndiaye – Advisor to French President Macron (Senegal)
• Prof. Ruth Oniang’o – Nutritionist, Africa Food Prize Winner (Kenya)
• New African Magazine 100 Most Influential Africans of 2017 Missing from Wikipedia List
• African Women/Feminist Activists Wikipedia list (sourced from the Dictionary of African biography. Oxford University Press, 2012.)

Learning tools

• Wikidata Game

• Citation Hunt

Wiki Tribune

• Wiki Tribune main page
• Today's Newsathon Stream on Facebook page: [1]
• Today's Newsathon on Slack: [2]

May be useful

• General History of Africa

Results

Articles Created

• Connie Williams (Trinidadian)
• Kennedy Odede
• Fauziya Kassindja (Togolese writer)
• 5 new wikidata entries

Articles Edited

• St. Clair Bourne
• Njideka Akunyili Crosby
• Will Marion Cook
• Melvin Van Peebles
• Dahomey
• Moneta Sleet Jr.
• Jean-Baptiste Sans Souci
• Conrad Tillard
• Black Panther (film)
• "Polish death camp" controversy
• Carol Bellamy
• Oruno D. Lara
• Fatoumata Coulibaly
• Lee Thornton
• Aaron McGruder
• Lois Mailou Jones
• Haitian cuisine
• Talladega College
• Constance H. Williams
• 28th Street (BMT Broadway Line)
• Kurt Boone
• West Essex Trail
• Ksenia Sobchak
• History of New York City (1898-1945)
• History of videotelephony

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Remote attendees

Possible attendees

• Planned to but got tasked to do something job-wise but will try mightily--A21sauce (talk) 12:29, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Likely attendees

• Aude (talk) 02:34, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

• Pharos (talk) 22:32, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

• Mozucat (talk) 13:07, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

• Shanluan (talk) 02:18, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

• Vizzylane (talk) 17:19, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

• Jim.henderson (talk) 23:09, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

• Aliceba (talk) 19:58, 24 February 2018 (UTC)