Wikipedia:Meetup/Wikipedia Loves Eagle Rock

Event details

• Date: November 1, 2012
• Time: 6 - 10 pm
• Location: oMac Lab, Occidental College
• Event: An edit-a-thon! Learn how to contribute to Wikipedia and collaborate with others to write about Eagle Rock and northeast Los Angeles!
• Hashtag: The Twitter and social hashtag is: #oxywiki
• Facebook event: Sign up on Facebook here

Food and drinks will be provided. Don't know how to edit Wikipedia? That's ok, friendly, experienced editors will be here to help!

What to bring

• ideas for topics or articles you might want to work on (though suggestions will be provided for those just looking to be put to work)
• any relevant reference materials you might have
• a friend – we love to meet new would-be-editors!
• or, if you don't have any of the above, just bring yourself :-)
• any digital photos you've taken that you would like to use on Wikipedia

Attending

Those in attendance are members from the Occidental College community: students, faculty and staff.

Articles to improve

Local area

Geography

• Eagle Rock, Los Angeles
• Glassell Park, Los Angeles
• Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
• Highland Park, Los Angeles
• Silver Lake, Los Angeles
• Colorado Boulevard
• York Boulevard
• Figueroa Street
• Northeast Los Angeles
• Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center
• Eagle Rock High School (Los Angeles, California)
• Gold Line (Los Angeles Metro)

Points of interest

• Chicken Boy
• Old LA (Highland Park) Farmers Market
• Temple Beth Israel of Highland Park and Eagle Rock
• Southwest Museum of the American Indian
• Heritage Square Museum
• Women's Twentieth Century Club
• Mr. T's Bowl (Highland Park)

Events

• Eagle Rock Music Festival
• Lummis Day

Occidental

• Occidental College
• James George Bell
• John Willis Baer
• Remsen Du Bois Bird
• John Brooks Slaughter
• Jonathan Veitch
• Myron Hunt